^ ^ ^ OE C I I I D S OP THE SIEKIM-HIJIALATA,
4. PoGoyiA FALCATi, King and Pantling in Jonrn. As. Soc. ]3cng
Vol. LXy, l^t. 2, 129.
T utors globular, ..aricd, 'SS to -35 in. in cliai«. 'Scape 1-75 to 2-5 in. hi-h
g-labrous, 1-floworcd, Tearing aevoral oblong sheatliiog tliiu membranous bracts at intervSs!
Fhmr i to -G iu. long iucluding the ovary; the Jloral brad lanceolate, longer than
the stalked o-rary. Scj?als and pciah siib-cqiial, Kuear, acnte, sub-counirent, -3 to -4 in
long. JAJ> oblong, convohito and embracing tlic column, tlie upper siu-face with a
singb broad thickencd glandular-pubescent line from the middle to nearly the apex, tlic
base not &xccate, tlie disc pubesccut, the lateral lobos falcate, acute, the tciminal lobe
obovate and very bhint. Column clavate, its anterior surface piibenilous; the anther
large and fleshy; the 2'omnia narrowly clavatc-ellipsoid, stigma larg-e.
Western Dooar of Bhotan, east of tlic Jaldacca ñver; floweriug in Áprü- Pantlino-
No. 439. ' °
A spocics near P. vehtina, Par. and Eeichb. fil., and P. ;
three plants of this haye as yet been collected, and the loaf i
iacroffhssa, Hook. fil.
still unknown.
Only
PLATE 5 5 7. -Pc!,oma f M , Eing aud Pnntlmg. Tb^o flower-rroduemg plants, of natural Bi z c
Fig. 1 floral bract, oviuy and flower, vim, 2 stalked ovfiry and lip in profile, 3 the lip flattened oat,"
4 apes oi ovaiy, coluinu with autlier in situ, and stigma, 5 anther, G poUinia; all enlavgod.
• 5. POGOSIA PLICATA, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 415.
T uler globose, -5 in. in diam. Scape 3 to G in. long, enveloped iu two or three
tubular sheaths with sub-acute dilated bifid apices, and a single Unear-lanccolate bract
above the sheaths. Flomrs two or three, about -75 in. long; Jloral hract very small
ovate, acute, shorter tlian the pedicel of the nm-shaped ridged oraiy. Sepals and peiah
sub-equal, spreading, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, acuminate. Lip ovate when flattened
out, convolutc and embmcing the column, entire except tiic minutely emarginate apex
tlie midrib thickened and callus-like for more than half its length, the base sli"itly
saccate. Column narrowed aud sigmoidly bent iu its lower half, the apex clavate Antji -
broad, depressed, rctusc, the clinandrium irregularly cronulate; pollinia four, narrowly
oblong, the gi-ains polymoi-plious. Leaf orbicular-cordate, the nerves sliortly setose the
edges remotely ciliate, 3 or 4 in. long and about as much broad; petiole tiiicken^d in
its upper half, nearly 2 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. Vi, 119. Epipactis pUcaia
Kosb. Fl. Ind. HI, 454. AretJmsa pUcata, Audr. Bot. Rep., t. 321.
Sikkim, near the base of the liills, at Sembree, elevation 1,500 feet; in flower
during May; Pantling No. 140.
The sepals and petals are green. Tho lip is Hhac with a g,-cen spot at the
base and a yellow Hne along the thickened part of the midrib. Tho leaf is of a dark
green beautifully mottled with purplish-brown; it lies flat on the ground, and appears
some time after tlie flowers have withered.
PLATE pUcata, Lindl. Bowering and leaf-prodaoing plants, of natural ei z c 7
iv flower, 2 apex of oraty, column n^d Hp :proflc, 3 the lip, flattened out, 4 florni bract, stalked
ovary and coliuim, sliowing the stigma and front of the anther, 5 anther, 0 pollinia • all mlar^ecl
6. POGONIA G.UIJIIEANA, Hoolc. fil. in Bot. Mag, t. 6671.
Tiller globular, about 1'25 in. in diam. Seape of floweriug plant 6 to 8 in.
high, below about as thick as a goose-quill, bearing three long tubular bracts with acuto
or bifid apices. Peduncle about 2 in., shorter than the lax 7- or 8-flowercd raceme.
Floivers 1 iu. long, di'ooping; floral hract linear-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than tlio
truncate stalked ovary, strongly deflexed; stalk aud ribs of the ovary winged. Se})als
and petals sub-equal, elliptic-oblanceolate, acuminate, sub-connivent. Lip minutely
saccate at the base, elliptic-obovate when spread out, the lower half convolute round
the column and bearing two short triangular forward-pointing side lobes; the anterior
half expanded, its edges crenulato-lobulate; tho disc of tlie convolute part with two
parallel central ridges, that of the expanded part with three ridges aud many long
wavy haii-s. Leaf reniiorm, abruptly apiculate, glabrous, the edges undulate, 5 or 6
iu. in diam. and about tlio same iu lengtli. Petiole 5 or 6 in. long, sheathed at the
base. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 120.
Sikkim, at elevations of from 2,000 to 2,500 feet; iu flower during May; Pantling
No. 310. Gharwal; Strachey and Winterbottom No. 19; Falconer.
Tho sepals and petals ai-e pink with lines of wliite and of dark pink. The lip
is pale green in its apical and white iu its basal half. Tho column is white, excei)t
the apex which is dark pink. The whole of the flowering axis is more or loss shaded
with pink, as arc also the floral bracts and the ovary.
PLATE 359,—Pojonw Gammi - 'ana, Hook, fil. A flower- and a leaf-hearing plant, of na!urnl sisa.
Kg. 1 portion of rachis, floral bract, stiilked ovary and Up, 2 lip spread out, 13 ajjox of ovary, coliimti
with anther and stigma, 4 apes of tho column, the anther having been removed, 5 author, 6 pollinia;
'all enlarged.
7. PoGONiA SCOTTII, Eciclib. fil. in Flora, 1872, 276.
Tiller depressed-globular, 1'25 in. in diam. Scape of flowering plant 8 to 15 in.
long, slender, bearing at the base two unequal tubular sheaths, with a thh-d near tho
apex. Raceme 3 to 5 iu. long, with numerous rather distant drooping flowers about
"65 in. long; jloral Iract linear, acuminate, longer than tlio stalked ovary, much
de flexed; ovaiy aud its stalk winged, tho latter tmncato at the apex, Sepals and
petals sub-equal, linear-lanccolate, sub-connivent. Lip minutely saccate at the base,
broadly sub-obovate when spread out, the lower two-thii'ds sub-convolute round the ovary
and with bluntly triangular iiTegnlarly erosc lateral lobes; tho disc with three parallel
hispid lamellaj; the anterior third or lobe broadly ovate, tapering to tho sub-obtuse
npox, its edges coarsely undnlate-crenate, the upper surface velvety. Column clavate,
nearly straight. AntliAr with a broad keel; pollinia oblong, conjoined. Leaf large,
ovate-reniform, shortly and sharply apiculate, glabrous, 6 to 8 in. iu diam.; petiole 4 to
8 in. long, smooth. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 120; in Ann. Bofc. Gard. Calc., Vol.
V, G2, t. 93. Pogonia No. 2, Grifi. Notul. Ill, 377; Ic. PL Asiat., t. 345.
Sikkim, in tropical valleys about elevations of 2,500 feet; iu flower duiing Jlay;
Pantling No. 143. Chittagong at Sitakund; Scott. ? Burma; Griffith.
The ovary, sepals and petals are green with dark red Urci; tho lip has its lateral
lobes green with faint dark rod obHque sti-iíB, (he disc.being faint lavender aud the