108 CXLVIII. oRCHiDE-as. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Zeuxine. 



lip much, longer than the sepals, wings of terminal lobe elongate toothed. 

 Monochilus longilabre, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487 ; in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. i. 186. M. affinis, Wight Ic. t. 1728 (not of Lindl.). 



ASSAM, LOWER BENGAL and CHITTAGONG, Clarke. WESTERN GHATS ; in the 

 S. Concan, Stocks, and Travancore, Wight. CEYLON, in the drier parts of the 

 island, Macrae, Thwaites. 



Leaves 1-1J in., near the hase of the short stem, shortly petioled. Scape very 

 slender and elongate, lax-fld. ; spike glandular-pubescent ; bracts about equalling the 

 ovary ; sepals in. long, broad, obtuse, green ; lip twice as long, sac with 2 spurs 

 within, wings toothed on the outer margin, variable in breadth ; anther beaked ; 

 pollinia clavate, adnate for about two-thirds of their length to the linear appendage 

 of the gland. 



5. Z. regia, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. GOO; leaves ovate-lanceolate 

 with, a median pale stripe acute, spike pubescent, sepals and petals with 

 recurved tips, lip rather longer than the sepals, wings suborbicular or 

 cuneiform. Monochilus regium, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487. 



CEYLON ; damp woods in the Central Province, ascending to 4000 ft., 

 Macrae, &c. 



Stem slender, elongate. Leaves 1^-2^ in., dark green, variable in breadth ; 

 petiole and sheath short. Scape 3-5 in. ; spike few-fid. ; bracts as long as the 

 ovary; sepals -| in. long, very obtuse; lip with a short saccate base; anther broadly 

 ovate, beaked ; pollinia clavate, pendulous from the small oblong gland, append- 



6. Z. nervosa, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 600 ; leaves broadly ovate 

 acute, sepals ovate obtuse tips straight, spike pubescent, lip rather longer 

 than the sepals, wings cuneate. Monochilus nervosum, Wall, in Lindl. 

 Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 187. Etasria nervosa, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7381. 



SIZKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-4000 ft., J. D. H. SILHET, Wallich. CAHAB, 

 Keenan. BENGAL; at Comilla, &c., Clarke. 



Stem rather stout. Leaves 1-2 in. Scape 2-5 in., stout or slender; spike 

 18 in., lax or dense-fid. ; bracts equalling the ovary ; sepals ^ in. or less, green or 

 purplish ; anther didymous, apiculate ; pollinia and their appendages as in Z. reni- 

 formis. The Ceylon habitat cited by Thwaites is an error. 



7. Z. flava, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 600 ; leaves . ovate acute, spike 

 glabrous or pubescent, flowers very small, lip shorter than the sepals, 

 wings broadly obovate or hatchet- shaped. Monochilus flavum, Wall, in 

 Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 187. Etaeria flava, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7380 A, B. 



NEPAL, Wallich. ASSAM, Griffith ; on the Naga hills, Prain. TENASSEEIM, 

 Heifer, Griffith. CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. DISTEIB. 

 Java, Borneo. 



Stem usually elongate, slender. Leaves 1-1^ in., usually scattered, petioled or 

 not; sheath usually much inflated, hyaline. Scape 3-6 in., very slender; spike 

 1-1 i in., lax-fld. ; bracts usually exceeding the ovaries ; sepals T ^ in., obtuse ; lip 

 included, sac with 2 long spurs within ; anther ovate-lanceolate ; pollinia 

 subglobose, attached by a simple caudicle to the lanceolate gland.' Much the smallest 

 fid. species. A drawing in Herb. Peradeniya represents the flowers as white with 

 a red lip. 



8. Z. affinis, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 600 ; leaves ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, spike and ovaries pubescent, lip longer than the sepals, wings 



