ZEUXINE. 291 
PLATE 887,--2әшгіне afinis, Benth. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 bract, ovary and flower, 
2 petals, 3 lip, 4 side view of column and lip, the anther (а), the two arms of the rostellum (r), а 
stigma (з), 5 stigma (s), gland of the pollinia (g), the columnar processes below the rostellum (c), the 
two arms of the rostellum (г), the anther (а), 6 lower surface of anther, 7 pollinia; a enlarged. | 
9. ZEUXINE REFLEXA, new species. 
Whole plant 7 to 9 in. high. Stem about ' in. thick, succulent, bearing a few lax 
hyaline sheaths. Leaves narrowly ovate, acute, with a short petiole expanding into 
Flowers “25 in. long; floral bract lanceolate, nearly as long as the ovary. Sepals sub- 
equal, ovate-lanceolate, concave, laxly pubescent externally. Petals lanceolate, blunt. Lip 
longer than the sepals, saccate at the base, the interior of the sac with a single 
laminar callus at each side; apical lobe with two diverging oblong-quadrate lobules 
and а minute apiculus at the apex of the sinus between them. Column short, its 
processes obliquely oblong, horizontal, shorter than the linear arms of the rostellum, its 
anterior face concave. Anther elongate; pollinia obliquely clayate-qblong, sessile on the 
narrowly elliptic gland. 
Sikkim, at Mungpog, elevation 3,500 feet; in flower during April; Pantling 
No. 361. | 
The colour of the sepals is green and that of the petals white; the limb of the lip 
is yellow and its sac white, 
This is allied to Z. afinis, but has a different column; the processes in this being 
horizontal while in that they are vertical. The apical lobules of the lip are also larger 
in Z. affinis. | 
Prats 388.—Zeuxine reffera, King and Pantling. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 bract, ovary and 
flower, 2 profile of column and lip, one of the stigmas (з), 3 petals, 4 lip, 5 apex of ovary and column 
showing anther (2), stigma (s, columnar processes (с p), rostellum (r) and gland of pollinia (р), 
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` 6 under surface of empty anther, 7 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
10.  ЕСХІМЕ PUMILA, King and Pantling. 
Height of whole plant 3 to 5 inches. Stem decumbent a£ the base, erect upwards, 
stout for the size of the plant. Leaves rather thick, ovate, acute, the edges undulate ; 
length +35 to -7 in.; petiole *3 to 4 in. long, expanding to a broad stem-clasping base. 
Peduncle only about 1 in. long, pubescent, bearing a single lanceolate acuminate bract 
tubular at the base. Flowers two to four, not crowded, sessile, broad at the base, 795 
dui long; floral bract broad, sub-acute, shorter than the sessile ovary. Sepals cohering, 
gub-equal, ovate; the dorsal concave, with an obtuse recurved tip; the lateral pair with 
broad oblique bases, sub-acute. Petals as long as the sepals, oblanceolate-oblong, 
and bluntly apiculate, erose. Тір longer than the sepals, with a 
the base having a large callus in its interior at each side; the 
claw in front of the sac long and narrow, convolute ; apical lobe divided into two broad 
podium g obliquely-oblong lobules. Column short, thick, with a pair of small oblong 
processes near the middle in front. Anther fleshy, with a thick blunt lip. Stigmas large, 
very 
their apices abruptly 
wide shallow sac at 
Ann. Бот. Dor. Garo., Cazccrra, Vor. VIIL 
