ORCHIDa OP THE SIKKIM-IIIMALiYA.
Sikkim, ÍU the valley of the Himgcot, at an elevation of 1,500 feet; in flower in
Jnne; Pautling No. 318; {onli/ once eotkctcd).
The flowers arc yellow, the lip having red lines in its basal half.
P u t s 3-50.-(?»/„& KrfWM,-Hook. Í1. Part, of , pl„t. Eig. 1 « » ,sp«l, ,„d p,W,, „paral.d
«1.4 a«ltm»a out, of mtunl Kg. i a (lower, 3 ionl Iraot, ormy, oolumn nod lip, m,i from
th'. 4 the lip flattened out, 5 apes of ovary, column with autiier in situ, G autker so as to show its
interior, 7 poHhria; all enlarged.
2. (}.LTEOLA HTDSA, Keiclib. fih Xon. Orch. II, 7T.
An extensive cKniher with stout root-bearing fin-fnraeeously pnbernlous branches;
bracts few, seattored, fleshy, evnte, eymbifonn, unequal, those on the flowering
branches very snrall. Raum» 2 to 4 inches leng, lasly-flowered. Fh„¿n 1 in. in diam.;
Jloml Imot fleshy, pointed, much shoi-ter than the stalked ovary Sefab snb-equal in
length; the dorsal eblong, si,b-acnte; the lateral pair obliquely ovate, sub-falcate, acute.
l e t a h somewhat shorter than the sepals, the lower edge rouuded; the upper undulate,
rather straight. Up sub-orbicular, very concave, cordate at the base; the edges erosefimbriate,
not lobed; the upper surface papiflose-pubescent, the cUsc with a smooth
elongate callus towards the base. Column much curved. Antlur irro»-nlarIy ribbed •
rollmm broad, bifid, excavated. Capmk cylindric, 8 or 9 in. long. Hook. fil. F1 Br'
Ind. V, 89. a. alimim.' Eeiehb. fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXX, 135. Vmilla pfn-
^pmm, Lindl. in ITall. Cat. 7402. „,Uji,,om, GriS. Notul. Ill, 2Í7. M-i/lM.is
altntma, Lrndl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 438 [in pcirt, mt of Blumi).
Sikkin, in the Eishap Valley, climbing on tall trees; King, Pautling No. 321;
m flower dm-ing July. Tenassorim, Penang, Porak, Singapore, Malacca, Java and
Sumatra.
The colour of the floweis is yellbw, mth red markings at the base of the lip
and on the anther.
P i .™ 351.-&MO Hijin, Eeiohb. fil Part, of a aowetiug plant, and Sg. 1 the sepals and
petal., of mt„nl ,1a. Pig. 2 stalked ovarj and hp, »=„/;•»,„ 11,, ,l,h, 3 base of the hp, skewing tk«
callns on tko disc, 4 npes of tlie.ovapj, column, anther and align,., 5 antker, 6 polhnia; all
7 piece of the base of tke stem and rkizome, 8 a mature capsule; of natural nix.
3. G,ILEOLA LINDLEYANA, Reichb. fil. Xen. Orchid. II, 78.
Ehhom an inch thick, reddish, clothed in large cordate fleshy scales. Skim 4 or o
feat higlr, bearing numerous short acate sheaths in the lower half, fnrfm-aceous Kte the
panicles and ovaries. Panichi with short, lax, fow-flowered, drooping branches. Fbwa-i
sub-globose, thick and somewhat spongy in te.xtm-e, 1-5 in. across; Iract ovate,'sessile
withered when the flowers exp.and, shorter than the short stalk of the cylindric ovary!
Sopak sub-eqnal, the dorsal elliptic oblong, the latsral pair wider, oil with strong, toothed,
wavy rihs oitomally. FeM, broadly ovate, blunt, longer than the sepals, the margihl
ciKate. Lip cnp-shapcd with a very narrow obscurely 3-lobed border; the whole upper
sm-face papillose, but bearing at the base, just below the column, a small smooth glabrous
chamber; the disc lamellate, the margins ciKolate. Oohmn clavate, slightly cui-ved forwards
and bearing two erect grandar processes near its base. Aathr boldly papillose,
curved backwards. Pollhia two, fres, compressed, each cleft at the base. Capalt oMong,
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obtusely sulD-trigonous, bluütly apiculato, narrowed slightly at the'base, 6 or 7 in. long
and about 1-25 in. in diam., tardily dchiscent. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VÏ, 8S. C>jrtosia
Lindhijam, Hook. fil. and Thoms. in 111. Him. Plants, t. 22. Erythrorchiê Lindleyana,
Rciclib. fil. in Bonplaiidia, V, 37.
Sikkim, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 foet; Hooker and other collcotors; Pantlirg
No. 88. ?KIiasia Hüls, at an cleration of 4,000 feet; Hooker and Thomson. Naga
Hills; Prain.
This is one of tho most staiking orchids in Sikkim. Tho stems are bro-wnishpm
ple in coloiu-, becoming paler and yellowish upwards. Tho flowers arc bright yellow
throughout, with a rcddiah patch on the lip at each side of the column. The anther
is coloured crimson-lake.
PLATE lü2.—Galeoia Lindleyana, Reichb. fil. A rnnicle. Fig. 1 a ripo capsule—ioi/* of nniwal
iize, 2 bract, sub-sessilo ovary and lip, 3 vertical section of the Hp, sliowmg tie cbamber ot ils
base, 4 column, sbowing its basal processes and the anther in situ, ô lower surface of anther,
6 pollinia; all anlargod.
4. GALEOLA FALCOSERI, Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind., VI, 88.
Rhizome 1'5 to 2-5 in. thick, brandling, clothed with large fleshy triangular scales.
Stems 6 to 10 feet in height and about one inch in thickness at the base, bearing at
intervals lanceolate to triangular acute bracts one to two inches in lengtli. Panicle 2
to 3 feet long, its branches 3 to 9 in. long, drooping, lax. Flowers of a spongy
texture; hract lanceolate, concave, '5 in. long, shorter than tho short stalk of the ovary.
Ovary 1'5 to 2 in. long. Sepals sub-equal, broadly ovate, sub-acute, sparsely furfuraccous
like the ovary. Petals ovate, acute, the edges erose. Lip sessile, without side lobes,
deeply concave, the base -with a small fold forming a pseudo-nectary imder the column,
the apex rounded, the margins undulato-ciliolate ; the upper sm-faco papillose but with
a broad glabrous patch in the middle. Column stout, slightly clavate and somewhat bent
foi-ward. Anther fleshy, glabrous, its lip entii-e. Pollinia two, much compressed, thin,
oblique in outline. Capsule oblong, 3-aoglcd, sub-falcate, 9 in. long, sub-fiu-finuceous.
Pogochilus gp., Falc. in Hook. Joum. Bot. (1842), 73.
Sikkim, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet; Thomson, Pantling No. 87; not now
common. Westward along the range to Gharwal ; in flower dm-ing July and August.
The flowers of this are of a bright yellow coloui- and have an odoui- of vanille.
The ripe capsules are pale brown. This closely resembles G. Lindiei/ana, of which
Sil- Joseph Hooker suggests that it may be a variety; but it has larger flowers than
that plant ; also larger, less fin-furaceous and much more ehai-ply-angled sub-falcate
capsules. The rhizome also is very much stouter.
PLATE 9.5Z.—Galeola Falconeri, Hook. fil. Parts of a plant. Fig. 1 front view of a flower, 2 bract,
stalked ovary and lip, udo view, 8 a capsiile, of natural siso; '3 portion of upper surface of lip, sbowing
the psQudo-nectary, i vertical sectioa of Hp, also sho-wing the pseudo-nectary, 5 column with the anther
1« silU, Ö lower surface of antber, 7 pollinia; all on!arge:l.
7 2 . Pogonia, Juss.
Terrestrial l-leaved herbs; the flower scapes from the same tuber as the leaf and
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some species); tuber emitting, just below tho
appearing before it (coutempo: ' • • , t i. ..i..
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