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



bicrure longum attenuatum. Stig?na verticale. Anthera 

 dorsalis, rostrata. Pollinia 8 cerea, rotunda. Caudicula 

 longissima. Glandula linearis. 



Habitus. — Epiphytica, ccespilosa. Pseudobulbi turbinate, 

 novelli 2-4<folii. Folia carnosa, oblonga, emarginata. Scapus 

 subclavatus, erectus. Flores spicati, l-bracteati, minuti, 

 viridescentes, 



Hab. — Nepal, communicated by Major H. Lawrence, 

 Flowered here in March, April, 1844. 

 Euproboscis pygmaea. 



Descr. — A minute plant, scarcely exceeding 4 inches in height, 

 apparently forming thick tufts. Pseudo-bulbs turbinate. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, the smaller ones almost round, fleshy, emarginate, 

 one-veined, channelled. Scape erect, 3-4 inches high, roundish, 

 almost club-shaped with a few membranous sheaths. Flowers spik- 

 ed, small, inconspicuous, green, scentless, suffulted by a small scale- 

 shaped bracte, in bud depressed flat, two-edged. Perianth posticous, 

 connivent ; sepals nearly equal, oblong, fleshy, the lateral condupli- 

 cate-carinate. Petals narrow lanceolate, of the same length with 

 the sepals, points recurved, spreading. Labellum the length of the 

 sepals, very entire and simple, much like the petals, half-convolute, 

 continuous with the base of the column. Column vertical, very 

 short, very oblique indeed deficient behind, in front (anticously) 

 elongated into a long rostrate two-legged rostellum. Anther paral- 

 lel with the column, dorsal, fleshy, prolonged into a long beak. 

 Pollinia 8, round, minute, incumbent in fours. Caudicula very long. 

 Gland linear about half as long. Ovarium simple. 



This is one of the many species that so much weaken the 

 distinctions employed by Dr. Lindley to arrange naturally 

 the plants of this difficult family. Its affinities appear to me to 

 be with Neottieae, particularly with certain pseudo-bulboid 

 forms allied to Ancectochilus ; yet its pollen masses are obvious- 

 ly waxy. In this respect and in the column generally, it ap- 



