Plate 21S1. 



GOODYERA FUSCA, LindL 

 OECniDE^. Subtribe SriRA^^XHE^. 



G. fusca, Lhidl. in WalL Cat, n, 7395 ; robasta, foliis radicallbns 

 confertis late ovatis, spica elongata denslflora pubescente, floribus 

 secundis, bmcteis flores saperantibus, sepalis ovatis, petalis acinaci- 

 formibus falcatis obtusis, labelli sacco maguo apice inf-er sepala exserto 

 intus alte 5-7-costato, lamiua parva decarva unpruifornii v, ovata, 

 columna brevissima. Fl. Brit, TncL vi. 11:^ {excl, cit. Hook, f.) ^Etheria 

 fusca, LindL Gen, d: Sp. Orch. 491, Journ. Linn, Soc. i. 184. Cjstorcbis 

 fusca, Benth. in Gen, Plant, iii. 59 D. 



Hab. Subalpiiie Himalaya ; Nepal, Wallich ; Harung, Munro ; 



Gurwhal, alt. 13,000 feet, Buihie ; Sikkim, alt. 12,000-14,000 feet, J,D, 



HooJcer, 



Radices crasse fibrosa?. Folia 1-1^-pollicaria, patenti-recurva, snb- 

 acuta, coriacea; petiolo lato brevi. iSca'pns crassitie pennse anserinse, 

 unacum spica 5-10-pollicaris ; bracteue caulinoe spathaceae ; flores ^ 

 poll, diam. Sepala obtusa. Lahelli costa apexque incrassatae. Columna 

 lata ; autliera parva, stipitata, didjma. 



Referred by Bentbam to Cystorchis (wbicb is an eminently tropical 



genus of very different babit) on account of tbe sac of the lip pro- 

 jecting between tbe lateral sepals, but it wants the characteristic calli 

 in the sac of the lip of that genus, and the habit is entirely that of 

 the temperate Uoodyerte. In * Fl. Brit. Ind/ when removing G, fusca 

 from ^tlieria^ in which Lindley had latterly placed it, I overlooked the 

 fact that this author bad originally referred it to Goodyera, — J. D. H. 



Pig 1. Bracts and flower. 2. Petal. 3, Lip and column. 4. Limb of lip. 

 5. Lateral view of column. All cnhirgrd. 



