Cheirostylis
(from cheir, the hand, and stylos, a column; the projecting column is ridged on the back, having somewhat the appearance of the fingers of a hand). ORD. Orchideae. A genus of somewhat interesting, but inconspicuous, stove Orchids, in general aspect like a small Goodyera, but differing from that genus in several respects. They require damp heat, and a mixture of three parts chopped sphagnum and one part well-decayed leaf mould. Increased by the creeping stems.
C. marmorata (marble-leaved).* fl. white, with a reddish calyx; raceme dark purple, long, downy. September. l. deep reddish olive-green, with a velvety surface, traversed by fine golden veins, which disappear to a great extent when the leaves become old. h. 3in. India, 1849. (F. d. S. 4, 370.) C. parvifolia (small-leaved). fl. white, September. h. 3in. Ceylon, 1837.