597 

 ORCHIDS OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. 



BY 

 (t. A. (tAMMIE. F.L.S. 



Part XI. 



(Continued from page 129 of this Volume.) 



We now come to the third tribe the Neottiece of which the 

 general characters were given on p. 433 (Vol. XVI). It consists 

 (in Bombay) of 3 genera of small, terrestrial orchids. These may 

 be shortly differentiated as follows : — ' 



Leaf single from a small underground tuber, 

 cordate fanshaped, appearing after the 

 scapes, which are few flowered, sepals and 

 petals narrow, spreading, lip undivided or 



o-lobed 25. Pogonia. 



Leaves few, alternate, roots of tuberous fibres, 

 flowers numerous, white, small, crowded in 



spiral spikes 26. Spiranthes. 



Leaves small, gradually passing into the 

 bracts, flowers small, in dense racemes, 

 dorsal sepal forming a hood with the petals. 27. Zeuxine. 

 Stems short, densely leafy, leaves very thin 

 and netted veined, flowers few, in short 

 racemes, sepals united half way into a tube. 28. Cheirostylis. 

 25. Pogonia. 

 Low, terrestrial, tuberous herbs, flowering before the leaves 

 appear. Leaf plaited, solitary, broadly cordate or orbicular. Flowers 

 solitary or few, nodding, near the apex of the scape rising from the 

 tuber, sepals and petals subequal, narrow, spreading, lip adnate to 

 the base of the column, sessile, narrow. 3-lobed, slightly saccate, 

 column elongate, curved, clavate, stigma oblong, polliniaj 2 or 4, 

 elongate, powdery, often coherent, without caudicle or gland. 

 Leaves purple, covered with vinous coloured 

 hairs, veins about 15, sepals and petals 

 dull white, lip entire, pink L P. plicata. 



