OECHIDS OF THE SIE E111-HIM A LAYA.
liyaliiic bases; length of bkde 1-5 io 1T5 iu, bi-ciidth "5 io -ß in.; petiole and
Plicátil about 1 iu. Pcdunclc about as long as the sten., with one or two short tubular
Bhealhs, puWous. Racemo 2 to 3 in. long, sparsely.flowered, tlie rachis pubcrulous.
ilowcrs sub-globular, -2 inches long; ßoral Iract broadlv-lanceolate, acuniiiiatc, as lon<r
as the stout -ovary. Scpak sub-equal, oyatc, acute.. Fctais broader, obliquely ovate"
acute. L,p longer than the sepals, saccate at the base, the sac with two latnellce
towards tlie midrib and a largo callus on each side behind the Inmellai; the anterior
part tapenug to the decurvcd 2-lobulate apex; the lobules obliquely ovate, sub-acute.
Cohmn short and tliicb, with two vortical fleshy plates each divided into rcct'xu<>ular
inembrauous wings below, rostelluin si.ort. Anther ovate, obtuse ; polUnia davate," the
apices emarginate and the surfaces vertically grooved, sub-sessile ou a uarrowly elliptic
gland, lloolc. fil. Ic. Plantar, t. 2178. Actheria abbreviata, Liudl. in "Wall Cat. 738Ó;
G<;u.^ and Spec. Orch., 491. Etaeria lanceolata, Eeichb. fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc!
XXX, 142. Bogsinia lanceolaia, Lindl, in Journ. Linn. Soc. I, 186.
Bhotan, iu the Booars at Anibiok, elevation aboiit 4,000 feet; in flower dining
September; Pantling Ko. 346. Nepal; "Wallich. Khasia Hills, at elevations £i-oin 4 OOO
to 5,000 feet; Hooker. '
The sepals are pale brown and the petals pine white; the anterior part of the lip
is also M-hite, but the basal portion as well as tlio anther are pale yellow; at the base
of the column are two brown spots.
T l a t k ZS^.—Zeimne albrcviaia, Bentli. A plant, of nntnrnl ihc. Tig. 1 bract, OTary snd flower,
2 apes of ovnry, column with antlier in titu. Up miA stigma, 3 petnls, 4 section of lip showing ono
of tlie basrtl calli and one of th.o lamellaj (/}, 5 apes of ovary, showing the column, rostellum (>•), and
stigma («), 6 pollinia; all cultirgeJ.
5. Zeüxixe glaxdulosa, new species.
Whole plant G to 9 in. high. Stem beariug a few lax hyaline sheaths. Leaves
obloug-lauceolate, acute, with a short petiole expandiog into a wide hyaline sheath :
length of blade 1 to l-o in., breadth '25 to -35 iu. Peduuclo short, pubescent, bearing
two lanceolato glabrous bracts. Raccmz about 1 in. long, densely glandu'ar-pubesceat.
Flowers "2 in. across; floral hraet broadly ovate, bluntly acumiuate, shorter than or
c:¡iial to the densely glandular-pubescent ovary. Sepals connivent, ovate, acute, sub-equal,
sparsely glandular-pubescent, the dorsal very concavo. rdals sub-rotundly dimidiate,
sub-oblique, eacli with a long terminal apiculus. Lip as long as the sejjals, widely
saccata at tho bass, the iatcrior of the sac with a row of three lamellar calli on
each side and an iucm-ved conical tooth on each margin. Cohmn M'itli very large
lamellate processes having theii- apices projecting forward, incuived, and touching;
rostellum broad, projecting; pollinia pyriform, bifid and deeply grooved, attached to a
large oblong elliptic gland Iiaving a small viscid area on its under surface, S¿i¡]mas
two, small, narrowly oblong, situated near the base of the rostellum.
Ehotan Dooai- near the Jaldacca river, at an elevotion of about 2,000 feet; in flower
duriug March; Pantling No. 434.
The prevailing colour in the flowers of this is olivaceous gi-een, the co'umn and
the central contracted part of the lip being white.
Tliis species is allied to Z. nervosa, Benth., but differs from that in having smaller
leaves of a blackish-pur^ilc colour, shorter pedimcle and racemo, and smaller -flowers.
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Moreover the columnar processes are different in shape from those of Z. nervosa. The
specific name glandulosa ia given to this on account of the large quantity of glandular
hair on the inflorescence.
Pi,\TE ZBk.—Zcuxine glandulosa, King and Pantling. A plant, of natural sr'su. Fig. 1 a flower,
2 bract, ovary, column with anther in eila, and lip, 3 petals, 4 lip, 5 section of tlie lip to show the
three calli on ono side of the sac and the oonteal process on ito edge, 6 apes of ovary, column showing
tho rostellum. (r), oalumnar calli (c), antlior (a) and stigma (s)-, all enlarged.
6. Zeuxine nervosa, Benth. ia Benth. and Hook. fil. Gen. Plantar, ill, ©00.
Whole plant 6 to 9 ia. long, the stem glabrous and bearing near tho ground ono or
two wide truncate scarious sheaths, and higher up two or three obliquely ovate-lanceolato
acute leaves 1 to 2-5 in. long and -65 to 1 in. broad; their petioles about -75 in.,
expanding at the base into broad hyaline sheaths. Peduncle and mcliis of raceme with
sparse flexuose haii-s, tliG former with one or two lanceoIatc acuminate bracts. Raceme
laxly 3- to 8-flowercd, about 1 to 1'5 in- long; floral bract ovate, acute, scarious,
somewhat longer than the ovary, puberulous. Sepah ovate, blunt, the dorsal very
concave, th© lateral pair wide-spreading. Petals sub-rotnnd, dimidiate, abruptly apicnlato
at one side. Lip longer than the sepals, the base saccately cymbifonn, the sac with
throe small parallel calli on each side of the interior near the base; apical lobe divided
into two sub-quadrate spreading lobules. Column very short; tiie rostellum 2-Iobed, very
broad at the apex, and with a pair of rather small converging processes underneath;
pollinia obovoid, bifid, attached to a broad oblong caudicle; the gland large, transparent,
the adhesive portion being lanceolate and opaque. Stigmas two, minute, each situated
within an angle of the lobed rostellum. Hook. fll. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 108; Ic. Plantar,
t. 2175. Monochihs nervosum, Wall, in Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Oi-ch., 487; Lindl. in
Joum. Linn. Soc. I, 187. Etaeria nervosa, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7381.
Sikkim; Hooker. Bhotan, at Kumai near the Jaldacca river, at an elevation of
about 2,000 foet; Pantling No. 307; in flower during April. Cachar, Sylhet, Assam;
Wallich, Mann, Clarke and others.
The sepals are green, the petals white, and the lobes of the lip yellow.
The leaves are green suffused vrith silvery grey, or green with a broad grey band
along the midrib.
Plate QS5.—Zeuxine tiarposa, Benth. A plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 braci, ovary and flower, ¡ida
t!Íe¡c, 2 half profile view of column, lip and stigma («), 3 lip, 4 petals, 5 longitudinal section of the
base of tlie lip to show tho triple callus of one side of it, 6 apex of the ovary and the column,
showing the anther (n), the stigma of one side (s), .the rostellum (r), .a lateral iobe of the column
(l) the pair of converging calli (c), and the base of the lip after the anterior portion has been cut
away (6 /); all enlarged.
7. ZircxiSE FUTA, Benth. in Benth. und Hook. fil. Gen. Plantar. Ill, 60«.
of the whole plant 6 to 10 in.; the stem about one-third of the whole,
with two or three sheaths at the base and three or four leaves higher up. Leaves ovate
or oyate-lanceolate mth inflated hyaline .sheaths, clusiered at the top of the stem near tho
peduncle, withered at flowering time, 1-25 in. long and -5 in. broad. Pednnclo rather
longer than the stem, pubesccnt and bearing two or three distant linear lanceolate bracts
AKX. EOT EOT. GARD., CAI-Cvcta, Vur. VIIT.