104 cxLViii. oEOHiDE-B. (J. D. Hooker.) ^Listera. 



Column stout ; rostellum terminal ; anther inclined forwards, cells 2 con- 

 tiguous ; pollinia 2, usually 2-partite, pendulous from the gland of the 

 rostellum. — Species 10, N. temperate regions. 



1. Ii. ovata; Sr. in Sort. Kew, v. 201 ; leaves ovate, lip linear 2-fid. 

 lAndl. Gen. & 8p. Orchid. 455; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 92; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Boss. iv. 80 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xiii. t. 479. 



Nokth-West Himalaya?, Falconer. — Disteib. Europe to the Ural and the 

 Caucasus. 



Whole plant 12-18 in. high. Root of fleshy fibres. Stem 2-4 in., naked. 

 Leaves 2-4 in., sessile, subacute. Scape with raceme 6-10 in., with 1-2 small 

 sheaths; raceme 3-6 in., pubescent; bracts broadly ovate, membranous; pedicel 

 ■jJj— ^ in. ; flowers J in. long, greenish ; sepals ovate ; petals linear ; lip twice as long 

 as the sepals, very narrow, 2-fld. Capsule i in. long, globosely ellipsoid.— Falconer's 

 is the only Indian Herbarium in which this plant occurs, and as it has not hitherto 

 been found eastwards of Long. 80° B. the specimen may not be Indian, but have 

 been inadvertently placed by him in his Indian Herbarium. 



2. Ii. tenuis, Zindl. in Journ. Linn. Boo. i. 176; leaves ovate acute, 

 lip cuneately obcordate. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; Lachen valley, alt. 11,500 ft., J. D. H. 



Whole plant 4-5 in. high, very slender ; leaves nearer the raceme than the root, 

 i-1 in. long, sessile, 3-5-nerved. Scape almost filiform ; raceme few-fld., puberu- 

 lous ; bracts ovate, acute, membranous ; pedicels short ; flowers J inong ; lip twice 

 as long as the petals, lobes rounded ; column short. 



3. Xi. pinetoruiU; LinAl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 175 ; leaves orbi- 

 cular cordate acute, lip cuneately broadly obcordate from a narrow base, 

 lobes broad. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; in pine woods of the Lachen valley, alt. 10-11,000 ft., 

 J. D. S \ Chumbi, King^s Collector, 



Whole ~plant 4^8 in. high, slender. Leaves 1-1^ in., much nearer the raceme 

 than the root, about as broad as long, very shallowly cordate, 5-7-nerved. Scape 

 rather stout, very short and few-fld.; raceme pabescent ; bracts appressed to thd 

 scape, ovate, acuminate, herbaceous ; flowers decurved, \ in. long, greenish brown ; 

 lip twice or thrice as long as the sepals, deeply 2-lobed, sinus obtuse ; column long, 

 incurved. 



4. Xi. micrantha, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 176 ; leaves sub- 

 radical broadly ovate, lip 3-lobed short. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; Lachoong valley, alt. 10,000 ft., J. S. M. 



Whole plant 3-5 in. Leaves \ in. Scape filiform, and lax-fld. ; raceme pubes- 

 cent ; bracts minute, ovate, acute, shorter than the ^ in. pedicels ; flowers very 

 minute, -^ in long ; lip very much smaller than the sepals, cuneate, truncately 

 3-lobed, lobes acute ; column very short. —A remarkable little species. 



90. CHEZROSTVZiIS, Slume. 



Terrestrial herbs. Leaves membranous. Flowers small, raoemed. 

 Sepals connate in a gibbous based tube to the middle. Petals narrow, 

 LAp inserted at the base of the column, erect, narrow, base saccate, limb 

 shortly clawed broadly dilated entire toothed or crenate. Column short 

 with 2 appendages in front, rostellum 2-oleft ; stigmatio lobes lateral ; 

 anther erect, cells short ; pollinia 2, caudicle short, gland oblong. — Species 

 about 8, Indian and Malayan. 



