Platk 2180 



ZEUXINE LONGIEOLIA, Ilouk.f, 



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Orchide^. Subtribe Spiranthe^. 

 Z. (Monochilus) longifolia ; elata, robusta, foliis lanceolatis acumi- 



natis, spica eloiigata laxe multiflora, rachi puberula, bracteis ovaiiis 

 gracUibus glabris paullo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque acuminatis, 

 labelli ungue ultra saccniu gracile rigido immarginato, sacco intus 

 secus costam auguste alato et "basiu versus utrinque callo ovato 

 instracto, alis falcato-caneatis apice laceris. FL Brit. Ind, vi. 100. 

 Rhombodia longifolia, LindL in Journ. Lmiu Soc. i. 181. Heta^ria 

 loiigifolia, Benth, in Joiirn, Linn. Soc. xviii. 346. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya ; in hot valleys, J, D. EooJcer. 



Catdis G-8-pollicaris, basi procnrabcns raraosus, crassitie pcnnte 

 olorince. Folia 6-8 poll, longa, in petiolum amplum 1-1^ poll, 

 longum angnstata, costa valida, nervis obscuris, vaginis brevibus. 

 Spica 7-pollicariSj breviter pedunculata ; flores quaquaversi, -^-f poll, 

 diam. ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatse ; ovaria snbrosirata. Sepala 1-nervm, 

 sicca quasi aristata, dorsali ovato ; lateralia ovato-lanceolata, Felala 

 dimidiato-oviita v. seiuilucata, longe arumiuata. Lahelli saccus antice 

 alte bllobus quasi 2-alatus, lobis rotundatis sacco intus sub 4-locelIato, 

 ungue inter lobos projecto breviusculo rigido. Columna magna, cava, 

 antice truncata et bicarinata ; rostellum minntum ; pollinia angusre 

 pyriformia, glandula parva lanceclata sessilia, corpusculis lamelli- 

 Ibrmibus. 



The drawing is from a dried specimen collected by myself. It is 

 the only one known to me. — J. D. H- 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lip with the sac laid open. 3. Column. 4. Pollinia. All 



enlarged. 



