108 ciLviii. oROHiDEa:. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Zeuxine. 



lip much longer than the sepals, wings of terminal lobe elongate toothed. 

 Monoehilns longilabre, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487 ; in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. i. 186. M. affinis, Wight Ic. 1. 1728 {not of Lindl.). 



Assam, Lower Bengal and Chittaoon&, Clarke. Westeeit Ghats ; in the 

 S. Concan, Stocks, and Travancore, Wight. Ceyion, in the drier parts of the 

 island, Macrae, Thwaites. 



Leaves l-lj in., near the base of tlie short stem, shortly petioled. Scape very 

 slender and elongate, lax-fld. ; spike glandular-pubescent ; bracts about equalling the 

 ovary ; sepals J in. long, broad, obtuse, green ; lip twice as long, sac with 2 spurs 

 within, wings toothed on the outer margin, variable in breadth ; anther beaked ; 

 poUinia clavate, adnate for about two-thirds of their length to the linear appendage 

 of the gland. 



6. Z. reg'ia'i Senth. in Gen. Plant, iii. COO; leaves ovate-laneeolate 

 with a median pale stripe acute, spike pubescent, sepals and petals with 

 recurved tips, lip rather longer than the sepals, wings suborbicular or 

 cuneiform. Monoehilns reginm, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487. 



Cetlon ; damp woods in the Central Province, ascending to 4000 ft., 

 Macrae, &c. 



Stem slender, elongate. Lea(oes 1^—2^ in., dark green, variable in breadth; 

 petiole and sheath short. Scape 3-5 in. ; spike few-fld. ; bracts as long as the 

 ovary J sepals -J in. long, very obtuse; lip with a short saccate base; anther broadly 

 ovate, beaked ; pollinia clavate, pendulous from the small oblong gland, append- 

 ages 0. 



6. Z. nervosa, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 600 ; leaves broadly ovate 

 acute, sepals ovate obtuse tips straight, spike pubescent, lip rather longer 

 than the sepals, wings cuneate. Monoehilns nervosum, Wall, in Lindl. 

 Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 187. Etseria nervosa, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7381. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 2-4000 ft., J. D. M. Silhet, Wallich. Cahab, 

 Keenan. BEHaAL ; at Comilla, &c., Clarke. 



Stem rather stout. Leaves 1-2 in. Scape 2-5 in., stout or slender; spike 

 1-8 in., lax or dense-fld. ; bracts equalling the ovary ; sepals J in. or less, green or' 

 purplish ; anther didymous, apioulate ; pollinia and their appendages as in Z. reni- 

 formis. — The Ceylon habitat cited by Thwaites is an error. 



7. Z. flava, Senth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 600 ; leaves ovate acute, spike 

 glabrous or pubescent, flowers very small, lip shorter than the sepals, 

 wings broadly obovate or hatchet-shaped. Monoehilns flavum. Wall, in 

 Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 487 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 187. Etseria flava 

 lAndl. in Wall. Cat. 7380 A, B. 



Nepal, WalUch. Assam, Qriffith ; on the Naga hills, Prain. Tenasseeim 



Heifer, Oriffith. Cetlon ; Central Province, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. Disteib! 



Java, Borneo. 



Stem usually elongate, slender. Leaves 1-li in., usually scattered, petioled or 

 not; sheath usually much inflated, hjaline. Scape 3-6 in., very slender; spike 

 1-li in., lax-fld. ; bracts usually exceeding the ovaries ; sepals Jj in., obtuse ; lip 

 included, sac with 2 long spurs within ; anther ovate-lanceolate ; pollinia 

 subglobose, attached by a simple caudicle to the lanceolate gland. — Much the smallest 

 fld. species. A drawing in Herb. Peradeniya represents the flowers as white with 

 a red lip. 



8. Z. affinis, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 600 ; leaves ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, spike and ovaries pubescent, lip longer than the sepals, wings 



