I . LISTEEÌ OTÌTA B. Browo in Aif, Hort. Kew. od. 2, v, 201.
Rhimit short, girine ofi numcrouii tlùot root-fibres. Stem 1 to 1-5 Jm loir^
endosed witiiin tho leaf-Aoaths, »nd with one. empty sheath at ths base. ' L „ vZ
Mssde, a„b^opposi:e, 5 to 10 em. long, broadly elliptie, apienlate, many-nerved.
Scapi terete, 1 lo 1'.5 dm. long, puberulons, bearing a few scattered ovate acuminate
braeta below tl,e raceme, to,. 8 to 15 em. long, laxly many-flowered; ford
W i about as long as the pedicel, ovate, acuminate. Fhwen 13 mm. lon^. Sepals and
petals subequal m length, connivent. SepaU ovate, anbaeute, deep green ° P d J , linear
oblong, pale green. Lip sharply deflewd, twice as long as the sepals, yellowish linearobovate,
deeply bl6d, with a minute apieulus in the sinus, npper surfaee with a linear
nectar-secreting groove towards the base. stout, arching forward over the back of
the anther. BoMUm prominently projecting between the anther and the fertile s t i ^a
i>.ndl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. « 5 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 92; Ledob. Fl. Ro.ss. iv, 80" Kerohb
le. Fl. Germ, xiii, U7, t. 479; Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. vi, l o t . OfArps cmta Linn Sp
PI. 1340. Epifoith ovata Swartz Act. Holm. 233. Nmttia lati/olia Rich. Orch Annot
37.
Mozae J u j e n in Haaara, Fakmir's collector; Gurais Valley in Kashmir 7 to 8 000
feet. Mim's ccllcctor No. 25359; Sind Vahey in Kashmir, Dulhi,', collector 'Vo
25389(o:). Flowers dnring June and July. Distributed throughout Europe to the Ural
and Caucasus Mts.
Palooner'. Hazara .peoimsn, ww, gathsrsd on tie lOih of Jane 1833, and .iily-tta,, veirs
i l d " ™ "» Di>P"ln..ut of N.
PLATE 117. Listerà ovata B. Brown. A p l a n t , — m t u n t ,ac Fig I single
flower; 2, lip; 3, side view of column with ovary and bract ; 4, front view of column w°th
ovary; 5, anther; 6, pollinia;—oi^
2. LISTERA INAYATI Duthie in Jonrn. As. Soe. Bengal Ixsi, part 2, 41.
Whole plant 1-5 to 2 dm. high, yellowish-brown. E„t,toch emitting from its base
many upturned -wiry rather stout fibres. Stem stout, bearing four to sii lar=-e loose
Hunt sheaths, those of the npper pair opposite and sub-foliacoons but not" green
Baccme 6 to 9 cm., densely flowered, its rachis gkndular-puboscent; Jloral tract
longer than the pedicel, lanceolate, acuminate, with involute margins. Scpah and
pcM, about 3 mm, long, connivent; dorsal sepal oval, concave, the lateral pair slightly
longer than the dorsal one, obliquely ovate, tapering to an obtuse apei. Petals
about as long as the dorsal sepal, spathulate, subacute. Up pendulous, twice as long
as the lateral sepals, narrowly obovato-oblong, deeply cleft into two slightly spreadieg
obtuse lobes; upper surface with a raised linear callus extending to the sinus. Column
short and stout, dilated above and below. ScsUtlum projecting over the fertile
sUgma. Anther suborbicul.r, its apex bifid; pollima narrowly obovoid. 0»™ sub,dolose,
about as long as its stalk, glandular-pubescent.
N Vallay, Ha.ara,
No. 22596. It flowers dui-jng July.
LISTEEA. 133
A shorter and mush stoul., pl.at tk.n L. U,dk,jam, .„,1 wilh short» auj u,„r. deuseiy
flowerrf „ „ „ e s ; the .t.uoture of tie iower i. .!,„ very diff„,„t. The .ub-opposit. position
propà »PP» .heath, oi this plant suggest au alEnitj towards LU„
PLATS 119. Listera Inayati M e i . Single p l a n t , - » / „ « M Fio- J sinde
flower, s,de view; 2, front view of flower, with lip removed; 3, side view o r d i t t o w«h
s e , „ I . „ „ l „ . , a l s removed; 4 and -5, column; 6, anther; 7, pollinia
3. L.STEEA LNTDLEYAM King & Pantling in Ann. E. Bet. Gard.
2oS, t. 343. Cale.
Whole plant 2 to 3'5 dm. high. Eoot-firc, rather stout and brittle, often
immmg a congested mass at the end of the root-stock. Sle,u lon^rer than the
raceme, stout or slender, bearing three or four loose blnnt sheaths about 2-5 cm
long, nearly glabrous below, its upper portion together with the raceme glandularpubescent.
Leave, none. Flowers dull yellowish-green, 8 to 12 mm. Ion-, lax; Jloral
tract ovate-oblong, varying in length. Sepak elliptic-ovate, subacute, °conoa4, the
lateral ones somewhat falcate. Petals much narrower. Zip two or three times as
long as the sepals, narrowly obovate-oblong, brown, the apex cleft into two oblon.r or
lanceolate acute lobules; the sinus broad and with a small triangular process at° its
apex; upper surface minutely puberulous, and with a greenish-coLred linear groove
which forms a ridge on the back. Column much curved, dilated at the base and
apex. Capsule 8 mm. long, broadly elliptic, often obliquely .so, its pedicel about as
long. Neottia listeroidc, Lindl. in Eoyle 111. Him. Bot. 368, Gen & Sp Orch
4 5 8 ; in Journ. Linn. Sec. i, 176; Hook. f. Fh Br. Ind. vi, 103; Oollstt Fl Siml'
49o. N. Lniitenana Dene in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 163, t. 163.
Distributed throughout the Western Himalaya from Hazara to Kumaon at
elevations bctw-een 5,000 and 11,000 feet, flowering from July to September It
extends eastwards to Nepal and Sitkim, and north-westwards to the district of
Chitral.
4. LISTEEA KASH1IIEI.ANA Duthio.
Whole plant about 3-6 dm. high. Boot-fi,rcs stout, crowded and intricate
Lower portron of glabrous stem stout, enveloped by three or four large loose b l , ;
shea hs. i « none. laxly man,-flowered, with a few linear-oblong a 1
h-aets below the lowest flowers, its rachis minutely puberulous. Flowers s p r e a d i n / s mm
long from the base of the slender pedicel to the summits of the seplls and
petals, yellow,sh-brown; for'l tract broadly ovate, aeuto, longer tlian the „ed-'eri
clothed with mmato spreading hairs. Sepals and petals 2 mm in len..th coi, "
sparsely hairy. Lateral sefals obliquely ovate, acuminate. Pct.l, obli„"eT;
spathulate, roanded at the apex. Lip twice as long as the sepals, spreading a L o rt
parallel with the much-curved ovary and column, divided it fte apex into t™
divergent obtuse lobules, the margins eiliate except towards the taperincr bese- ,
surface with a stout central callus projecting into the sinus. C,U„° 1 ,„ '
arched forwards and overiapping the base of the an,her. Rostellum wide T n l pr" m'
inent, projeciing over the fertile stigma. A.tlmr sub-quadiate, 2-„lIed, the dividi".'
ANN. EOY, DOT. Gakd,, CALC., VOL, IX.