Plate 219L 



HET^RIA ELATA, Hook. f. 



Orchide^. Subt.ribe Spiranthe.e. 



H. elata, Eooh, f. FL Brit. Ivd. vi. 116; gracilis, ekta, glabcrnma, 

 foliis longc pttiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, scapo elongato 

 bracteis plurimis lanceolatis vaginato, spica elongata multi-densiflora, 

 floribus minatis, sepalis lateralibus late ovatis obtusis, petalis lincnri- 

 obovatis, labello minimo subhemispberico apice rostellato, basi utrin- 

 que intus callis 2 et apicem versus lamina transversa Instructo. 



Hab. Perak, Father Scortechini] on Batang Padong, alt, 4,900 feet, 

 Wray. 



Gmilis nnacum scapo spicaque 18-24- pollicaris. FoJla subdistantla, 

 4-5 poll. loTiga, in petif^Ium 2-3 poll, lonsrum gmcilem angustata, 

 nuiltinervia, vagina brevi laxa. Scapus O-pollicaris; bracteie inferiores 

 foHaceee, spica 3-5-pollicaris ; flores quaquaversf, ^ poll, lat? glaberrimi. 

 Lalelliim a latere compressum, profundesaccatum, calhsad basiumtus 

 conicis, lamina infra-apicali crassluscnia, merabrana 2-fida terminata. 

 Columna brevis, subquadrata, rostelli braclna brevia ; anthera parva, 

 ovata. 



I have not satisfactorily ascertained the structure of the interior of 

 the lip and of the column in this species, which can only be made out 

 on living specimens. The tip of the transverse infra-apical plate of 

 the labellum appeared to me to be an orbicular entire membrane ; iu 

 Miss Smith's drawing it is fleshy and bifid, and the short rostellar 

 arms which I described in Tl. Brit. Ind.' are absent in her drawing or 

 replaced (see fig. 5) by two conical projections towards the base of the 

 column. The drawing was made from dried specimens, aided by a 

 sketch by Father Scortechini. — J. D. H. 



rig. 1. Flower. 2 and 3. Sections of portion of lip. 4. Up an J column, o. Column. 

 AU inlnrcjed. 



