860 obchidEjE. [Spiranthes. 



1. S. australis, Lindl. Gen. et 8p. OrcJi. 464, var. pudica. Leaves few, 

 at the base of the stem, linear or linear-lanceolate, the longest about 3 in. 

 long. Stems | to 11 ft. high, including a spiral spike of 2 to 4 in. ; the 

 rhachis glabrous or nearly so in the Chinese variety, pubescent in others. 

 Flowers white, tinged with red, about 1 line long. Labellum oblong, with an 

 ovate base, the upper half crisped on the edge. — ;S'. pudica, Lindl. CoU. Bot. 

 t. 30. 



Frequent in marshy places. Champion and others. Common in central Asia and the moun- 

 tain districts of S. Asia, from Ceylon and the Peninstda to the Archipelago, and in Australia, 

 hut usually puhescent and with larger flowers than in China, and perhaps not specifically 

 distinct from the European S. aestivalis. 



21. ZEUXINB, Lindl. 



Sepals, petals, and anther of Spiranthes. Labellum concave and cohering 

 at the base to the very short column ; the lamina thick, transversely dilated 

 at the end into 2 lobes, which fold face to face. — Terrestrial herbs, leafy at 

 the base. Flowers small, in dense spikes not distinctly spiral. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. Z. siilcata, IdndL Oen. et Sp. Orch. 485, andJourn. Linn. 8oc. i. 186. 

 Stems seldom above 3 or 4 in. high. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, ^ to 

 1 in. long. Spikes short and dense. Flowers about 2^ lines long. Sepals 

 and petals connivent, white, with a yeUow tinge. Labellum nareow, concave, 

 of a bright yellow. 



On the race-course in the Happy Valley; Eyre, Wilford. Widely spread over India, from 

 Ceylon and the Peninsula to Nepal, Khasia, and the Archipelago. 



22. GOODYEKA, Lindl. 



Sepals, petals, and anther oi Spiranthes. T;abellum entire, concave, and 

 without protuberances at the base, but often with callosities on the disk lugher 

 up. Column very short. — Terrestrial herbs. Ehizome often creeping. Flowers 

 small, in spikes not distinctly spii-al, on stems leafy at least at the base. 



A small genus ranging over the northern hemisphere. 



1, G. procera^ Hook. Exot. 11. t. 39 ; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 493. 

 Stems 1 to \\ ft. high. Leaves towards the base ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 3 to 4 in. long, tapering into rather long petioles, the upper ones reduced to 

 a few sheaths. Flowers white, mixed with green, in a spike of 3 or 4 in. 

 Sepals ovate, concave, about 1 line long. Petals narrower. Labellum almost 

 saccate at the base and glandular inside ; the lamina nan-ow, recurved, rather 

 thick, with 2 ovate protuberances on the disk. Anther half-buried in a pouch 

 at the back of the stigma. — Neottia procera, Bot. B;eg. t. 639. 



On Mounts Gough and Victoria, Ohamjiion ; also Hance and Seemann. In the hiUy dis- 

 tricts of India, from Ceylon ^nj the Peninsula to Assam and Siklrim. 



23. HJEMA.RIA, Lindl. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal ; the upper sepal and petals cohering in a 

 helmet over the column, the 2 lower spreading. Labellum free, slightly sac- 

 cate, with 2 tubercles at the base, flat, with a transverse dilatation at the end. 



