Goodi/era.] c^xlviii. orohideje. (J. D. Hooker.) 115 



sides of the column, and stigma with 2 lateral lobes.— Species about 13, 

 Indian. 



1. K. Gardner!, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 604; tall, slender, leaves 

 elliptic acute, spike very long glandular pubescent, bracts equalling the 

 very small flowers, petals linear-8p3,thulate, lip saccate membranous with 

 a few small caUi on the nerves within. Bhamphidia Gardneri, Thwaites, 

 Unum. 31d. 



Ceylon j in the Central Province, Walker, &o. 



Stem 12-20 in., stout and leafy below.. Leaves 2-4 by 1^2 in., often oblique, 

 3-nerved, membranous; petiole i-1 in., sheath large, short. Spike 4-10 in., very 

 many-fld. ; flowers hardly secund ; bracts i in. ; sepals ^ in. long, obtuse, dorsal 

 ovate 1-nerved, lateral oblong 3-nerved ; petals linear-spathulate, 1-nerved ; lip 

 cymbiform ; column very short, stigmatic lobes large, lateral ; rostellar arms and 

 anther short, poUinia subglobose, each caudicled. — Thwaites describes the lip as 

 with a very few short hairs within. 



2. SC. ovalifolia, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 164 ; slender, leaves 

 elliptic acute, spikes elongate glandular-pubescent, bracts exceeding the 

 very small flowers, petals obovate-oblong, lip saccate tip obtusely 3- 

 toothed, nerves with tooth-like calli towards the base. Groodyera ovalifolia, 

 Wight. Ic, t. 1730. Rhamphidia ovalifolia, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 

 181 {excl. habitat). 



Malabae ; at Oourtallam, Wight. 



Very near to H. Gardneri, but smaller, 10-14 in. long, leaves the same, bracts 

 rather longer. Flowers tinged with pink j dorsal sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 l-nerved ; lateral oblong, 3-nerved ; column very short, stigmatic lobes marginal, 

 very large'; rostellar arms minute, pollinia as in H, Qardneri. — Lindley in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. whilst wrongly ascribing a Sikkim specimen of S. rubens to this, rightly 

 describes the lip as 3-fid. 



3. K. rubens, Benth. in Gen. Plant, ui. 164; tall, leaves elliptic 

 acute, spike puberulous, bracts e(jualling or exceeding the flowers, petals 

 hammer-shaped, lip subhemisphenc with a small transverse terminal lobe 

 and a jagged callus on each side towards the base within. Hooh. f. Ic. 

 Plamt. ined. Ehamphidia rubens, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 182. 

 Oerochilus rubens, Lindl. in Gard. Chr'on. 1854, 87. G-oodyera, No. 4, G^iff. 

 Notul. iii. 390. 



BiKKiM HiMALATA, alt. 1500-3000 ft., J. D. S., Oltwke, Assam, Maim. Uppee 

 BuEMA, Griffith (Keio Biatrib., 5341 and 5342). 



Rather stout, 10-18 in. high. Leaves 4r-5 by lf-2 in., as in ovalifolia, reticulately 

 nerved in the Sikkim specimen ; flowers twice as large, greenish-purple ; sepals 

 1-nerved, broadly ovate ; petals clawed, very gibbous on one side ; lip short, terminal 

 lobe sometimes 2-fid ; column very short indeed, with two small wings in front ; 

 anther ovate-cordate ; pollinia pyriform, subsessile on the gland ; stigmatic lobes 

 large, rostellar arms very short. 



4. K. Kelferl, Soolc.f. Ic. Plant ined. ; slender, leaves elliptic, spike 

 puberulous twisted, bracts shorter than the flowers, petals linear falcate, 

 lip membranous cymbiform acuminate with a few fleshy cilia on each side 

 towards the base within. 



Tenassbeim ; Misses Eider Islands, Selfer. 



Stem 6-10 in. with the raceme. Leaves 3-4 in., acute, many-nerved, mem- 

 branons. Spike 3-6 in. ; bracts narrowly lanceolate ; sepals ^ in. long, snbeqnal, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, hairy, 1-nerved j lip small ; column short with 2 membranous 

 wings in front, and very short rostellar arms j anther ovate -cordate. 



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