Zeuxine."] OXLVIII. ORCHIDEJS. (J. D.. Hooker.) 107 



JBlume Fl. Jav. 55, t 19 and 23 ; Orchid. Archip. Ind. 67 ; Miquel. I. c. 

 Z. emarginata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 1. c. Z. procurnbens, Blume Fl. Jav. 56, 

 t. 22, 1 3 and t. 23 B ; Orchid. Archip. Ind. 68. Tripleura pallida, Lindl. 

 in Wall. Cat. 7391 ; Gen. & Sp. 452. Adenostylis emarginata & integerrima, 

 Blume Bijdr. 414, t. 17. Pterygodium sulcatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 452. 

 Corycium ? humile, Serb. Ham. 



Throughout INDIA, in the plains and lower hills, from the Panjab and Scinde to 

 ASSAM, CHITTAGONG, and southward to CEYLON. DISTEIB. Afghanistan, Java, 

 China, Philippines. 



Stem 2-16 in., erect, glabrous, leafy to the top. Leaves few or many, 1-2 in., 

 erect, acuminate, margins usually recurved. Spike -2 in., dense-fid., nearly 

 glabrous ; bracts - 1- in., erect, lanceolate, acuminate, hyaline, 1-nerved ; flowers 

 white, yellow, or very pale rose ; sepals in. long, oblong, obtuse, membranous; 

 petals oblong, obtuse, hyaline ; lip yellow, equalling the sepals, cymbiform, con- 

 tracted into a short pubescent claw bearing a hammer-headed terminal lobe or 2 

 small lobes; column short, rostellum short; anther short, ovate; pollinia pyriform, 

 attached within the tip of a linear appendage of the gland. Capsule % in. long, 

 ellipsoid. The commonest Indian Orchid, very variable in size. The tall form, Z. 

 membranacea, has large flowers, and may prove distinct, but there appears to be many 

 intermediate forms. 



Sect. 2. MONOCHILUS, Wall. (Gen.). Leaves ovate. All scapigerous. 

 * Claw of terminal lobes short with involube margins, 

 f Terminal lobe of lip very small, entire or subentire. 



2. Z. g-oodyeroides, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 486 ; leaves ovate 

 green with a median pale stripe, spike nearly glabrous, lip cymbiform 

 terminal lobe orbicular or oblong concave membranous. Monochilus 

 galeatus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 187. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; from Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft., to Mishmi, Griffith, &c. 

 PEGU, Kurz in Herb. Calcutt. 



Stem 2-4 in. Leaves 11^ in., sessile or shortly petioled, obtuse acute or acumi- 

 nate, sheaths short. Scape 3-6 in., slender; spike lax-fid.; bracts equalling 

 the glabrous ovary ; sepals \ in. long, dorsal ovate, acute, lateral lanceolate 1-nerved ; 

 petals falcate, very obtuse; lip wholly included, coriaceous, with 2 short spurs 

 within; rostellar arms small ; stigmatic lobes distant ; pollinia pyriform, attached by 

 a slender caudicle to the oblong gland. 



3. Z. reniformis, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaves approximate 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate, scape short pubescent, bracts longer than the 

 pubescent ovary, sepals ovate 3-nerved subacute glabrous, lip included, 

 sac hemispheric with 2 toothed calli within, terminal lobe reniform 

 crenate. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Stem 6-10 in. below the leaves. Leaves 2-3^ in., membranous, base rounded ; 

 petiole ^ in., slender, sheath short inflated. Scape 2 in. ; spike about as long ; 

 bracts ^ in., lanceolate, hyaline ; sepals in. long, membranous, ovate, obtuse, 

 3-uerved ; petals in., orbicular, long-beaked, 3-nerved ; limb of lip with 2 small 

 appendages at the base; column 2-winged in front; rostellar arms long, fleshy, 

 trumpet-shaped ; anther lanceolate ; pollinia pyriform attached separately to the 

 face of a large cuneately quadrate horny appendage which is continuous with the 

 triangular gland, margin of gland and appendage recurved. 



tf Terminal lobe of lip %-winged. 



4. Z. long ilabris, Benth. in Gen, Plant, iii. 600 ; spike pubescent, 



