Zeuxine.'} CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 109 



obovate- oblong or subcuneate. Monochilus affine, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 

 Orchid. 487 (excl. hab. Gourtallum). Etaeria affinis, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 

 7383. E. flava, Wall. Cat. 7380 C. JEtheria mollis, Lindl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. i. 184. 



SIEKIM HIMALAYA; in the Terai, Gamble. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 5000ft., Griffith, 

 &c. BURMA ; at Taong Dong, Wallich. TENASSEEIM ; at Moulmein, Lobb, 

 Parish. PENANG, M.aingay. 



Very like Z. flava, but the flowers are much larger, and much more numerous, 

 the sepals in. long, and the pollinia are pyriform, attached by an elastic caudicle 

 to the oblong gland. 



9. Z. abbreviata, Hook. f. ; leaves lanceolate acuminate, bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate shorter than the slender erect glabrous ovaries, sac of lip 

 with 2 lamellae on the midrib and 2 large calli on each side, wings of 

 terminal lobe obliquely ovate subacute entire. Etaeria abbreviata, Lindl. 

 in Wall. Gat. 7385; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 491 (^Btheria). E. lanceolata, 

 Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 142. Dossinia lanceolata, Lindl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 186. 



NEPAL, Wallich. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. 



Whole plant 1 ft. Leaves 2 in., many nerved; petiole |-f in. Spike puberu- 

 lous ; sepals pink, broadly ovate, acuminate ; petals semi-orbicular or lunate ; column 

 with 2 membranous wings on the face ; rostelluin very short, 2 fid. ; anther ovate, 

 obtuse ; pollinia elongate, clavate, lamellate down to the large gland. 



** Claw of terminal lobe of lip slender, not margined. 



10. Z. moulmeinensis, Hook. f. ; slender, leaves elliptic, spike 

 glandular-pubescent few-fld., bracts ovate-lanceolate shorter than the 

 slender glabrous ovaries, sepals and petals aristately acuminate, sac of lip 

 large globose didymous with 2 large calli within, claw straight rigid, lobes 

 narrowly falcately cuneate lacerate. Etseria moulmeinensis, Par. Sc Reichb. 

 f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 142. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Lobb, Parish. 



Stem slender, with the spike 12-18 in. Leaves 2-3 in., elliptic, acute or 

 acuminate, membranous ; petiole 1 in., slender. Spike 2-3 in., few-fld. ; flowers 

 not secund, spreading ; ovary slender, in. long ; sepals membranous, 1-nerved, dorsal 

 ovate, lateral much broader ; petals broadly dimidiate ovate with recurved points j 

 sac of lip with caruncled callous sides, sub- 4-celled by imperfect transverse and lon- 

 gitudinal septa, claw slender pubescent, lobes divaricate as long as the rest of the 

 lip; column very short and stout with projecting cheeks on the anterior face; 

 rostellum short, 2-fid ; anther short, ovate, obtuse ; pollinia pyriform, attached to 

 the gland by very short caudicles. Possibly a Cystorchis. 



11. Z. longifolia, Hook. f. ; tall, very robust, leaves large lanceolate 

 acuminute, spike elongate laxly many-fld., rachis puberulous, bracts 

 shorter than the long slender glabrous ovaries, sepals and petals aristately 

 acuminate, lip very broad saccate, sac with trapeziform sides two caruncles 

 within towards the base and a flattened uncinate one on the midrib, claw 

 beyond the lobe narrow rigid, wings flabellate lacerate. Hetaeria longi- 

 folia, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 346. Ehomboda longifolia, 

 Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 181. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; in lower valleys, J. D. H. 



Stem procumbent at the base, as thick as a swan's quill, branched. Leaves 6-8 

 by 1 J-2 in., many-nerved, midrib stout ; petiole 1-1^ in. j sheaths short. Spike 

 7" in. j flowers very obliquely gibbous, not secund ; bracts ovate-lanceolate; ovary 



