CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.®. 
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Zeuxine.] 
Flowers very small, 20 in spike, callus of 2 crenu- 
late ridges, claw with 2 lobes . . . . (6) Z. biloba 
Flowers 2 small; lip bilobed with oblong truncate 
lobes.(7) Z. rupestris 
Flowers 5 or 6; lip tip round blunt . . (8) Z. violascens 
(1) Z. sulcata Lindl. Gen . and Sp. Orch. PI. 4^4 > King, Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc, viii. 286, pi. 381. 
Stem erect, 2 to 16 in. tall. Leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate 
erect, 1 to 2 in. long, -12 in. wide. Raceme dense sub-sessile globose. 
Bracts lanceolate acuminate, *25 to *5 in. long. Flowers white, 
yellow or pink, *16 in. long. Sepals and petals oblong blunt. Lip 
yellow boat-shaped, with short pubescent claw and transverse oblong 
or bilobed limb. Hob. Rare. Malacca, Sungei Rambai (Derry). 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. 
(2) Z. aflinis Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 600; Ridl. Mat. i. 217. 
Whole plant 6 to 12 in. tall. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate 
acute, 1 in. long, -5 in. wide. Scape 6 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 
many, -25 in. long. Upper sepal oblong blunt, laterals ovate pubes¬ 
cent green. Petals oblong. Lip, sac broad with 2 curved processes 
inside, claw narrow, limb bilobed, lobes spreading blunt yellow. 
Anther lanceolate. Hab. Rare. Penang Hill (Maingay, Haniff). 
Distrib. India. 
(3) Z. reniformis Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 107; Ic. PI. 2173. 
Stem below leaves 6 to 10 in. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
base round, top acuminate, 2 to 3-6 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 
•5 in. long. Scape 2 in. long, pubescent. Bracts *3 in. longer than 
ovary. Sepal -25 in. long, ovate sub-acute glabrous. Petals 
semi-ovate. Lip, sac hemispheric clawed, calli 2-toothed inside, 
terminal lobe reniform, crenate, 2 semi-ovate lamellae on its base. 
Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
(4) Z. clandestina Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. 70, pi. 39, fig. 4; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 218. 
Plant slender, 1 ft. tall or less. Leaves distant, 5, lanceolate- 
ovate, 1-25 in. long, -36 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Scape slender 
hairy, 6 in. long, base nude. Flowers often numerous very small. 
Upper sepal adnate to petals forming an acute hood, laterals oblong 
green tipped white, hairy. Lip base saccate green, with 2 curved 
processes, side-lobes involute, limb white bilobed spreading. 
Capsule *25 in. long. Hab. On stony paths and edges of woods. 
Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Bukit Timah. Negri Sembilan, Rubber 
Estates, Siliau (Williams). Penang Hill near Waterfall on the 
track, up to 2500 ft. altitude; Richmond Pool (Ridley). Distrib. 
Java. 
(5) Z. palustris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 100. 
Whole plant 15 in. tall. Leaves 4, ovate blunt 3-nerved, 1 in. 
long, *5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Scape pubescent; raceme 
3 in. long; flowers 12. Bracts shorter than ovary. Sepals narrow 
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