106 cxLviii. OBCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gheirosiylis. 



appendages of column subspathulate ; lAndl. in Journ. Linn. 8oc. i. 187 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 313 {exel. in both Syn. Zeuxine) ; Dalz. in Sooh. Jowm. 

 Bot. iv. (1862) 112 ; Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 271. Monochilus flabellatus, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1727. Goodyera fiabellata, A. Rich in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ser. 2, 

 XV. 79, t. 12. 



Bhotan Himalaya, Griffith. Tenassebim, Parish. The Concan, Dalzel. 

 NiLOHiEi Hills, alt. 6000 ft., Wight, &c. Cbxlon; Ambagamowa district, 

 Thwaites, BecTcett. 



Stem sometimes moniliform below as in G. pusilla, but stouter. Leaves J— | in., 

 petioled, ovate, acute. Scape 6-8 in. ; sheaths and bracts loose, acuminate; flowers 

 2-10, white, glandular-pubescent, perianth hemispheric; petals linear-oblong, falcate ; 

 sac of lip cymbiform, with 2 calli within; base hairy, claw short with 2 green spots ; 

 column very short, appendages subterminal and rostellar arms both subspathulate ; 

 anther with a dilated membranous tip ; pollinia pyriform, subsessile on the elongate 

 lanceolate gland. 



6. C. pubescensj Parish Sf JReichb. f. in Trans. Litm. Soc. xxx. 141 ; 

 scape pubescent, limb of lip 2-lobecl, lobes subquadrate crenate, appendages 

 of tbe column cuneately obovate much shorter tban the subspathulate 

 arms of the rostellum. 



Ten AssEEiM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem stout, ascending. Leaves IJ-S in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 petiole slender. ScapeS-ein.; sheaths and bracts lax, acuminate ; raceme 3-10-fld.; 

 perianth i in. long ; sepals connate to the middle ; lip with a smaUrconcave 3-nerved 

 base, lateral nerves with one slender callus ; claw rather broad ; anther truncate. 

 Capsule J in., pyriform, pedicelled. 



91. ZEUXINE, Lindl. 



Terrestrial herbs ; stem creeping below. Leaves memhrnnovia. Flowers 

 small, spicate. Sepals subequal, dorsal concave, cohering with the petals • 

 lateral free. Lip inferior, adnate to the base of the column, cymbiform or 

 saccate with a shortly-clawed or sessile entire 2-lobed or 2-winged terminal 

 lobe; sac with 2 calk or spurs near the base within. Column very short 

 2-keeled or -wmgedm front; stigmatic lobes 2, marginal, distant; anther 

 membranous, cells contiguous ; pollinia pyriform, attached by an oblonsr 

 gland to the erect rostellum with often an intermediate appendage or a 

 linear caudicle.— Species about 20, tropical Asia and AfrioaT 



I refer to Zeuxine those species of JSeicena that have large terminal lobes to the 

 lip. The appendage between the gland of the pollinia and the polUnia itself is a 

 very curious organ, and its real nature has not been ascertained, whether rostellar or 

 pollinar; It occurs only in some species, and in these under very various forms, so 

 that It cannot be relied on as a generic character. It is further so diSt of 

 analysis in dried specimens, that much allowance must be made for my description 



Sect. 1. EuzEuxiNE, Lindl. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate. 



1«fi^" ^W/^^T^^f ^^'--^of • r '"d7* f-OroMd. 485 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 

 186; Grif. Notul. iii. 396 ; Tc. Plant. Asiat. t. 349; Blume Orchid ArJh)^ 



yytgfit Jc. 1.7/4, bts, 1725, 1726. Z. membranacea, Lindl. Oen. <& Su 486 • 

 tn Journ. lann. Soc. I.e. ; Blume Orchid. Arckip. Ind. 68. Z TriDleTra' 

 Inndl. m Journ. Lvnn. Soc. I. c. Z. integerrima, Undl. Gen. & Splsi' 



