96 ciLvm. oECHiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [AricectooMlus. 



much shorter than the sepals, terminal lobes obtusely hatohet-ahaped, 

 claw of lip very short, fringes few. A. albolineatus, Par. Sf Heiehb. f. m 

 Trans. Linn. 8oe. xxx. 141. Dossinia marmorata, Liiidl. in Journ. lAnn. 

 Soc. i. 185 {not of Morren). 



SiKKiM Himalaya (7c. Catlwart ^ J. D. E.). Khasia Hills, alt. 4-5000 ft., 

 Maeh, &c. Tewasseeim:, Parish. 



Leaves ovate, green with a white mesial band and golden nervea, red beneath. 

 SpJite as in A. Reinwardtii; sepals and petals green tinged with pink; lip white; 

 column very large with a foreipate appendage projecting from the base. 



** Claio of lip entire or nearly so. 



6. A. Griffithii, HooTc. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; claw of lip entire or with 

 a membranous toothed margin and a trapeziform base, terminal lobes 

 hatchet-shaped lobulate or toothed. 



Eastekn Himalaya, Griffith. Naga Hills, in Uppee Assam, Prain. 



Leaves li-lf in., orbicular-ovate, apiculate. Scape 4-6 in. ; spike 10-20-fld. ; 

 lobes of lip equalling or longer than the claw ; column short with a broad folded 

 appendage in front and a flap over the mouth of the very short saccate 2 -fid spur ; 

 anther short. — The margin of the claw of the lip is broader and more toothed in the 

 only Naga specimen I have seen. ' 



7. A. tetrapterus, Sooh. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; claw of lip quite 

 entire, terminal lobes each 2-partite. 



MtriririPOKE ; at Eerung, alt. 2000 ft., Olarhe. 



Leaves 2 m., shortly petioled, ovate, caudate-acuminate. Scape 2 in., and few-fld. 

 spike tomentose; sheaths and bracts large; claw of lip arched, narrow; lobules 

 cuneate-obovate, terminal pair smallest ; column with broad auricles in front that 

 terminate in a 2-fid membrane overhanging the mouth of the very short conical 

 obtuse spur ; anther lanceolate, acuminate. 



81. VBVDA6ZVNEA, Blume. 



Terrestrial, leafy herbs ; stem below creeping, roots fibrous. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate. Flowers small, spioate, suberect. Sepals subeq aal, free, 

 dorsal smaller forming a hood with the petals. Lip included, sessile at the 

 base of the column, membranous, concave, entire ; spur large, inflated, 

 exserted heyond the base of the sepals, with 2 stipitate calli within. 

 Oolumn short, inappendiculate ; stigmatic lobes lateral ; rostellum short ; 

 anther short, cells distant ; poUinia 2, sessile on a large gland. — Species 

 8-10, Indian, Malayan and Pacific. 



This genus is described as having two stipitate calli descending from the base of 

 the column into the sac or spur of the lip ; the stipites appear to me to be always 

 more or less adnate to the walls of the sac, and represent two vascular bundles or 

 nerves. — The name is variously spelled. All the species want revision and description 

 from l^ing plants. 



1. V. viridiflora, Hook. f. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate acuminate, lip 

 orbicular-oblong tip truncate,- disk with a high median ridge from the iDase 

 to the middle, spur inflated, p Physurus viridiflorus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. i. 180 {excl. Syn. Neottia viridiflora, SI., which is a G-oodyera). 



LoWEE Beng-al ; Luckempore, on the Megua, Clarice. — Disteib. ? Java. 



A span high. Leaves 1^—2 in., ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, membranous, 

 shortly petioled. Scape 1-li in. ; spike few-fld., rachis pubescent ; bracts J in. and 



