Plate 2178. 



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ZEUXINE ABBEEVIATA, ffooA;./. 



Orchide.^. Subtribe Spiranthe^. 



Z. (Monochilus) abbreviata, Hook. / FL Brit Tnd. vi.^ 109 5 caule 



elongato paucitoliato, foliis petiolatis lanceolatia acuminatis, spica 

 laxiflora pubescento, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis ovarlis elongatis patulia 

 brevioribus, labelli sacco majusculo costa intus medio 2-lamellata, et 

 basia versus callis 2 raagDis instructo, alls parvis ovato-oblongis. 

 Eterla abbreviata, Lindl in Wall Gat 7885 ; Gen, Sf Sp. Orchid. 

 491 (^theria). E. lanceolata, Beichh,/. in Trans, Linn, Soc. xxx. 142. 

 Dossenia lanceolata, LindL in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 186, 



Hab. ^epal, WaUichi Khasia Hills, alt. 4,000-5,000 feet, /. D. 

 HooJcer and 1\ Thomson. 



Eerla pedalis, stricta, erecta. Folia 2-^% poll, loxiga, ovata v. 

 ovato-lacceolata, mnltineryia, in petiolum \ poll, longum angustata. 

 Scapus spicaque laxiflorie et bractese puberulte ; ovaria glaberrima, fere 

 I poll, longa. Flores ad ^ poll, expansi, SepaU late ovata, acuminata, 

 rosea. Petala semi-orbicularia v, lunata, rosea. Labelli straminei 

 ungiais ultra saccum anguste alatus. Golumna brevis, utrinque anguste 

 aiata, alis undnlatis, processubns 0, rostello brevi ; anthera ovata ; 

 pollinia elongata, clavata, caudiculis elongatis, corpusculis lamellse- 

 formibus ; glandula magna. 



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The plate is a reproduction of a drawing wbicli I made in the 

 Khasia Hills in September 1850.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. riower. 2. Sepal. 3. Petal. 4. Lip with the sac laid open. 5. Side, and 

 6. front, view of column. All e7ilarged. 



