L'io OllClIIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAXA,
C. EuLornu nuda, Liudl. in Wall. Cat., 7371; Gen. and Spcc. Orch., 180.
Tuhd' spherical, smooth. Leaves from tîie sido of the tuber, forming by their
sheaths a short pseudo-stem, elHptic-lanccolate, acutc, vaiiablc in breadth, 10 to 14
i-n. long, tlio sheath long and tubular. Scape from the base of the pseudo-stem, 2 to
3 feet long, -with a few wide sheaths at tho base and several scattered upwards. Racemc
few- and laxly-flowered; Jloral hract lanceolate, half tho length of the stalked ovary.
Sepals oblong, ac\ito, erecto-patcnt, the lateral pair falcate. Felak ovate-oblong, blunt,
shorter than the sepals, the outer nerves branching. Lip as long as the sepals, dcflexed
from below the middle, oblong, the side lobes siippressed, the apical lobe oblong, much
undulate, obtuse; the upper surface with many (usually about nine) vertical tliickened
lines disappearing about the middle. Tho base of the lip dilated, suddenly contracted to
a short flattened spur the entrance to which is libbed. Column short, with a long
foot diluted at the margins. Anther small, its apex with two small conical knobs and
a third depressed one in front. jPoUinia 2, transversely oblong, attached by a very
broad caudicle to a narrow gland. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 6; in Ann. Bot. Gard.,
Calcutta, V, 32, tt. 47 to 50. E. hieohr, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jo\u-u. Bot. Ill (1851),
:n3; Dalz. and Gibs. Eomb. Flora, 264; "Walp. Ann. VI, 647. Cyrtopcra Jlava, "Wight
Ic., t. 1690; Liüdl. iu Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 31; Thwaites' Enum., 429; Walp. Ann.
1. c., 668; Cyrlopcra pílcala, Lindl. in Wall Cat., 7362; Gen, and Spcc. Orch., 190.
C. nuda, Reichb. fil. in Flora, 1872, 274. C. Gardnon, Thwaites' Enum., 302. C.
mysorcMSW, • Lindl. in Jom-n. Linn. Soc. Ill, 32. C. laxiilora, Gard. MSS. ex Thw.
Enum,, 302. Dipodium Roniala and D. plicatum, Herb. Ham.
Sikkim, in tropical valleys, at elevations up to 1,500 feet; in flower from April to
.July; Pantling, No. 212,
This is a widely distributed and variable species. The Sikkim forni has the sepals
and petals pale green, the former with brown markings externally. The lip is of a very
pale green at the base, becoming white at tho middle and flushed with pink near the
apex. The coliunn is white and the anther is brownish. In the fifth volume of these
Annals, Sir Joseph Hooker has given an account of four distinct forms of this species
wHcli are found iu Burma, the fii-st of the four being the one wliich seems to agree most
closely with the plant from Nepal originally named E. nuda by Lindley. The varieties
are all figured by Sir Joseph iu tho volume alluded to.
Pi.ATE 243—£i<%>Aia iwda, Liiidl, A plfmt; of natural üss. Fig. 1 sepals and petals separated,,
i part of rachis, bract, OTory, column Tvitli anther in »itu and lip, 3 colamn and its foot, the ontlier
ÙI situ, front view, 4, poUinia, all enlarged.
7. Eulophia bicarinata. Hook. fil. Fl. Bi-. Ind. VI, 6.
Tuber oblong, irregularly lobed, compressed, about 2 in. long. Leaves absent at
flowering time, linear, acuminate, much narrowed to the long petiole; length of blade
7 to 12 in,, breadth about -75 in.; petiole 6 to 8 in., sheathed at the baso. Scape erect,
10 to 20 in. high, with two tubular closcly fitting sheatlis near the base and two shorter
loose ones higher up. liacems rather densely flowered, 3 to 5 in. long. Flowoi-s 1 in.
in diam,; floral Iract membranous, lanceolate, shorter than the stalked ovary. Sepals
oblong, acute, keeled, their edges retlexed, tho lateral pair slightly wider than the
dorsal and free from it at their bases, Feiah narrowly elliptic, sub-acute, shoitor but
wider than the sepals. Lip adnate to the foot of the cohunn, longer tha? the sep?,ls,
GEODOEUM. 18 1
slightly saccate at tlie base, 3-lobed; lateral lobes shallow, broad, with blunt apices; ai)ical
lobe transversely oblong, emarginate, the edges slightly crisped; the disc between the side
lobes with two short smooth thickened Hugs half as long as the latter and ending in a
free triangular tooth in front of wldch rise five caruuculate unequal ridges which run on
to tho base of the apical lobe. Column erect, it.s edges lobed opposite the stigma, its
foot lialf as long as itself and at right angles. Anther apiculate in front, rollinia
broadly triangular, divergent, attached by a broad caudicle to a thin angiilar gland.
Cyrtopera liearinata, Lindi, in Wall. Cat., 7303; Geu. and Spec. Orch,, 189; in Joum.
Linn. Soc. Ill, 31 {cxcl. cit. Jc. Griff.) Cymlidium sp.. Griff. Notul. Ill, 343, No. 9.
Sikkim, at tlie foot of the range; iu flowor dui-ing March aud April; Pantlin"-,
No 435.
There is a large form of this which, as it differs from the type-form in some other
respects than size, we Jiave made a variety.
Var. major-, larger than the type, with larger tubers, stouter scapes, larger flowers
fl-OS in. in expanse), in a less dense raccme ; the lip with a dense cluster of callosities
in front of the lamellcc.
Sikkim, at the foot of the range; in flower during March and April; Pantlin"-
No. 43(i.
The sepals and petals are of a pale yellowish-green. The basal half of tho lip is of
the samo colour, the apical lobe being of a very pale pui-ple at the margins.
PlìTE %\i.—EuhpMa bitarinata, Hook. fil. A plant; of natural sisi. Fig, 1 a flower, 2 floral
braot, stnltod ovary, column and lip, 3 lip, 4 column with its foot, aud spur, 5 empty anther seen from
below, 6 pollinia; all enlarged.
Plate 2-iUU.—Eulophia Ucarimia, var. major, mag and Pantling. A plant; of natural size. Fig.
1 a flowor, 2 profile view of bract, stalked ovajy, column and lip, 3 lip, flattened out, 4 column, 5 baTk
TÌew of anther, 6 back and front views of tbe poliinio; all enlarged.
35. Geodorum, Jackson.
Teixestrial, with imderground sub-globose rhizomes. Leaves elliptic, plicate, their
sheaths forming a pseudo-stem. Scape from the base of the pseudo-stem, stout, erect,
sheatlied, bearing a decurved coiymbose raceme. Flozvers rather crowded and narrow,
about -5 in. long. Sepak equal, oblong, sub-acute, erect. Pe/ak as long as the sepals,
but broader and bhmt. Lip sessile on tho base of the column, not narrowed at thè
callus-bearing base but broadly vcntricose, without side lobes; the apical lobe broad,
rounded, bifid or emarginato. Column loss than half the length of the lip. A^ither broad,
two-celled. Pollinia 2, broadly and dimidiately ovoid, attached by a tapering slender
caudicle to a small orbicular gland. Species about 10 ; Indian, Malayan and Australian.
A genua of terrestrial orchids closely allied to Eiilaphh, having a simHar habit and Hp. Tbe genus
la less closely allied to Cre.m'ra, but liaa a Tery different lip. In tbe latter tbe lip bas a long narrow
body expanding at tbe apex into two acute lateral and one oblong terminal lobe, tbe latter having a large
Ugniate process near its ba^e. In tbe present genus tbo lip is deeply ventricose at the base, there are no
side lobea, and tbe termmal lobe at tbe apex of tbe sac ia orbicular and without any ligule.
Geodouum pukpueeum, R. Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew, Ed. 2, V, 207.
Tuher globiilar, apicidate, 1-25 in. in diam. Pseudo-viem 3 to 6 in. long. Leaves
elliptic, acute, tapering to the long sheath, 6 to 12 in. long and 3 to 4 in. broad.