96 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Ancectochilus. 



much shorter than the sepals, terminal lobes obtusely hatchet-shaped, 

 claw of lip very short, fringes few. A. albolineatus, Par. Sf ReicJib. f. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 141. Dossinia marmorata, Lindl. in Journ. I/inn. 

 Soc. i. 185 (not of Morren). 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA (Ic. Catlicart fy J. D. H.}. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., 

 MacJc, &c. TENASSEEIM, Parish. 



Leaves ovate, green with a white mesial band and golden nerves, red beneath. 

 Spike as in A. Reimvardtii; sepals and petals green tinged with pink; lip white j 

 column very large with a forcipate appendage projecting from the base. 



** Claw of lip entire or nearly so. 



6. A. Griffith!!, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; claw of lip entire or with 

 a membranous toothed margin and a trapeziform base, terminal lobes 

 hatchet-shaped lobulate or toothed. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, Griffith. Naga Hills, in UPPER ASSAM, Prain. 



Leaves 1^-lf in., orbicular-ovate, apiculate. Scape 4-6 in. ; spike 10-20-fld. ; 

 lobes of lip equalling or longer than the claw ; column short with a broad folded 

 appendage in front and a flap over the mouth of the very short saccate 2-fid spur ; 

 anther short. -The margin of the claw of the lip is broader and more toothed in the 

 only Naga specimen I have seen. 



7. A. tetrapterus, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; claw of lip quite 

 entire, terminal lobes each 2-partite. 



MUNNIPORE ; at Eerung, alt. 2000 ft., Clarke. 



Leaves 2 in., shortly petioled, ovate, caudate-acuminate. Scape 2 in. , and few-fld. 

 spike tomentose; sheaths and bracts large; claw of lip arched, narrow; lobules 

 cuneate-obovate, terminal pair smallest ; column with broad auricles in front that 

 terminate in a 2-fid membrane overhanging the mouth of the very short conical 

 obtuse spur ; anther lanceolate, acuminate. 



81. VRYDAGZYNEA, Blume. 



Terrestrial, leafy herbs ; stem below creeping, roots fibrous. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate. Flowers small, spicate, suberect. Sepals subeq ual, free, 

 dorsal smaller forming a hood with the petals. Lip included, sessile at the 

 base of the column, membranous, concave, entire ; spur large, inflated, 

 exserted beyond the base of the sepals, with 2 stipitate calli within. 

 Column short, inappendiculate ; stigmatic lobes lateral ; rostellum short ; 

 anther short, cells distant ; pollinia 2, sessile on a large gland. Species 

 8-10, Indian, Malayan and Pacific. 



This genus is described as having two stipitate calli descending from the base of 

 the column into the sac or spur of the lip ; the stipites appear to me to be always 

 more or less adnate to the walls of the sac, and represent two vascular bundles or 

 nerves. The name is variously spelled. All the species want revision and description 

 from living plants. 



1. V. viridiflora, Hook. f. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate acuminate, lip 

 orbicular-oblong tip truncate, disk with a high median ridge from the base 

 to the middle, spur inflated. ? Physurus viridiflorus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. i. 180 (excl. Syn. Neottia viridiflora, JBl., which is a Goodyera). 



LOWER BENGAL ; Luckempore, on the Megua, Clarke.' DISTRIB. ? Java. 

 A span high. Leaves 1^-2 in., ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, membranous, 

 shortly petioled. Scape 1-1 in. ; spike few-fld., rachis pubescent ; bracts | in. and 



