Plate 2183 



GOODYERA GRACILIS, Eook. f. 



Orchide^. Sabtribe Spiranthe^, 



G. gracilis, Hooh f, FL BrlL Jni. vi. 112; foliis panels petiolatis 

 clliptico-ovatia, scapo gracili, spica brevi puberula, braeteis floribus 

 brevioribus, labello recto oblongo concavo infra apicem emarginatam 

 breviter rostrato, disco lamella crassa percurso et basi callis 2 

 pyriformibus instracto. 



Hab. Perak, Father ScortecMnL 



Gaulis unacura scapo et spica 2-o-bracteata 8-10-polUcaris, gracilis. 

 Folia snbremota, 1-1^ poll, longa, obtusa v. apiculata, marginibua 

 siccis snbcrenulatis, nervis obscuris. Spica l-l-poUicaris, pauciflora, 

 torta; flores conferti, ad ^ poll. lati. Sepala lineari-oblonga v. lanceo- 

 lata, obtusa, 1-nervia, basi gibba. Peiala sublinearia, obtusa. Lahellum 

 sepalis paullo brevius, crassiusculunij margiuibus iiicurvis. Cohirnna 

 brevis; rostelli brachia elongata ; antbera lauceolata, obtusa ;po11inia 

 anguste pyHformiaj breviter peJicellata glandulce parva? lineari affixa. 



The drawing is made from a specimen collected by Father Scor- 

 techiui. It was accompanied with a rude figure, in which the leaves 

 are represented as more ovate, acute, and strongly crenate. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Bract and flower. 2. Lip and column. 3. Interior of lip. 4. Aiitlier. 

 5. Pollinia, All enlarged. 



