182 ORCHIDS OF THE SIEKIM-UI MALAYA.
Injloresmee shorter than the leaves, the raccme short, corj-nibose and drooping -when in
flower but leugtheniog and ei-oct when in fiidt ; fiorai bract hxrgc, lanceolato, longer than
the ovary, Peiak -with thickened midiihs. Z?}> very vcntricosc at the baso and imich
tliickoned; thickcncd also on the rounded minutely notched apical lobe, its disc much
granulated. PolKnia 2, with elongate pits on tl)eir posteiior surfacos. Lindi. Gen. and
Spec. Orch., 175; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 26(3; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, IC.
G. dilalaiwn, T-Vall. Cat. 7376. Limoiiorwn nulans, Rosb. Corom. Plants I, t. 40; F!. Ind.
m , 470; Maiaxis miians, Willd. Sp. PI. lY, 93.
Sikkim, at low elorations ; iu fiower during April and May ; Pantling, No. 279.
Westward to Nepal and eastward to Bhutan; also in Assam, Bengal, Burma, the Andaman
Islands, Ceylon and tlie Dcccan; probably distributed iu the Malayan countries.
The flowers arc either pure white or pale piu-plo with darker markings on the lip,
the calli on the lip arc yellow.
PLATE. 245.—Gco^omm purpureum, R. Brown. A plant; of mtMal sise. Fig. 1 floral bract, ovary
and flower, '¿ apes of column and Hp, Been from tlie sido, 3 section through tlie colunm and lip, 4
ÜLree-fourÜis Tíew of oolnnm sbo-^-ing tlie large stigma and anther in siiu, 5 anther with tlie
valTes tnroed outwards, G pollinia I'ii siiii on tlie column, front view, 7 back view of the poUinia
stoTS-ing tlie pits; a/i enlarged.
36. Cremastra, Lindi.
Terrestiial; stem bitlbous at the base and proceeding from a large nodulated
root-stock, tall, erect, stout, with several large loose sheathing ,bracts. Leaves radical,
elliptic, plicate. Fhwers long and naiTow, in a conical crowded i-accme, pendidous.
Sejxtis and pe'als narrowly lanceolate, closely pressed together towards tlie base,
spreading slightly towards the apes. Lip adnate to the base of the column, erect,
linear, minutely sub-saccate at the base, slightly dilated and 3-lobcd towards the apex;
the lateral lobes narrowly oblong, divergent; the apical lobe exceeding the lateral,
oblong, blunt, with a fleshy appendage near its base. -Column long, slender, straight,
dilated, and 3-lobcd at the apex. Anther conical, 1-celled. Pollinia 4, cuneatc-ovoid,
compressed. Stigma veiy large. A single species ; a native of India and Japan.
CBEMASTHA WALLICHIANA, Lindi, in Wall. Cat., 7349; Gen. and Spec.
Orch., 172.
Leaves usually two, on long petioles, sometimes spotted, plicate; length of blade 6 to
12 in., breadth 3 to ó in., petiole 4 to G in. Injlorescfíiice often twin, shorter than the
fully developed leaves; the racemes conical, 4 to 6 in. long. Flomrs narrow, imbricate,
drooping, 1-2 to 1-4 in. long; fiorai bract lanceolate, much exceeding the short sessile
ovary. Miq. ProL, 136; Fi-anchet and Sabatier Enum. PI. Jap. II, 24; Hook. fil. Fl.
Br. Ind. VI, 16. C. mitrata., A. Gray, Bot. Jap. 411. Jli/acintuorchis variabilis, BI. Mus.
Bet. Lugd. Bat. I, 48, t. 16; Walp. Ann. VI, 628.
Sikkim, at elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet; Hooker and others. Pantling, No. 142;
in flower during Apiil. Kliasia IKlls; GrifGth (Kew Distrib.), No. 5204. Nepal; Wallich.
Distrib., Japan.
The flowers of this are pink ; the rachis of the raceme and its peduncle being green,
speckled with brown. I>actylostalÍ£ rint/ens, Reichb. ül. Bot. Zeitung, 1878, p. 74, is
probably this plant.
¡ PLATE ^ifS.—Cremniira Wallichiana, Lindl. A plant; of uatural iizs. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral bract,
ovary, colmnn with antlicr in nitu and lip, 3 lip, 4 upper half of column with anther, t'/» «iiu, C apes
of the colunm showing the pollinia, attached to their gland, 6 anther; ali enlarrjod.
37. Oreorcliis, Liudh
Terrestrial; corn-like, broadly ovoid, 1-or 2-leaved. Leaves long, narrow.
Scape tall, slender, produced from the side of tho pseudo-bulb; flowers rather small, in
racemes. Sepals ovato-lanceohite. Petals sub-similar and slightly spreading or subconnivent.
Lip more or less oblong, attached to the base of the colmnu by a short
riari'ow claw, gibbous at the base or not, the anterior part 3-Iobod ; the side lobes short,
entire ; the terminal lobe broad, more or loss bifid. Column elongated, stout, more or less
curved, the apex sub-truncate. Anther l-cellod, PolUnia 4, globose, united to a short
common caudiele ending in a gland derived from the stigma. A genus of foui- spccies
all inhabiting Northern Asia.
Lip with a short globose sac at the base; leaves oblong-lanceolate, solitary . 1. 0. foKona.
Lip not saccate at tho base; loaves linear, usually two 2. 0. micrcmtlut,
1. OKEOECHIS FOLIOSA, Lindl. in Joui-n, Linn. Soc. Ill, 27.
Pseudo-bulb about -6 in. long, tho ba.se broad and bearing a few lax fibres. Leaf
solitary, tei-minal, solitary, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed at the base to a short
petiole, plicate, with two or tlu-ee very bold nei-ves and slender ones between ; length 4 to
y in., breadth -5 to -85 in., petiole •75 to 2-25 in. Scape 12 to 18 in. long; the peduncle
with two or three tubular closely fitting sheaths 1 to 2 in. long; raceme 3 to 8 in, long,
laxly fcw-flowcred; floral bract small, equalling in length the short pedicel of tho
ovary. Fhwers '5 in. long. Sejmls ovate-lanceolato, sub-acute, the latei-al pair produced
at the base on to the sac of the Hp. Petals broader than the sepals, but not quite so
long, the apices of all more or less connivent. Lip longer than the sepals, deflexed from
below tho middle, clawcd and shortly saccate at the base; side lobes broadly oblong
oblique, obtuse, 3-nerved, theii- edges entire; tei-niiiml lobe sub-renifoi-m (when flattened
out), shortly bifid, the margin thickened and erose; disc with five stout branching nerves
but not lamellate. Column very sHghtly cm-ved; the sides thickened, especially towards
the base and passing into the short sac of the lip. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V 709.
Corallorhiza, sp. Lindl. in Royle Ilh Him. Bot., 302. '
Sikkim, Lachea Valley, elevat. 10,000 feet; Sir J. D. Hooker; PantHng, No. 399;
in fiower in July. North-west Himalaya; at Simla, Gamble, 7,800 ft. Gharwal; Royle.
China; West Szechuen and Tibetan Frontier, Pratt, No. 19,
Tho flowers are reddish in colom-.
PLATE IZI.—Oreorchis foliosa, Lindl. A plant; of natural size. Pig. I flower, 2 bract, stalked
OTOry, column, lip {anther and pollinia remoced), som from ilte side, 3 lip " flattened out, 4 column
soon after fertilization; ail enlarged.
2. OREOKCHIS MIOEANTNA, Lindl. in Jom-n. Linn. Soc. Ill, 27.
Psoudo-huib about -75 in. long, ovoid-conic, the base with a few fibres. Leaves usually
two, with occasionaUy an abortive third, but often solitary, linear, passing at the