3M 
29° 
222 SmitH—NEw ORCHIDS. 
Alt. 8,000 ft. Plant of 4-8 inches. Flowers oe orange- . 
yellow. August 1913.’’ G. Forrest. No. 11,914 
Apparently new to China. 
Zeuxine inverta, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species anomala; structura floris cum Zeuxine satis quadrat 
sed flos resupinatus ; folia in hac specie ad squamas reducta 
Planta 7-15 cm. longa, 2 mm. crassa, erecta, glabra, ateas 
mate elongato pauci- et brevi-ramoso circ. 2 mm. crasso. 
Caulis squamis amplexicaulibus 6-9 membranaceis 5-7 mm. 
longis plus minusve approximatis (vaginis foliorum in Zeuxine 
normalium subsimilibus) bene praeditus et interdum subcelatus. 
Spica circ. 2.5 cm. longa, 5-7-flora, glabra; bracteae 8-9 mm. 
longae, ovato-lanceolatae, rivitibradiabeae ; flores resupinati 13-14 
mm. longi aurantiaci. Sepala lateralia falcato-ovata, obtusa, 
circ. 6 mm. longa; sepalum dorsale multo minus cire. 4 mm. 
longum obtusum cum petalis cohaerens concavum. Petala 
lineari-lanceolata, falcata, circ. 4 mm. longa, acuta. Labellum 
columnae adnatum sepala paululo excedens apice circ. 4 mm. 
latum ; unguis circ. 3 mm. longus angustatus marginibus erectis 
integris; lobus terminalis bilobulus segmentis divaricatis sub- 
rotundis margine irregulariter erosulis; saccus basalis brevis- 
simus callis duobus praeditus. Columna brevis bialata; stig- 
mata duo ae anthera ovata acuta. Ovarium circ. 9 mm. 
longum glabru 
“West China : ORT A to the north-west of Tengyueh, Yunnan, 
in shady situations amongst rhododendrons. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 
7,000 ft. Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers orange. July 1912.” 
G. Forrest. No. 8551. 
A very peculiar plant. The flowers are resupinate—the label- 
lum forming a kind of hood over the flower. "The form of the 
labellum is quite that of Zeuxine and not of Hetaeria which has a 
superior lip. 
Zeuxine nervosa, Benth. 
“West China :—Tali Range, Yunnan, in shady situations 
amongst scrub. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of 9-14 
inches. Flowers green. May 1o014.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
12,382. 
Not recorded from China. 
Zeuxine pumila, King et Pantling. 
“Upper Burma :—Naung Chaung Valley, at 8-9,000 ft., on 
leaf mould in deep shade of forest. Flowers white. ro14.” F. 
leone Ward. ‘No: 1722. 
_ New to Burma. 
2 © pt: woe 80.8185 375 “a, JP. Gi Se. B. 
