421 



dorsal, acuminate or obtuse, sometimes apiculated with a membrane, 

 2-ceUed : cliaandrium membranaceous on both sides, margined : 

 pollen masses 2, powdery, 2-partite, fixed to a common oblong 

 gland. — Terrestrial herbs, usually small- flowered, and glandular- 

 pubescent : roots fascicled : leaves radical, sometimes caulescent, 

 sometimes altogether deficient : flowers spiked, spiral. 



(1) S. Atjstbalis. fLindl.J 

 Idmt. Liudl. gen. and sp. p. 464. 



Syn. Neottia crispata, Bhtme. lydr. 406, N, flexuosa. Smith 

 in Rees Cycl. fvar.j S. flexuosa, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 823. Spreng. 

 syst. fvar.j N. Anstralis, R. Brown prod. 319. Don flor^Nep. 27. 

 fvar.j E". parviflora. Smith in Rees fvar.j S. parviflora, Idndl. I. e. 

 fvar.j S. pudica, Idndl. Coll. Bot. t. 30. Spreng. syat. fvwr.J 

 AristoteKa Spiralis, Lov/r. flor. Coch. fvar.j Neottia Sinensis, Pers. 

 syn. fva/r.J 



Ungra/B. Wight's Icon. t. 1724. 



Spec. Chae. Badical and cauline leaves linear or lineai-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or acute, sometimes ensiform : flowers spiral, glabrous 

 or oftener pubescent : bracts ovate, longer than the ovary :• lip 

 oblong, dilated at the apex, crisp, pubescent above : flowers white. 



NeUgheiries, in pastures. "Western Ghauts. Flowering from 

 June tyi October. 



GENUS LXVIII, ZEUXINE. 



Ciynandrla Monandria. Sex: Sysu 



Gen. Chae. Perianth ringent : lateral sepals placed on the lip, 

 seldom connate, dorsal one convex at the base, agglutinated with 

 the petals : lip ventricose at the base, connate to the column, 

 bicallous within, limb undivided, shorter than the sepals, often 

 fleshy : column short, terete, glandular swollen on both sides 

 (always?), anther dorsal, 2-celled, clihandrium usually membrar 

 naceous margined : poUen masses granular 2, 2-lobed, caudicle 

 common.^Terrestrial caulescent herbs: leaves Unear, scattered; 

 spike terminal, sessile between the leaves or scarcely peduncled. 



(1) Z. sinoAiA. flmdl.) 

 Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 485. - 

 Syn. Pterygodium s^lcatu;n% Roxl. flor, Ind< W- P- .452. 



TpMnii/'nill Tlnf TR.fiO'- t. 1618. 



Engrav. Bot. Eeg. t. 161,8. 



