Plate 2196. 



GASTRODIA EXILIS, Hoolc f. 



Oeghidej:. Subtribe Aeethuse.?:. 



G. exilis, Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. VI. VI'6 ; gracilliraa, giaberriraa, 



caule basi tuberoso, vaginis brevibus remotis, racemo paucifloro, bractei3 

 minntia, floribus erectis, periantliii tnbo anguste subcarapanulato, 

 sepalis orbicnlatis crispatis petalis dimidio minoribus, labelli breyiter 

 tinguiculati lamina oblongo-ovata marginibns crispatnlis, disco apicetn 

 versus lamellis triangularibns erectis et basi callis 2 reriformibua 

 instrucfco. 



Hab. Kbasia Hills, at Amwee, in grassy places, alt. 3,000 feet, 

 J. D. HooJcer and T. TJiomson. 



Tuher oblongura, i-f poll, longnm. Gaulis 6-12-pollicaris, filiformis. 

 Flores \ polf. longi, cylindracei, albidi. Lahelli unguis bre^ns, 

 laminse apex exserta. Columna apice truncata, tridentata. GapsuJa 

 immatura fusiformis. 



I have bad great difficulty in analysing the flowers of tbis singular 

 species. Tbe figure of tbe lip (3) is as tbat organ appeared to Miss 

 Smith on a careful dissection. When describing it in the ' 1 lora ot 

 British India ' I had not observed tbe reniform calli at its base.— J • D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same with the perianth laid open. 3. Lip. 4. Column. 

 5. Anther. All greatli/ enlarged. 



