Plate 2174 



ZEUXINE REGIA, Benth, 



Okchide^. Subtribe SPIRA^^THE^. 



Z. (Monochilus) regia, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 600 ; caule elongato 

 paucifoliato, foliis petiolatis elliptloo-Ianceolatls, pednncnlo elongato 

 ppicaque paueiflora pubescenti-pilosis, labelli sepalis longioris lamina 

 2-alata alis divaricatis late cuneatis v. quadrato-orbicularibus. Hook. f. 

 FL Brit. lad. vi. 108. Monochilus regius, LindL Gen. and Sp. Orchtd. 

 487. TIno. Emm. PI Zei/l 313. 



Hab. Ceylon ; in damp woods ascending to 4,000 feet, Walker^ ^c, 



Gaulis gracilis, 4-6- poll icaris, internodiis inferioribus l~2-pollicai'ibas 

 nndis, superioribas foliaceo-vaginatis. Folia 1^-2^ poll, longa, acuta, 

 viridia fascia mediana pallida, petiolo ^ poll, iongo. Pedunciihis 3-5- 

 pollicaris, vaginis paucis, 4-6-floi*us ; bracteae ovaria pubescentia 

 eequantes v. iis breviores. Sepala ^ poll, longa, ovata, obtnsa, apicibus 

 reeurvis ; dorsali oblongo. Petala sepalo dorsali cobserentia, Hneari- 

 oblonga, falcata, apice rotundata. LaheUum ^ poll, longum, basi 

 cymbifornie, deia in unguem v. isthmum sacco aequilongum angns- 

 tatum ; ala? forma varitje, plus minusve truncatse, apice sinuato- 

 crenatce, sinu lato ; saccus callis 2 parvis uncinatis instractns. Columva 

 brevissima, rostelli bracbiis elongatis ; antbera ovoidea, obtusa, 



rostrata; poUinia obovoidea in caudiculam linearem marginibus inflexis 

 sessilia, glandula parva ovoidea. — J, T), H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Column and anther. 4. Anther. 5. Pollinia. 

 All enlarged. 



