Plate 2176. 



ZEUXIIN'E FLAVA, BenlL 



Orcuwem. Subtribo Spiranthkj;. 



Z. (Monochilus) fla.va, B^nth. in Gen. Plant:, iii, GOO; caule clungalo 

 medium versus folioso, fbbis ovatis acutis, spica p-'abra v. luxe pilosa 

 rnultiflora, fl<iribns parvulls, labelli uiigue sepalis brevioro ultra saccum 

 inarginato, alis late oblougo-obovatis v. dolabriformihus integcrrimis v. 

 antice deiitatis. Hook. / FL Brit Ind, vi. 108. Morodiilus flavus, 

 Wall, in Lin (11. Gen. & Sp. i Orchid. 487 ; Lirtdl. in Joiirn. Linn. Soc. 



i. 187. Eta^rla flava, Lindlin IValL CjL 7380 A. B. 



Hab. Nepal, Wallicli; Assam, Grijjjlh', Naga-hills, Pmin\ Teuns- 

 scricn, Eelfer^ Griffith. Ceylon; Central Provinces, alt. 3,000 I'eet, 



Thivaites. Malay J.tsles. 



Caidis ascendens, gracilis v. modice robustas, paucifoliatus. Folia 

 1-1^ poll, longa, sfepissime dissita, sessilia v. breviter petiolata, 5- 

 iiervia, vagina paiillo iuflata. Scapus 3-6-pollicarIs, pauci-vaginatus, 

 sa^pius laxe pateiitim pllosus ; epica gracilis, laxiflora; bracteae ovaria 

 Eoquantes v, superantes. Flores ad^ poll, expansi, sessiles, ovario brevi- 

 ores. Sepala -^\y poll, longa, ovata, obtusa, patentia^ alba. Fetala erecta, 

 subdimidiato-oblcnga, obtnsa, alba. Lahelli unguis basi saccatua, 

 sacco rnbro intus calcarihus 2 iuterdum tortis instructo, ala? divar;cata\ 

 Cohinma brevissima ; callis anticis elongatis parallelis porrectis ; 

 anthera ovato-laiiceolata ; pollluia subgloboso-pjriformia, ope caudicaia3 

 brevis glandnlse parvie lanceolatae affixa. 



Judging from tbe specimens from many localities, extending over a 

 large area, this species is a very variable one in tlie form ol the lobes 

 of the lip, thou^^h in this matter allowance must be made for the 

 mutilation, by drjing, of herbarinra specimens. The plate is a repro- 

 duction of a drawing in the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, CeyJon, 

 kindly sent by the Jate Dr. Thwaitcs; it represents the flowers as white, 

 with a red lip. — J. 1). H. 



Fig. 1. Side, and 2. front, view of flower. 3. Column and lip. 4. Lip laid open. 

 6. Polliniutn. All cnhxrgcd. 



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