Goodyera.] oxlviii. orohidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) Ill 



_ 1. 6. procera, Sook. JExot. Flor. t. 39; spike dense-fld., flowers 

 minute, lip saccate softly setose within and with 2 large oalli within the oh- 

 tuse recurved tip, column very short, anther obtuse. lAndl. Gen. & Sp. 

 Orchid. 493 ; in Journ. Linn. 8oc. i. 183 ; Don Prodr. 28 ; Wight Ic. 

 1. 1729. G. carnea, A. Bich. in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 80. Cionisaocus 

 lanceolatus, Breda Oreh. Kuhl et Sassh. t. 1. Oordylestylis foliosa, Fal- 

 coner in Soak. Journ. Sot. iv. (1842) 75. Neottia procera, Xer in Bot. Beg. 

 t. 639. — Leucostachys, Soffman Preisverz. Orch. 1842, ex Linnea, xvi., 

 Littlb.234,. 



Teopicai. Himalaya, alt. 1-3000 ft., from Garwhal to Upper Assam, the 

 Khasia and Naga Hilis, and Pegu. Nhohibi Hili-s and Malabae Ghats, 

 Wight. Ceylon, ascending to 4000 ft.— Disteib. Java, China. 



Moot of thiok tufted fibres. Stem 10-30 in., usually many-leaved. Leaves 

 4-8 by 1-2 in., thick, petiole very stout. Spike 3-8 in. ; rachis glabrous or pube- 

 scent; bracts equalling the subglobose whitish fragrant flowers, which are ^ in. 

 diara.; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, 1-nerved; petals epathulate; lip not longer 

 than the column ; poUinia broadly pyriform, sessile on the gland. Capsule J in. 

 fusiform. 



2. G-. rubenSj Blume Orchid. ArcMp. Ind. t. 9 0, D ; spike rather 

 lax-fld., lip saccate beaked densely clothed within with soft tubercles or 

 short setse, column long slender, anther lanceolate, poUinia powdery nar- 

 rowed into one slender caudicle. 



Pbbae ; upper part of the Batang Padang Valley, alt. 2000 ft., Wray. — 

 . PiSTKiB. Java, Philippines. 



Habit and foliage of Q. procera, but leaves obliquely elliptic-lanceolate and petiole 

 more slender. Scape sheathed; spike 4-5 in. ; rachis bracts and buds pubescent; 

 bracts lanceolate, longer than the brownish-pink flowers ; sepals J in. long, 1-3- 

 nerved, dorsal oblong-lanceolate, lateral broader below, not covering the sac of the 

 lip, which is shorter than the column ; column keeled in front ; rostellar arms large, 

 erect, stigma at their base very large orbionlar ; caudicles of pollinia as long as the 

 clavate body. — A remarkable plant, with the exposed sac of the lip of Qystorchis, 

 but all other characters of Goodyera except the very long column. 



3. G. Aimata, Thwaites Enum. 314 ; spike rather lax.-fld., lip con- 

 cave rhomboidly orbicular caudate-acuminate glandular within column 

 clavate, anther ovate subacute. 



Obtlon ; in the Central Province, rare, Thwaites. 



Three feet high and very stout. Leaves many, 6-10 by 3-4 in., obliquely elliptic- 

 lanceolate ; petiole 2-4 in., stout. Scape stout and spike glandular-pubescent; 

 bracts shorter than or equalling the greenish-red flowers, lower sometimes elongate j 

 sepals J— i in. long, ovate, acute, 1-nerved'; petals dimidiate lanceolate, acuminate, 

 falcate ; lip as broad as lohg, many-nerved, abruptly contracted into a revolute 

 ligulate tail; column almost funnel-shaped, rostellar beaks short. 



** Stem 4-8 in., rarely more. Leaves 1-2 in., usually rosulate, ovate- 

 cordate or lanceolate. 



t Lip smooth channelled or lamellate within, hut with no hairs or soft 

 setcB. 



4. <r. repens, Brown in Sort. Kew, Hd. 2, v. 198 ; leaves ovate acute 

 shortly petioled, spike secund pubescent, bracts equalling or exceeding the 

 flowers, lip ventricose shortly beaked channelled within, column very 

 short ovate. Lindl. Gen. & 8p. Orchid. 492 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 183 ; 

 Beichb. le. Fl. Germ. xiii. t. 483 ; Ledeh. Fl. Boss. iv. 86 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 



