Plate 2190. 



HET^EIA ELONGATA, LinJI. 



VI. 



OUCHIDEJ!. Subtrlbe Spirantde^. 



H. eloneata, Xm,?Z. in Wall. Cat. n. 7384 (Etasrta) ; Gen. d: Sp. 



Orchid. 494 ; elata, gracilis, foliia petiolatis elliptico-ovatis subacutis, 

 s[)ic.i clongata laxiflora laxe tomentosa, bracteis ovario brevioribus 

 sepalls ovato-oblongis obtusis, petalis obovato-oblongls obtusis, labello 

 columnse adnato cymibiformi apice rostellato basin versus intns 

 molliter setoso. ? Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 91. Booh. f. Fl. Brit. Lid. 

 116. Goodyera? elougata, Lindl. Gen. <t Sp. Orchd. 494. 

 ? Rbamphidia elongata, Thwaites Enum. PI. Ceyl 313. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula ? Finlayson. ? Ceylon, Hewabette and 

 Ambagarnowa Districts, alt. 4,000 feet, Thwaites. 



Caidis unacum scapo splcaque 18-pollicaris, infeme longe foliosus 

 Folia 2-3^ poll, longa, membranacea, inferiora obtusa ; petiolns j-; 

 noil lono-us ; vaginae breves, laxse, inferiores hyalinte. Scapus pauci- 

 bracteatSs. Sfica 4-6-pollicaris ; bracteae J poll, longse, lanceolatse ; Acres 

 fere \ poll. lati. Sepala S-nervia. Petala nolarante lateribus msertis 

 margine interiore medio incrassata, gibba. Lahellum superms 

 menibranaceum. Columna brevis, antice ad basin labelli processubus 

 2 erectis instructa ; rostelli bracbia brevia, subulata ; anthera ovato- 

 cordata ; pollinia subgloboso-pyriformia, caudiculis glandulse oblongce 



affixis. 



Tbe adnation of tbe base of tbe lip to the sides of tbe column in tbis 

 species is curious, as is also the vertical insertion of the petals on the 

 sides of the column. Finlayson's habitat for the plant is uncertain ; 

 he botanised (during Sir Stamford Raffles's mission to the Court, 

 of Siam) in the Malay Peninsula and Siam, and in JS. Cochin 

 Chiua ; and Wallich, by whom his specimens were distributed rarely 

 gave a locality for them in his catalogue. The plate is made from a 

 specimen cultivated at Kew in 1882, which precisely agrees with 

 Finlayson's. I have seen no specimen of the Ceylon plant (which 

 habitat was by oversight omitted in the 'Flora of British India ) 

 unless, as is most probable, the Kew Garden specimen was received 

 from Ceylon. — J. D. H. 



Fig 1. r-ract and flowrr. 2. Petal. 3. Lip and column. 4. Interior of l.a^e of 

 lip and portion of column, fl. PoUini.i. All enlarged. 



