Zeuxine.l cxlviii. oeohidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 109 



oboyate-oblong or subouneate. Monochilus affine, Lindl. Gen. & Sp 

 Orchid. 487 {excl. hab. Gourtallum). Btseria affinis, Lindl. m Wall. Cat. 

 7383. E. flava, Wall. Cat. 7380 0. ^tberia mollis, Lindl. in Journ. 

 L%nn. Soc. i. 184. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; in the Terai, Gamble. Khasia Hills, alt. 5000 ft., Griffith, 

 &c. Btjbma ; at Taong Dong, Wallich. Tenassebim ; at Moulmein, LoU, 

 Parish. Pekang, Maingay. 



Very like Z. flava, but the flowers are much larger, and much more numerous, 

 the sepals J in. long, and the pollinia are pyriform, attached by an elastic caudicle 

 to the oblong gland. 



9. Z. abbreviata, Hook. f. ; leaves lanceolate acuminate, bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate shorter than the slender erect glabrous ovaries, sac of lip 

 with 2 lamellae on the midrib and 2 large calli on each side, wings of 

 terminal lobe obliquely ovate subacute entire. Etaeria abbreviata, Lindl. 

 in Wall. Gat. 7885; Gen. & 8p. Orchid. 491 (^theria). E. lanceolata, 

 Beichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 142. Dossinia lanceolata, Lindl. in 

 Journ. lAnn. Soc. iii. 186. 



Nepal, Wallich. Khasia Hills, alt. 4^5000 ft., J. B. S. ^ T. T. 



Whole plant 1 ft. Leaves 2i in., many nerved; petiole ^-J iu. Spike pnberu- 

 lous ; sepals pink, broadly ovate, acuminate ; petals semi-orbicular or lunate ; column 

 with 2 membranons wings on the face ; rostellutti very short, 2-fid. j anther ovate, 

 obtuse ; pollinia elongate, clavate, lamellate down to the large gland. 



** Claw of terminal lobe of lip slender, not margined. 



10. Z. moulmeiuensis, Sooh. f. ; slender, leaves elliptic, spike 

 glandular-pubescent few-fld., bracts ovate-lanceolate shorter than the 

 slender glabrous ovaries, sepals and petals aristately acuminate, sac of lip 

 large globose didymous with 2 large calli within, claw straight rigid, lobes 

 narrowly f alcately cuneate lacerate. EtEeria moulmeiuensis, Par. & Beichb. 

 f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 142. 



Tenassebim; at Moulmein, Loib, Parish. 



Stem slender, with the spike 12-18 in. Leaves 2-3 in., elliptic, acute or 

 acuminate, membranous ; petiole 1 in., slender. Spike 2-3 in., few-fld. ; flowers 

 not secund, spreading ; ovary slender, ^ in. long ; sepals membranous, 1-nerved, dorsal 

 ovate, lateral much broader ; petals broadly dimidiate ovate with recurved points ; 

 sac of lip with caruncled callous sides, sub- 4-celled by imperfect transverse and lon- 

 gitudinal septa, claw slender pubescent, lobes divaricate as long as the rest of the 

 lip ; column very short and stout with projecting cheeks on the anterior face ; 

 rostellum short, 2-fid ; anther short, ovate, obtuse ; pollinia pyriform, attached to 

 the gland by very short caudicles. — Possibly a Cystorchis. 



11. Z. longrifolla, Sooh. f. ; tall, very robust, leaves large lanceolate 

 acuminute, spike elongate laxly many-fld., rachis puberulous, bracts 

 shorter than the long slender glabrous ovaries, sepals and petals aristately 

 acuminate, lip very broad saccate, sac with trapeziforra sides two caruncles 

 within towards the base and a flattened uncinate one on the midrib, claw 

 beyond the lobe narrow rigid, wings flabellate lacerate. Hetaeria longi- 

 tolia, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 346. Ehomboda longifolia, 

 Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 181. 



SiKXiM Himalaya ; in lower valleys, J. D. S. 



Stem procumbent at the base, as thick as a swan's quill, branched. Leaves 6-8 

 by lJ-2 in., many-nerved, midrib stout ; petiole l-lj in. ; sheaths short. Spike 

 7 in. ; flowers very obliquely gibbous, not secund ; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; ovary 



