194 OECniDS OF THE SIKKtM-HIJIALAYA,
pubosccnt laraellre near the apices of tbo sido lobes bccomii:g faint towards tli8 bnse.
Column straight cscept at the summit. Anther oblique with a bluut apex and beaked lip.
PolUnia cuácate, sessile on a quadrate gland. Capsule ellipsoid, 1'75 in. long.
Silckim, at Gautok, elevation 5,000 feet; discovered by Mrs. Claude White, after
whom it is named; iu £owor dm-ing November; PiintUng, No, 425.
The sepals and petals are pale yellowish-green spotted with dull red. The lip is
white or pale pink spotted profusely on the side- and end-lobos with pale icd.
PLATE •2bZ.—CijmUdmn WkUm, King and Pnutling. Tart of a plant; of nalvral sise. Fig. 1 bract,
stalked ovary, oolamn and lip, seen'^rom the sido, 2 lip, 3 column witii author in silu, 4 front and back
-views of the pollinia, 6 poUiuia and gland, 6 empty nntlier; all enlarged.
13. CrMDiDiüii ELEGAss, Lindl. in "Wall. Cat., 7354; Gon. and Spcc. Orch., 163.
Pseudo-süm short. Leaves nan-owly linear, acuminate, slightly expanded and eqiiitant
at the baso; length 18 to 24 in., breadth '65 to -75 iu. Inflorescence axillary, dcciu-ved,
about as long as the leaves; the peduncle longer than the raceme, clothed to the
apex by a few lanceolate acuminate convolute sheaths 4 to 6 iu. long; ráceme
imbricately and densely flowered; floral Iract membranous, minute. Flowers 1-5 to 175
in. long and only about -G in. across. Sepals and petals sub-equal, erect, oblanceolateobloug,"
acute or sub-acute and slightly concave at the tips. Lip as long as the petals,
narrowly oblong; the side lobes near the apes, incurved, rounded; the disc between
them with two narrow parallel ridges united at the apex and with a large pubescent
callus at the base; the apical lobe small, sub-orbicular or obcordate, undulate, incurved.
Cohnin long, slender, slightly pubescent at the base in front, the apes slightly cm-ved
forwards. Anther terminal, ovoid, beaked in front. Pollinia obovoid, erect, sessile ou
a qnadi-ate gland. Capsule elliptic, 1-25 in. long and -75 in. in diain. Lindl. Sert.
Orch., t. 14; in Jom-n. Linn. Soc. in, 28; Reichb. fil. in Gard. Chron., 1875, I, 429.
Ci/perorchis elegans, Blume Ihunph. IV, 47; Orch. Ai-clnp. Ind. 77, t. 48, C; Bot.
Mag., 7007; Benth. in Jom-n. Linn. Soc. XVIII, 318; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 14.
C. densiflorum, Giiff. Notul. Ill, 337 {the plani from Mjrung only).
'Sikkim, at elevations of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet; in flower dming October and
November; i'antUng, No. 14. Westwai-d to Nepal and eastward to Bhutan. Khasia
Hills, at C,000 feet; Hooker, Collett, Mann. Naga Hills; Prain.
The flowers of this aro usually of a pale lemon yellow, the lamellae of the lip
being of a cadmium yellow. Occasionally the sepals are flushed "with pink or brown,
and still more rai'ely tho flowers are nearly white.
PLATE 2o%.—Cymlidium elcgaos, Lindl. Part of a plant; of naiurnl size. Fig. 1 lip, 2 column with
i situ, 3 undor surface of imther, showing its interior, 4 pollinia;anther i all enlarijed, 5 capsule; of
iialural
14. CYJIBID:US[ COCHLEAEE, Lindl., in Journ. Linn. Soc., 28.
Psendo-stem 3 to 6 in. long, btout. Leaves linear, finely acuminate, dilated at
the equitant base; length 24 to 36 in., breadth -4 to '5 in. Inflorescence axillary,
pendulous, much shorter than the leaves; the peduncle much longer than the raceme,
with numerous lanceolate, acuminate, convolute, lax scarious sheaths 4 or 5 in. long;
CTMBIDIC7M. 19 5
the raceme with twelve to twenty imbricate flowers about 1'75 in. long, the stalked ovary
•75 to 1 in.; the floral Iract triangular, minute. Sepals and petals sub-equal, not
spreading, oblanceolate, blunt. Lip of the same length as the sepals and petals, oblongoblanceolate
in general outline; side lobes long, shallow, with triangular pointed apices;
the apical lobe pubescent, sub-orbicular, undulate; upper surface with two smooth lamellre
united at their apices. Column slender, straight, with a few hairs at its base in front,
rostellum projecting. Anther obovoid, beaked in front. Pollinia erect, sessile on a
quadrate gland. Capsule broadly elliptic, tapering to each end, 1 in. long and -G in. in
diam. CyperoGhis eochkare, Benth. in Jom'u. Linn. Soc. XVIII, 318; Hook. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. VI, 15.
Siklcim, at elevations of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet; Hooker and others; Pantling,
No. 352; iu flower during October and November. Khasia HilJs; Griffith, No. 5263
(Kew Distrib.). Assam; G. Mann.
The sepals and petals are of a didl brown flushed with green, tho lip is ochraceous
yellow minutely specklcd with bro-\vn and the colmnn is pale greeu.
PLATE Z^O.—Cymhidium cochL-arc, Lindl. Pavt of a plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 bract, stalked
ovary, column and lip, in profile, 2 lip, 3 column ; of natural size, 4 pollinia as they lis in the anther
on the column, o pollinia removed, 6 empty anther, lower surface; all antarged.
15. CI'MBIDIUII MASTERSII, Grifi:. MSS. ex Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1845, t. 50.
Pseudo-stem 3 to 12 in. long, sometimes branched. Leaves linear, acuminate and
minutely and obliquely bifid at the apex, tapering towards the .slightly expanded equitant
base, length 12 to 24 in., breadth -6 to -7 in. Infloreseencc axillary, from amongst the
leaves, and only about half their length, erect; tlie pedunclc much longer than the raceme,
clothcd to its apex by acuminate, lanceolate, convolute sheaths 4 or 5 in. long. Raceme
somewhat decm-ved, 4 to 6 in. long, 4- to C-flowcred; floral hraet triangidar, minute,
stalked ovaiy about -5 in. long. Flowers crowded, 2 to 2-5 in. long. Sepals and petah
sub-equal, ohlong-Ianceolate, about 2 in. long, the latter narrower than the sepals and
with slightly recurred apices. Lip minutely pubescent, nearly as long as the petals,
nnrrow, oblong; the side lobes long, shallow, erect, their apices acute and directed outwards;
apical lobe sub-orbicular, undulate and irregularly crenate; the disc between the
side lobes with two smooth liuncUaj converging and ending at the base of the apical lobe.
Cohmn slender, slightly curved, with a small sac at the base, the rostellum projecting.
Anther oblique, with a pointed lip. Pollinia erect, sessile ou a quadrate gland. Capsule
ellipsoid, 2-25 in. long. Lindl. in Gard. Clu-on., 1845, 643; Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 78;
Reicheubachia, t. 66. C. mieromeron, Lindl. iu Jom-n. Linn. Soc. Ill, 29. ? C. affine,
Griff. Notul. Ill, 336; Ic. Plant. Asiat., t. 201, f. 3; Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 2s!
Cypei'orchis Mastersii, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII, 318; Hook, iil Fl. Br. Ind
VI, 15.
Sikkim, at elevations of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet; iu flower during October and
November ; Hooker and others; Pantling, No. 101. Khasia Hills; elevation 5,000 to 6 000
feet; Gridlth, No. 5266 (Kew Distrib.), Hooker, Mann.
Tho prevailing colour iu the flowers of this is wliite; the sepals and petals, especially
toward their apices, being flushed with pink. The lip is yellowish externally and the
lamellffi on its disc are orangc-coloured. The column is greenish. The flowers ai'e
sweet-scented.
A.XN. ROV. BOT. GAKD., CAI.CDTTA, YOL. YIII.