OKCHIDS OF THE SIEKIM-HIMALAYA.
SPIBANTHES AUSTRAUS, Lindi, in Bot. Reg., ««5 t. 823.
Wliole plant 6 to 18 in. liigh. Siem stout or slender, roots tuljerous. leaves four
or five, altoraate, clustered near the base of the stem, linear, shortly sheathing, acute or
acuminate, sometimes oblanccolate, 1-5 to 4 in. long and -25 in. or less broad. Stem
with a few distant sheatliing bracts '5 in. long. Spiices 3 to 6 in. long ; the rachis
glandular-pubescent. Flowers in a spii-al, crowded, '1 to '2 in. long; floral hract ovate,
longer than the sessile ovary. Sepals sub-equal, ovate-oblong with broad bases, the apices
acute and reflexed. Petals smaller than the sepals, linear, obtuse, the apices roflexed. Lip
oblong, dilated at base and apex, the base sub-saccate, bi-glandular; the apex sub-quadrate,
truncate, erose, the margins undulate. Tollinii cohering, elavate. Capsule fusiform,
ridged, pubescent, •2-5 iu. long. Lindi. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 464 ; in Journ. Linn.
Soc. I, 178; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. FL, 270; A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 2,
XV, 78 ; Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 102. 8. jlesima and S. parvifiom, Lindi, in Bot.
licg. \inder t. 833. S. amasna, Bunge Enum. PI. China, 63. S. Novce Zclandicce,
Hook. Handb. Fl. New Zeal., 243. Neoiiia australis, R. Br. Prod. 319; Don Prod. Fl.
Nep. 27. K erkpata, Blume Bijdr., 406. flexuosa and N. parvijlora, Smith in
Roes' Cyclop. N. sinensis, Pers. Syn. II, 511. N. amcena, Bieb. FL Tanr. Cauc. Ill,
606. Gyrosiaehys australis, Blume Fl. Jav. 107, t. 37, 38. Spirantkes, Griff. Notul. Ill,
384; Ic. Plant. Asiat., t. 348.
Sikkim, common from 2,000 to 8,000 feet; in flower dui-ing April and May and also
during August and September; PantUng No. 107. Throughout the moimtainous parts of
India at suitable altitudes. Distrib. Affghanistan, Northern Asia, China, Java, Australia
and New Zealand.
The flowers produced in spring are white; those appearing in autumn are often pink.
Pi.ATE 3 6 9 . — a u s i r a l i s , Lindi. A plant in flower and fruit, of natural site. Fig. 1 bract,
ovary and flower, 2 colamn witli anther in situ, and lip, seon from the sida, 3 lip, upper surface, 4 front
view of tie apex of ovary and column, showing the rosteUum (r), stigma («}, poliinia (p), and anther (a),
5 profile view o£ the foregoing, 6 Einther, 7 front and back Tiewe of the poliinia ; aii enlarged.
81. Goodyera, R. Brown.
Terrestrial leafy herbs. Slem decumbent below, erect above. Leaves usually rather
thick, mth wide sheaths and usually with petioles also. Flowers small, numerous, in
terminal, sometimes secund, ¿pikes or racemes. Sepals sub-equal, often pubescent outside 5
the dorsal concave and, with the petals, forming a hood over the colimin ; tlie lateml pair
free, sub-connivent or spreading. Lip attached to the base of the column, entire,
saccate or cymbiform at the base ; the apical lobe small, usually acute and decurved ;
the basal sac with setae calli or ridges inside, rarely smooth. Column short, the rostelinm
projecting. Anther usually pyriform, with a long erect beak; poliinia 2, (4 in G. grandi»)
davate, sessile on a large or small gland. Stigma undivided, anticous. Species about
36; temperate and tropical Europe, Asia, N. America, N. Caledonia and the Mascarene
Islands.
Column without any callus or process on its face.
Sao of lip quits smooth "within, globular, not
beyond the bases of the sepals . . . . 1. 0. repens.
Sao of lip with two ridgas inside it, but without eetas or
tubercles, globular, projecting beyond t t o bases of the
eepaJs
Sao of Hp setose within, sub-globular or oblong.
Petals united by their apices
Petals free.
Floral bract longer than the flower.
Petals oblong-lanceolate; apical lobe of lip with
a scabrid thickening . . . .
Petals obliquely rhomboid, clawed; apical lobs
of lip not lamellate
Petals cuneately obovate, clawed; i
3. G. vxttaia.
. i. Q. Hermie'jana.
5. G. fotiosa.
of lip small, decurv-ed, triangular . . . . 6. G. procva.
F l o r a l bract shorter than the flower.
Plants from 6 to 12 inches high.
Petals sigmoidly lanceolate, entire, subacuto . 7. G. Mspida.
Petals fiùcately oblanceolate, the apex beaked,
the outer margin erose 8. G. secwidiflora.
Plants from 1 to 4 feet high ; petals linearoblanceolate,
acute, entire 9. G. fvmata.
Column with a davate process on its face below the stigma . 10. G. grandi».
1. GOODYERA BEPENS, Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, V, 198.
Height of whole plant 4 to 8 in. Stem glabrous, leafy below and bracteate above,
gj-adually passing into the longer and pubescent peduncle. Leaves ovate-elHptic to elliptic,
6ub-acute, the peduncle sheathing in the lower half ; length of blade -5 to 1 in., breadth
•35 to -45 in.; bi-acts in the upper part of the stem and on the peduncle linear, convolute,
about -5 in. long. Raceme sub-secund, 1 to 2 in. long, its rachis and the bracts
and ovaries sparsely pubescent or sometimes sub-glabrous. Flowers globular, pointed,
•15 in. in diam. ; floral hract linear-lanceolate, longer than the ovary. Sepals sub-equal,
ovate, sub-acute, connivent. Petals about as long as the sepals, obliquely cuneate-oblong,
falcately acute at the apex, the edges slightly erose-dentate. Lip about as long as the
sepals, saccate at the base; the apical lobe short, oblong-ovate, sub-acute, concave, its
edges somewhat imdulato ; the sac naked within. Column short, without processes ; the
stigma orbicular, rostellum short. Antlier obovate, beaked ; poliinia davate, sessile on the
large oblong-quadrate gland. Lindi. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 492; in Journ. Linn. Soc. J,
183; Reichb. Ic. PI. German, XIII, 155, t. 482; Ledeb. FI. Ross. IV, 86; Boiss. Fl.
Orient. V, 90; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 111. G. marginata, Lindi, in Wall. Cat. 7394 ;
Gen. and Spec, Orch., 493; in Journ. Linn. Soc. I, 183. Satyrium repens, Lian. Sp.
PI. 1330.
Sikkim, at elevations from 8,000 to 11,000 feet, common; in flower during July
and August; Pantling No. 277. Westward along the Himalaya to Simla. Distrib.
Em-ope, N. Asia and N. America.
The flowers arc white flushed with brownish-pink. The leaves are green, beautifully
reticulated with white.
PLATE 370.—Goodyera ripens, Brown. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 bract, ovary and flower, 2
the same 1» profle, but with the sepals and petals removed, 3 the petals, 4 lip, 5 upper part of ovary and
front of column, showing the stigma and end of the rostellum, 6 anther, 7 poliinia | all enlarged.