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rLATE 2179. 



ZEUXINE MOULMEINENSIS, lluok. f. 



Okchideje, Subtribe SpiHANiHEiE. 



Z. (Monochilus) monlmeinensis, Ilooh, /. Fh Brit. hut. vl. 100; 



caule gracili, foliis lotige petiolafcis ovatis ellipticis v. ovato-lanceolatis, 

 vagiDis brevibus laxis sacciformibu?, scapo gracili spicaque panciflora 

 glanduloso-pubesccntibus, bracteis ovato-lauceolatis ovario glabro 



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ffiquautibus v, eod. breviorlbus, sepalis potalisque acurainaiis, labelli 

 ungue ultra saccum rigldo immarginato, sacco intus secus costam 



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late alato et basin versus utririque callo magno instructo, alis falcato- 

 caneatis crenatis lacerisve. Eteeria moalmeinentris, Far. et Beichh, f. 

 in Trans, Limi. Soc. xxx. 142, 



Hab. Tenasserim ; at Monlmein, Zo?jZ;, Parish. 



Caulis unacnra spica 12-18 poll, altus ; inferne vaginis cupula?- 

 formibns instructus. FoUa pauca, 2-3 poll, loiiga, multiuervia, petiolo 

 i^racili polllcari. Scapi vaginae pauca3, remota?, inferiores fuliacea?, 

 uiperiores acurainatee, Flores ad ^ poll, expans. ; ovaria fere ^ poll. 

 longa. Sepala late ovata, acuminata, sicca quasi aristata. Fetala 

 dimidiato-ovata v. dolabriformia, apicibus recurvis. Lahelhim sepalis 

 longius, sacci intus sub 4-loceilati lateribns extus carunculatis, ungue 

 absque pnbescentibus. Columna brevissiraa, antice crassc bilamellosa, 

 rostello brevi ; autliera ovoidea ; pollinia pyriforniia caudiculae parva) 

 oblongs atfixa, corpasculis lamellitiformibus. 



A remarkable species, with the interior of the sac of the lip much as 

 in Z.allreviata (PI. 2178) and having the same thick wings on the 

 front of the column, and similar pollinia. The lithograph was made 

 from a dried specimen collected by Mr. Parish in 1868, aided by a pencil 

 sketch by that gentleman. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Dorsal, and 2, luteral, sepal. 3. Petal- 4. Column and b'p. 5. Lip wltli 

 the sac laid open. 6. Culuuin. 7. Pollinia. All cidari/ed. 



