Plate 2177. 



ZEUXINE AFFINIS, Seydh. 



Oechidej;. Subtribe Si'XRAXTiiE.E. 



Z. (Monoehilus) affinis, Benth. in Gen. FJant. in. 600; caule elonprato, 

 foliis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acutis, spica pubesceute multiflora, 

 floribus parvTilis, labelli ungae ultra aaccuni margiuato sepalis seqai- 

 longo, alis obovato-oblongis obovatis subcuneatlsve puberulis. Hook. 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 108. Monocbilns affiiiis, Lindl Gen. 8,' Sp. Orchid. 

 487 (excl Bah. Gourtallum). Etajria affinis, Lindl. in Wall Cat. 7383. 

 E. flava, Wall. Cat. 7380 C. ^tberia molUs, Lindl. in Jonrn. Linn. 



Soc. i. 184. 



Hab. Sikki'ra Himalaya, in tbe Teral, Gamhle ; Kbasia Hills, alfc. 

 5,000 feet, Griffith, &c. ; Banna, at Taong-dorg, Wallich; Tenasserim, 

 at Moulmein, Lohb, Parish. Penang, Ilaingcy. 



So ctosely allied to Z.flava (PI. 2176) as to need no detailed descrip- 

 tion. It may, indeed, prove to be a form of that plant, but tbe cbaracters 

 given to it by Lindley are constant, with tlie exception of tbe lip not 

 being so large as it is described. The flowers are a good deallarger 

 than in Z.flava, more hairy, and tbe two broadly pyriform polliniahave 

 connate caudicles as long as themselves. The drawing is a reproduc- 

 tion of one in the Herbarium of the Boyal Gardens, Calcutta, lent by 

 Dr. King.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Side, and 2. froDt, view of flower. 3. Lip. 4. Column. 5. Pollinia. All 

 enJargcd. 



