Plate 2185. 



GOODYERA VITTATA, BentJi. 

 Orchide.e. Subtribe Spiran'iiie^. 



G. vittata, Benth. in Berh, Kew, ; gluberrima, robusta, foliis ovatis 

 acuils saturate viridibus nervls albidis, spica multiflora, bracteis lan- 

 ceolatls flores ceqnantibus, petalis oblanceolatis subfalcatis obfcusis, 

 labello saccato in laminam rostriformem acutam angastato, sa(;co 

 intns setoso, lamina medio lamellis 2 percarsa. Georchis vittata^ 

 Lindl. in Joitrn. Linn, Soc, i. 184. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 6,000-9,000 feet, J. D. EooJcer. 



Caulis UTiacum scapo spicaqne 4-6-pollicaris, crassitie pounce olorinse. 

 Folia 1^-3 poll. loTifja, carnoso-coriacea, snbtus Itete rubro-purpuras- 

 centia. Scopus hvex'i^, bracteis lauceolatis elongatis vagiuatus ; spica 

 2-3-pollicaris, secundiflora ; flores ad \ poll, lougi. Sepala 3-nervia, 

 alba, apicibus roseis, lateralia ovata, acuminata, dorsali oblongo- 

 lanceolata. Petala medio 3-nervia, alba. Lahellum 7-nerve, sub 3- 

 lobura, album. Golumna brevis, rostelli bracbia subulata. Anthera 

 ovato-lanceolata ; polllniorum caudiculce breves, glandule elongatje 



affixae. 



Tbis is the only perfectly glabrous Indian species of Goodyera known 

 to me. The plate is taken from a coloured drawing that I made in 

 Sikkim in August 1848.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Bract nnd flon-er. 2. Dorsal sepal. 3. Petal. 4. Lip and column. 5. Lip 

 liiii open. 6. Side view of column. 7. Anther, All enlarged. 



