S56 On some Plants in the H. C. Botanic Gardens. 



Char. Gen. — Sepala et petala subconformia, subsecunda. 

 Labellum cucullato-ventricosum, sessile, cum columna conti- 

 nuum, basi sub-calcaratum. Anther a bilabiata. Pollinia 2. 

 postice foveolata. 



Habitus. — Herbae terrestres tuberosae. Folia plicata. 

 Scapi apice recurvato-penduli. Flores saepissime spicati, con- 

 gesti, postici. 



G. laxijlorum, (n. sp.) scapo foliis breviore, spica pendula 

 laxiflora, sepalis oblongis, petalis oblongo-ovatis duplo latior 

 bus, labello subcalcarato rotund ato cochleariformi a medio 

 supra dilatato undulato emarginato. 



Hab. — Assam, Major Jenkins. Flowers here in May. 



Descr. — Old stems or tubers short, obturbinate, marked with the 

 scars of fallen leaves. Leaf stem about a foot high, including the 

 leaves which are 3-5, the more perfect 8-10 inches long, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, conduplicate, sub-acuminate, undulate. Scape twice as 

 short, with a few membranous, whitish sheaths. Bractes narrow- 

 lanceolate, shorter than the ovarium. Flowers 8-10, whitish, rather 

 large. Perianth spreading. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, the la- 

 teral rather broader, with oblique emarginate points. Petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, twice as broad. Labellum sub-calcarate at the base, 

 roundish, cochleariform, entire, upper-half undulate, sub-deflexed, 

 emarginate: colour white, floor tinged with yellow, at the base 

 where it is joined with the labellum is a patch of purplish, short 

 cellular hairs. Column stout, short, with similar but more minute 

 hairs at the base : lateral teeth of the apex distinct. Anthers 

 whitish, lower lip chiefly purple. Clinandrium shallow, prolonged 

 or acuminate behind, its floor keeled, with a conical shining tooth 

 towards the stigma, with which it is apparently continuous. Pollen- 

 masses oblong, excavate behind. Caudicula broadly spathulate, 

 cucullate towards the pollen-masses. Gland roundish. 



This species is nearly allied to G. dilatatum, (Limodorum 

 recurvum, Roxb.) but differs from it in the thinly flowered 



