290 ORCHIDS OF ТИЕ SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
“5 їп. long; raceme miuch shorter than the peduncle, sparsely flowered.  F'ower *15 іп. 
long; Tract lanceolate, as long as or longer than the stout ovary, sparsely villosé, Sepals 
unequal, ovate-oblong, with a few lax hairs, the dorsal large and very concave, the lateral 
pair rather smaller. Petals narrowly oblong-elliptic. Lip longer than the sepals, cymbi- 
form at the base and with two ob'ong calli enclosed in its folds; the anterior lobe with 
two sub-quadrate oblique diverging terminal lobules. Column hoi, stout, its apex curved 
forwards so as to make the anther horizontal, rostellum long; ' pollinia clavate; gland 
ob-clavate, transparent. Stigmas small, elliptic, one at each side of the anther, Capsule > 
tumid, narrowly elliptic, ridged, “3 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 108; Ic. 
Plantar. ., t. 9176. Monochilus flavum, Wall. in Lindl, Gen. and Spec. Orch., 487; іп 
Journ, Linn. Soc. I, 187. Eteria flava, Lindl, in Wall. Cat. 7380 А. В. . 
Sikkim, at the foot of the range and ascending to 3,000 fect; in flower during May 
‘and June; Pantling No. 109. Westward to Nepal; Wallich. Assam; Griffith. Tenasserim; 
Helfer. Ceylon, Central Province, at 3,000 feét; Thwaites No. 3120. Distrib. Jaya, 
Borneo. 
‘The ‘ovary ‘and sepals of this are of а dull grayish olivaceous tint; the petals and 
column are white, the latter tinged with brown; the posterior half of “the lip is dull 
pink, the ‘anterior half being yellow. Тһе anther is pink. 
Piare 386.—Zeurine flava, Benth. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 bract, ovary and flower, 
2 ‘column and lip, 3 lip, 4 profile of column, showing the stigma (s), anther (а), side of the rostellum 
(£), and polliniar gland (r), 5 column, seen from above, 6 front of column, 7 pollinia ; ай enlarged. 
8. Zevxtne AFFINIS, Benth. in Benth. and Hook. fil. Gen. Plantar. ІП, 600. 
Height of entire plant 6 to 12 in. Stem stout, bearing several lax hyaline sheaths. 
Peduncle as long as or longer than the stem, with scattered slender hairs and two distant 
‘sheathing acuminate membranous bracts “25 in. long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, about 1*5 
in. long, with short slender petioles and large hyaline sheaths. Жасет2 1 to З in. long. 
Flowers 795 in. long; floral bract broadly lanceolate, pubescent, nearly as long as the 
ovary. Sepals unequal, ovate-lanceolate, sub-connivent, laxly hairy. Petals smaller than 
the sepals, sub-obliquely elliptic. Zip with а cymbiform saccate base bearing two 
‘stout teeth at the point of insertion on the column; the apical lobe ‘with two oblong 
recurved divergent truncate lobules. Column very short, with two large vertical 
‘processes beneath the two horizontally projecting lobes of the rostellum, таз large, 
‘horizontal, elliptic, one lying behind each arm of the rostellum. Pollinia clavate, 
‘sub-sessile on the narrowly elliptic gland; capsule elliptic, narrow, ‘3 in. long. Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 108; Ie. Plantar., t. 9177.  Monochilus afine, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. 
Orch. 487 (ezel. habitat Couríallam). teria afinis, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7389. ЖЕ. flava, 
Wall. Cat. 73800. Ætheria mollis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn, Soc. I, 184. 
Sikkim, in the Rungeet Valley, at an elevation of about 1,500 feet; Pantling 
No. 309; flowering in April Bhotan Duars; Pantling No. 309; Haines, No. 603. 
Griffith, No. 5351 (Kew Distrib.). Khasia Hills; “Clarke, No. 45314, Collett. Tenasserim; 
Wallich. Penang; Maingay. 
The floral bract and the ovary апа sepals are green, the ‘petals whitish green and 
“the lip yellow; the column is ‘white, but the anther is pink, At the ‘time of flowering 
ihe leaves аге usually brown. | 
