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obchidejs. (S. Moore.) 
pollen-masses pyriform ; stigmatic lobes ascending, oblong. Goodyera 
occulta, Thouars , Orch . Afr. t. 28. iEtheria occulta, Lindl. Gen. and 
Sp. Orch. 491. Notiophrys occulta, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 189. 
Mauritius, dense woods near summit of the Pouce, Ayres ! ; the Pouce and Quartier 
Militaire, Bojer ! Bouton ! etc. Seychelles, common in moist shady forests in 
Mahe, Praslin, and Silhouette, Horne ! Endemic. 
2. P. ? sechellarum, >8. Moore. Stem about \ foot high, glandular- 
pubescent above, leafy below, clothed in the upper part with numerous 
loose, white, imbricate sheathing scales. Leaves as in P. goodyeroides, 
but lanceolate. Spike 3 in. long, lax -flowered ; bracts lanceolate, 
glandular-pubescent. Sepals oblong, £ in. long. Petals linear, appa- 
rently quite free from the upper sepal. Labellum about as long as 
the column, and adnate to its base, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with several 
papilla-like calli near the base. Column slightly curved forwards ; 
pollen-masses subpyriform, longitudinally sulcate ; stigma rotun- 
date. 
Seychelles, moist shady forests of Mahe, rare, Horne ! Divergent from the 
genus by reason of its non-concrete petals and numerous small calli on the labellum. 
9. GOODYERA, R. Br. 
Sepals and petals ascending, the petals concrete with the upper 
sepal. Labellum entire, free from or adnate to the column, ventricose 
or concave at base, without calli. Column short, erect ; anther 
dorsal ; pollen-masses 2, sulcate ; rostellum bifurcate, erect ; stigma 
broad, occupying the face of the column. — Terrestrial fibrous-rooted 
herbs, with leafy stems and small flowers in erect terminal spikes. 
Distbib. A genus of several species natives of temperate and tropical 
regions of both worlds, but absent from Tropical and South Africa. 
1. G. nuda, Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 29. Stem erect, slender, about \ 
foot high. Leaves f-lj in. long, oblong-lanceolate, suddenly narrowed 
near the base and then dilating to form a loose amplexicaul sheath. 
Spike lj in. long, rather laxly flowered ; bracts lanceolate. Sepals 
about in. long, oblong, obtuse, minutely crenulate. Petals as long, 
subspathulate. Labellum in. in length, free from the column, 
unappendaged. Pollen-masses pyriform. Stigma rotundate, occupying 
the whole front of the column. Rich. Orch. Maur. 38, t. §,f. 3. Lindl. 
Gen. and Sp. Orch. 494. 
Mauritius, shoulder of the Pouce, Ayres ! Herb. Blackburn ! ; the Pouce and 
Flacq, Bojer. Also Bourbon. 
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10. APLOSTELLIS, Rich. 
Sepals and petals free, spreading, subequal. Labellum erect, free 
from the column and cucullate round it. Column clavate, shorter 
than the labellum ; anther terminal ; pollen-masses 4, in two pairs, 
