60 ANX4LS OP BOTiL BOTASIC OAEBEN, CALCÜIIi.
0 Bavus (error, pro luteiis), Bath. U. Anccctocliilus lanccolalus, Lindl Om. et up.
OreUd. 499 et in lomn. Liin. Soe. i., 179. A. Intens, Li,idl. in Jm,«. Lmn. See. I. c.
EAB.-SIKKIM DIMAIAYA and tho KHASIA Hills, alt. 5 -6,000 ft., common; BrifM,
&c. (Ä» ¿isirii., n. 5,352, 5,354).
Stem with spike 6 -13 in., stout or slender, few or many-learad, often extensively
ereeping, then ascending and fle^nons. br ight green paler bonoath; petiole
i - i in.; sheath short. Sfike 2 - 3 in.; bracts i - J in., pale, nearly glabrous. Lateml ,epalB
1 in , ovate, obtuse, green or pm-pKA, l-nerved, dorsal and petals cohering J"
L o d broader than long. i.> many times longer than the sepals; claw not ddated at
t h e base, limb i in. diam.; sac with a pair of curved spurs withm. Celm,« very snort
indeed, frontal appendages obscure; rostellnm broad, bicnspidate. Anther shortly ovate,
beaked; pollen grains cuneiform.
After „ examination of m.merons .p.dmen, for the Flora of British Mia, I condudeä that
C t o l r f i f a .. d 0. (.<«.. (.lac.cto.Ml.,, I««. ) w e .a. and the . .m, .pec.es, .«d the
a,ure here given tend, to coafen. this opiaica, for it agree, w.th he char.eters g.vea to both. It
M w e r very much larger tha. the usual form of the plaut, ao doubt due 0 the habrt of edarge-
1,, " " " " .'"y f .„ a it the de»ript!on .« the Flora of Eritish
l u t a t v i : « 01»:: th; .epa. . . d petal, aud iu the „ „ e di ^ . u , of the
La,.ieeH.g, August 186.," ia Dr. Audersou'. haad-„iti.g.
Pig. 1, froat, and 3 back view of £omi¡ 3 . .a 4, .ntb.ti 5, poll»«:—«
P L A T E 90.
ZEDSISB (MmecUtus) GOODYEEIOIDES, Lindl.
Z geed,jeri«i,M-, scapigera, foliis snbsessihbus ovatrs saturate vmdrbns costa medm
paffida, spica glabra v. p.bernla, bractcis cvariam glabram «cqaantibns, labelh hjjoclnho
cymHonne, cpichilio pLul o orbiculari v. oblongo concavo membranaceo, bndl. Gen.
and Sp. Orchid., 486; Dooh. f . Ft. Brit. Ind. vi. 107.
NAB.-Tomperate HIMALAYA, from Sikkim to the Mishmi Hills, alt.
6 - 8 000 ft. TEOU, Kun-, (in nirb. Calcutta).
in., from a - P ' - - rrfi rw
l coloured tips lanceolate. Spite 1- 2 in., few and la.-fld. ; bracts J in long,
, , ' , „^ 1 in lono-, lateral lanceolate, 1-ncrved, green; dorsal ovate,
c L c e o u s , 2-calearnte ..ithin. Column shovt, rostellar a ^ s short; s igmatic lobes dislant;
^ollmia p ^ r iW. caudicle slender, gland oblong. i m., fus.form.
The « n g is inscribed "Sitkim, 6,000 ft., September 187S. G. King."
Pip. 1 «.d 2, flower, ond bract; 3, flower ^vilh tl.roe perianth «egme.U displaced; 4, brx.t, ovary a.d coium. ;
6, lip; e and 7, anther ; 8, pollioia -.-all enlarged.
A CEKTUItY OF INDIAN ORCHIDS ; (J. D. HOOKEE).
P L A T E 91.
GOODYERA POMOSA, Bcnfh.
G./oUosa; caule basi longc dccumbenle radicante, dcin ascendente folioso, folus
pctiolatis ovato-lanccolatis acnminatis, spica breviter pedunculata glanduloso-pubcscente,
bracteis liueari-lanceclatis florcs secuados roseos longe supcrantibus, sepalis S-nerviis
ovatis T. ovato-lanceolatis, petalis dimidiato-oblongis l-nerviis labello oblongo saccato intus
crebre setoso, rostelli ramis elongatis, antbera lanceolata. G. foliosa, Benth. in Ilerl. Km-,
Rooh. f . Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 113. Georcbis foliosa, Lindi. Gen. and ^p. Orchid., 496.
G. secundiflora, Grif. Notili, iii. 393 {excl. /c.).—Goodyercc, sp. Griff. 11. Notes 36,
No. 591, Notid. iii, 39G, No, 11 et Ic. Fl. Asiaf., 346 /. i.
HAB.—Temperate SIKKIM IIIMALAVA, alt. 5—7,000 ft. ASSAM, the KHASIA and NAGA
HILLS, ascending to 5,000 ft. 13UUMA, Grifith. PEEÌK., alt 7,000 ft., Wrajj.
Stem 6—12 in., ratber slender. Leaves I J—inche s , oblique, dark green, 3—5-ncrved,
not reticulately veined; petiole i—| in.; sheath short. Spike 2—3 in.; bracts J - 1 in.,
erect, glabrous or puberulous ; flowers pale pink. Zip included, with a rather dilated
recurved rounded tip beyond the sac. Column very short ; rostollum longer than its body ;
stigma broad. Anther ovate-lanceolate, long-beaked ; pollinia davate, bipartite, united
at the base and produced into a slender strap.
A very distinot species, resembling in the leafy stem G. vUtata, also a native of Sikkim, wbicb
has iiesbj dark green leaves with white nerves, a glabrous spike, much shorter bracts, aud a longpointed
lip.
Tlio drawing here reproduced is inscribed "Below Btichim, Sikkim, 7,000 ft., October 1862," in Dr.
Anderson's handwriting. The lateral sepals are represented as acuminate, which they are not in the
examples I examined.
Fig. 1, bnet and flower ; % flower willi (lie scpah and petals displaced \ 3, ovary, column, and lip ; 4, lip; 6, column ;
6, anther ; 7, pollinia e^'largcd.
P L A T E 92.
GOODYEEA VITTATA, Benth.
G. vittata ; glaberrima, robusta, caule folioso, foliis ovatis acutis crassiusculis saturate
viridibus nervis nervulisque albis, subtus purpurascentibus, bracteis lanceolatis flores
socundos roseos aequantibus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, petalis oblanceolatis falcatis 3«
nerviis, labello basi saccato 7-nervi apice longe producto apiccm versus 2-lamellato
sacco iutus setoso, rostelli ramis elongatis. G. vittata, Benth. in Herb. Kew, Book. f . Fl.
Brit. Ind. vi. 113. Georchis vittata. Lindi, in Journ, Linn. Soc. i. 184.
H i l l . - T e m p e r a t e , SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. C—9,000 ft., J. D. H., &c.
Stem 4—6 in., leafy near l y up to the spike. Zeaffs l i—3 in.; petiole verv short or o.;
sheaths short, membranous, coloured. Spike 2—4 in.; peduncle short, clothed "with imbricating
lanceolato finely acuminate green and reddish sheaths that pass into bracts. Sepnh
i in. long, tipa recurved. Lip rather longer than the sepals, gradually contracted beyond
t h e sac into the subrecurved oblong-lanceolate acute blade. Column veiy short Anther