nerves Impressed on tlis upper snrface; pdwh dilated, the free portion about half the
length o£ the blade. S f i k puberulous, 4- to 6-flowered, the lower portion bearing a
pale narrow sheathuig cuspidate bract. subercct, about 2-4 em. long g Ln
t.nged wrth brownish-yellow or red; Hm,a4„g Iract overtopping the buds, lanceolate
aeummate, edges papillose. S,p„h fleshy, boat-shaped, and with eucullate tips- the
dorsal one erect, 13 mm. long, lanceolate and gradually tapering to the blunt apej
3-nerved; the lateral pair deflexed, a little shorter tlian the dorsal, S-nerved Petak
tlnn, equalling and oppressed to the dorsal sepal, dimidiate-lanceolate, acute, S-neryed
Ltp about as long as the dorsal sepal, rhomboid-oyate, many-nerved setose on the'
broad sub-saccate base; terminal lobe refleied, triangular, acute. Oolumn stout with
projertmg cheeks. Arms of r„tett,m and anther long and slender. PoUinm elongate
tapeiung below mto the long slender connato caudieles ; gland lineal adnate to the
eaudielcs. Hoot. Ic. PI. 2187. Geo,;lm cMa Lindl. G-en. & Sp. 496 feiel habitatV
Reiehb. f. in Gard. Chron. 18?9, ii, 520.
Keai- Mussoorie on wooded slopes facing the north at about 6,000 feet, MaoUnnm{,
colUctor No, 23409. Flowers in September. Previously known only from the
Khasia and Naga Hills, and in Perak.
PLWE 136. Goodyera eerdata B„th. A p l a n t , - « / natuml J « . Fig. :, single
flower; 2, ditto, with the sepals and petals removed; 8, lip; 4 column, showino- the
rostellum and stigma; 5, back view of ditto, showing the anther in situ: 6, polhnia •
all enUrged. '
38. Zeuxine Lindl.
Terrestrial herbs with succulent glabrous stems, decumbent at the base,
Fhwsrs
forming
of the
3-lobed
inside.
small, in racemes or spikes. Stpah snbequal, the dorsal one concave and
a hood with the petals, the lateral pair free. £.> adnate to the base
oolumn, eymbiform or saccate; apical lobe shortly clawed or sessile, entire
or with narrow deeurved lobules, the sac at the base with calli or lamiui»
Cohiim very short, anterior surface with lamellar or conical processes,
lateral, distant, rarely united. AnSier membranous, its colls contiguous;
pyriform, attached by an oblong gland to the erect rostellum.—Species about
Tropical Asia and Africa.
3,
ZEUSIKB SULCATA Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 485.
• Whole plant 5 to 25 cm. high. S!iem and peduncle glabrous. Leaves 3 to 7
cm. long, linear, acuminate, sessile on the hyaline truncate sheaths, gradually passine
into the linear bracts higher up. Bieeme l-o to 5 cm. long, densely flowered'
glabrous; /loyal Imet ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, much longer than the ovary. Fhwm-'s
about 1 cm. long, white or pink. Sepah unequal; the dorsal one ovate, concavethe
lateral pair obliquely lanceolate, eoonivent. Petal, falcately oblong, obtuse'
forming w.th the dorsal sepal a hood over the column. Lip yellow, as lono- as the'
sepals, cymbiform and saccate at the base, bearing inside the sac two inward°-pointing
teeth and two narrow lamella! uniting at the mid rib; terminal lobe short, subquadrate
entire or bifid. Cob„ very short, with two wings at its apei covering
ANOICTOCHILUS. 169
s L r b 1 f r " P™""' •"«P™»'!. very
hertly beaked, covered by ho wmgs of the column; pom,^. attached ivith n thi
t.p oi a hnear appendage oi the gland, Cap.ule ellipsoid, about 13 mm, !„„„ Lindi
m Journ. Lmn. Soc. ., 186; Griff. Notul. iii, 396; le PI As t IM n
Fl. Java. 55; Miquol Fl, Ind. Bat. iii, 723; ¿„„k. f. F1 Br i t t ;i 0
Se Pantling in Ann. E. Bet. Gard. Cale vii 286 381 T k , r
Mag. Tokyo .iv, t. 2. Ld ° T ™
bis, 172Ò, 1736. membranacea Lindi. Gen. and Sp Orcn 4 8 1 , - f
See. i, 186; Blume Fh J a v . 56. Triple... L i n d r i n j l r n ' Li n t 7 i
Z. „teaerrma, Lmdl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 486; Blume Fi Jav» 55 . , 7 ,
Miq FL Ind. Bat. iii, 723. Z. e^rginata Lin'dl. Gen. and ^p o'ch 8 5 " " ^ " '
Blume Biidr. 4M. t. 17. J ^ X n t T Ì ^ /'
Abundant in grassy places t'hreugh«; " r t L I ' ^ Z ^ Z "
also m Afghamstau, Ceylon, China, Japan, Java, and in the Phffippines
3 9 . A n o e c t o c l l U u s Blame.
Terrestrial herbs with succulent stems decumbent at the base ,
harry roets. leave, thick, ovate or lanceolate with netLle ^ » a " ''
peduncle and rachis of sp.ke er raceme g l a ^ d l r p u t e c nt T , f ""
the dorsal smaller, ovate, and
with the beakpfl t i s ' ^^ ^ tree, unequal;
eolamn; lateral pair- free er united at the base s p r C d t.
Lip adnate to the end of the column by a long-toothed è
claw saccate er spurred at the base, t L s a r ' p - "
sepals or quite covered by them, its interior witir two t o o r h k e o , ""
terminal lobe with two large divei-gin.^ lobule, Pr.1 , " laminar calli;
AntMr 2-celled; rostellum t'wisted; / i w / 2 Ind 7 ' T 'f
narrowed iute pseudo-caudioles, er attached to true candido, «„d - ' . T '
gland. usually twe, one on either s i d e - „ s t e n u r : ""t /
transverse band on the column beneath it, -arely s i n i .-"a f "
about 40, natives of India, China and of thL aÌd P a l t w f
AMOTOCHILDS EOÌBOTGHII Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7387.
Height of plant not ezceediug 3 dm. Stem decumbent at the b
near the base of the stem, 3 to 6-o em. long, ovate T o l l
shortly stalked, purplish-red with a velvety la^^-e, S g e d . w " " f " ® ' T " '
and pink, and veined with yellow. Peduncle gland,dai pubeseent J-»"»"
short oblong acuminate bracts. Eaeen^ much shorter t"an tl » d " " T " ' '
five, about 3 cm. long, resupinate ; ^ . „ ^ i ™ . abou: M . oug a T Ì '
ovary, and lite the ovary glandular-hairy. Sepab uneou.l °f, . ' f »«f'<> «yKudric
dorsal one broadly ovate, acmninate, its apex recuJved; t ^ ' l a t e r af
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