253 ORCHIDS OF THE SIEKIil-HIMALiYA.
two, opposite, at the very npox of the stem and at the base of the psduncle,
orbicular-cordate, acute, 1 to 1'5 in. long aud about the same' iu breadth. Peduncle
about -5 in. bug, pubescent. Bacsmi 3 to 4 iu. loug, maay-flowarod, its rachis
pubescent. Flowers '25 iu. across; floral brad orate-lancoolate, acute, concave, oqual-
Uug or exceeding in length tlic pedicellei ovary. S^pak sub-equal, ovate, acute, the
dorsal rccurved, the lateral pair spreading. Pelak elEptic-oblong, sub-acute, rccurved.
Xi> fleshy, clawod, roniform in outline, its edges dentate-poctiuate, the disc with a
thickcuod mesial Hue from base to apex, (besoming thicker near the apox), the claw with
two^ autrorse teetli. Column short, stout, the rosiellum blunt. Mt/ier very Jieshy;
pollinia two, pyriform, with a small abortive pair on the under surfaco.
Sikkiui, at Jougri, elevation 13,000 feet; in f.ower during July; Pantling No. 452.
The. flowers arc green iu colour throughout.
PLATE U2.-Lhto>-a dentata. King and Pftiitlbg. A plant, of nalural she. Pig, 1 a flower, 2 floral
bract, staliid ovary, column with anther in situ and lip, seen from the side, 8 column sliowin- anther
rostellam au.l stigma, 4 anther, 5 and G the polliuia/sesn from the front tind the back; all enkrgci.
8. LISTERA LIXDLEYAKA, King and Pautling.
Whole plant 8 to 14 in. high, stout or slender. Sim slightly longer than the
raceme and bearing three or foui- loose convolute rather blunt sheaths about 1 iu.
Jong; sub-glabrous in its lower, glandular-pubescent in its upper part like the raceme.
Flowers from -3 to -5 iu. long, las; floral Iraot oblong, as long as or longer than
the pubescent stalked ovary. Sepals elliptic-ovate, somewhat falcate, concave, sub-acute.
Fcials much smaller, Hnear, blunt. Zip two or three times as long as the sepals,
narrowly oblong; the apex deeply cleft into two oblong, lanceolate, acute lobules;
the sinus broad, witli a small triangular process at its apex; upper surface minutely
puberuloas, the midrib thickened. Oolumi much curved, expanded at base and apex.
Capsule turgid, ridged, -3 in. long, its pedicel about as long. MoiHa Usteroides, Lindl.
in Royle 111. Him. Bot., p. 363; Gan. and Spec. Orch., 158; in Journ. Linn. Soc.
I , 176; nook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 103. N. Linibjana, D^cue. iu Jacquem. Vov.
Bot., p. 163, t. 163.
Sikkim, iu the Lachcn Valley; elevation 10,000 feet; Pantling No. 393; iu flower
during July. Westward along the range to Kashmir, at elevations of from 5,000 to
10,000 feet.
The flowers are probably of a reddish-brown colour when fresh. The specimens
from which the dra-ning was made wore uot quite fresh, and we are doubtful about
the colour of theii- flowers being normal.
PLATE ^iZ.—Lisiera Lindleyana, King and Panfling. A plant, of natural size. Pig. 1 a flower,
2 floral bract, ovary, column witJi anther in ailu, and lip, 3 lip, 4 anther; all cnlarQod.
67. Pantlingia, Prain.
A email ten-estrial saprophytic aphyllous rhizomatous herb. Sktm 3 to 4 in. high,
oach with a small solitary ovate bract about its middle. Fbwen minute, fiw, racemose.
Sepah Bub-equal, free, naiTow. Fetah Hnear. Lip adnate to the base of the column,
ü-ansvcrsely elliptic, slightly concave, entire; the upper sui-face with two elongated pai'allel
calli extending from the base to about the middle. Column slightly curved forwards witli
an acute auricle on cach side of tho anther, otherwise wingless; its anterior sui-facc bearing
about the middle a short transverso horizontal sub-truucate emarginato plate and, at it»
base Just above the insertion of the lip, a sub-crect, rigid, transversely and unequally
2-lobed flcsliy tongue-liko proccss half as long as itself. Antlier opening vertically;
pollinia fom-, in two pairs, confluent by their bases with the nan-ow strap-shaped
rostelium, without either caudicle or gland. A single species, Indian.
PANTLISGIA PABADOXA, Prain in Jom-n. As. Soc. Bong., Vol. LXV, pt. 2, 107.
Rhlzoma short, about half as thick as a goose-quill, pubescent. Stems 1 or 2, from 3 to
4 in. loug, pubescent near the base, otherwise glabrous, bearing about the middle a single
ovate acute bract -25 in. long. Floivrn 2 or 3, racemose, -15 in., or (with the ovaries)
•4--6 iu. long; floral hraci ovate, acute, about as long as the slender pedicel. Lateral
sepah linear, lying under and adpressed to the lip; the dorsal longer than the lateral,
lincar-oblong, slightly shorter than aud adpressed to the column. Fetah linear, reflexcd
or spreading. Lip with the margins somewhat incm-ved. Anther with a vertical suture;
pollinia in two paii-s, confluent by their bases with the uan-ow strap-shaped rostelium.
Sikkim Himalaya, at Choongtong; elevation C,000 feet; in flower dui-ing September;
Pantling No. 420.
The pollen masses arc attached by their bases to the sti-ap-shaped rostelium, which
is not detachable from the top of the stigma. They appear to fertilize the latter by
the gradual absorption aud disappearance of the rostelium. Tho nearest alliance of tho
genus is with Limodonm, some of the species of which have small processes on the column
in the situation of those that arc so highly developed iu this singular plant; tho lip iu
Limodonm is, however, altogether different.
The colour of tho flowers is pale yellow, with a pui-plo blotch on the lip and on
the bifid tongue at the base of the column.
PLATE ^ii.—Pantliiigia paradoxn, Prain. Two plants, of naiiiml usi. Pig. 1 a flower, 2 bract,
ovary and flower, viowod from the &ido, 3 tho lip flattened out, 4 the colamn, showing the auther and
the auricles by the side of it, the transverse plato proceedmg from the front of the column, and the 2-lobcd
obliquely pointed fleshy process at its hase, 5 pollinia; all enlarged.
68. Gastrodia, R. Brown.
Terrestrial leafless herbs of a brown colour with rhizomes and elongated roots. Stem
crect, sheathed. Floivers in a lax raceme. Sepals connate into a ventricose tube 3-tootliod
at the apex. Fetah minute, inserted close to two of the sinuses of the mouth of the
sepalinc tube. Lip short, adnate to the foot of tho colmnn, oblong, entire, clawed at the
base, the claw often bearing calli. Column usually long, narrowly winged, the foot short;
rostelhim small, stigma large. Anther tonuinal, convex; pollinia two, sub-clavate, without
caudiclo or gland. Species nine, Asiatic and Australasian.
GASTBODIA DYE IIASA, King and Pantling in Joui'n. As. Soc.
Vol. LXIV, pt. 2, 342.
Rhizome short, twice as thick as the stem, horizontal, with slender spreading roots.
Stum about the thickness of a crow-quill, 13 to 15 in. long, bearing, at intervals, sheathing
ASN. ROY. EOT. GAUD., C.ÍLCUTTA, Tor,. "VIH.