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Рглтв 372.—Goodyera vittata, Benth. А plant, of natural size, Fig. 1 a flower with its ovary 
and bract, 2 profile view of column and lip, showing the anther is situ with its upturned beak, 3 the 
petals, 4 the lip, 5 column showing the anther behind, the rostellum at the apex and the stigma in 
front, 6 anther, 7 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
4. Gooprera HrxsLEYANA, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 
Vol. LXIV, Pt. 2, 342. 
Height of entire plant 6 to 10 in., of which 3 in. are spike. Stem enveloped in leaf- 
sheaths; roots few, thick. Leaves three to five, scattered, unequal, broadly ovate, acute, 
glabrous like the stem, dark green with white nerves, 8 to 1:8 in. long and “2 to 1 in. 
broad.  Peduncle shorter than the raceme, pubescent. Raceme 1 to 15 in. long, pubescent. 
Flowers sub-secund, ‘5 in. long; the brací lanceolate, exceeding the ovary. Sepals 3-nerved, 
the lateral pair ovate-acuminate, the dorsal oblong-lanceolate and clothed externally with 
long sparse hairs. Petals oblong-lanceolate, faleate, 3-nerved. Тір oblong with a sharp 
tooth at each side of the mouth of the sub-saccate base; the apical lobe oblong, entire, 
obtuse, with scabrid dise, the sac setose within. Pollinia elongate-obovate, with a short 
caudicle and a long narrow lanceolate pointed gland. 
Sikkim, on Senchal; elevation 7,000 feet; flowering in July; Pantling No. 215, 
The flowers of this are white, the sepals being tipped with pink. This differs from 
G. vittata, Benth. notably by its laxly hairy sepals and by the scabrid disc of the lip. 
It is dedicated to Mr. W. В. Hemsley, F.R.S., formerly Assistant for India, now 
Principal Assistant, Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
PLATE 373.—Goodyera Homsleyana, King and Pantling. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 profile view 
of flower, ovary and bract, profile of column and lip, part of ovary, column and lip, from the side, 
3 lip, 4 and 5 posterior and anterior surfaces of column, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
5. Goopyera FOLIOSA, Benth. ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 113. 
Whole plant 6 to 12 in. high. Stem decumbent at the base. Leaves 3- to 
5-nerved, distant, ovate-lanceolate, acute, somewhat oblique, narrowed to the base, the 
edges undulate; length 2:5 to 3:5 in., breadth 75 to 1:65; petiole 1 in. long, slightly 
expanded into a short sheath at the base. Peduncle only 1 to 2 in. long, pubescent 
in its upper part like the floral bracts and bearing several lanceolate sheaths with tubular 
bases and acuminate apices, Ласете 1:5 to З in. long, its rachis and the bracts and 
ovaries glandular-pubescent. Flowers numerous, rather crowded, much exceeded by the 
lanceolate acuminate 3-nerved floral bracts. Sepals sub-equal, ovate-oblong, sub-acute, 
connivent, connate at the base. Petals obliquely rhomboid, with acute apices and long- 
clawed bases. Jip as long as the sepals, the base with a sub-globular sac hispid within 
and contracted into the oblong sub-acute apical lobe. Column and rostellum rather long. 
Anther erect, oblanceolate; pollinia narrowly clavate, vertically grooved, united at the 
lower end and sessile on a long oblanceolate gland. Stigma rotund, concave. Hook. fil. 
Fl Br. Ind. VI, 113; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., vol. V, 61, t. 91. Georchis foliosa, Lindl. 
Gen. and Spec. Orch., 496. Goodyera sp. Griff. Itin. Not. 36, No, 591; Notul. ІП, 396, 
No. 11; Ie. Pl. Asiat. 316, fig. 1. 
Sikkim, at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000 feet, Hooker; on Senchal as high as 7 ,000 
feet; in flower during October and November; Pantling No. 5. Assam, Naga and Khasia 
Hills, ascending to 5,000 feet. Burma; Griffith. Perak at 7,000 feet; Wray. 
Axx. Вот. Bor. Gard., CarcurrA, Vor. VIII. 
