ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIITILATA.
fxpauclod at the base, glabrous liko tlie stem. Peduncle glandular-pubescent, bearing
three to five scattered oblong sheathing bracts with acuminate apices. Jiaoenie much
shorter than tlic podunclo, bearing two to five resupinate flowers about -8 ia. long;
Jloml ¡»-act half as long as the sessile cylindric ovary, glaudulai-hairy Hke the ovarj-.
Scpah unequal; the dorsal broadly ovate, acuminatc, its apex shortly recurved; the lateral
pair oblong, acute, all. glaudular-hab-y. Petals smaller than the sepals, obHquely
oblanceolate with liooked apices. Base of lip adpressed to tho face of the column and with
two calli; claw with soven or eight pairs of slender unequal horizontal fimbria:;
tonnmal lobes linear-oblong, blunt, widespi-eadiug, i-ecurved. Appendages on the front of
tho column large, pamllel, extending from the ovate fleshy rostellum to the spur.
Sdffmas two, elliptic, small. Spur as long as the lateral sepals, tapsring to the minutely
bilobed apex, and having two large wart-like processes inside. Anther acuminate; pollinia
four, clávate, in two' pairs united at their bases and both attached to a lanceolate gland.
IJlume Flor» Javaj, Orchid., 41, t. 12 B, fig. 2; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. YI, 95.
C/cri/sohaphics R)xburghii, "Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep., 37, t. 27.
Sikkim, in tho bottoms of tropical valleys and along the base of the range; in flower
during November; Pantling No. C. "Westward to Kalka and eastward to Bhotan; also
in Assam, Sylhet and Jlunipui-.
The sepals and petals are of a very pale pink, almost white, the lip being pure
white. The leaves have a velvety lustre and are purplish-red with golden reticulations;
in the mid-area of the leaf tho red passes into golden or greenish-yellow tinged with
pink.
I'L.ITE Zd^.—Án(«:iochilus Rix'mrghu, Lindl. A plant in flower, of natural size. Tig. 1 & flowar,
2 bract, sessile o v a r y , column, s t i ^ a («), spur and lip, «'» profile, 3 t i e potáis, 4 iront view of the
column and spur, tlie anterior wall of t t e latter having been removed to show the two wart-like j
i a its interior, also the rosteEum (r) and the stigmas («), 5 empty anther, 6 pollinia; all enlarged.
2. ASSCTOCHILUS SiKKiMESsrs, King and Pantling Joum. As. Soo. Beng.,
Vol. LXV, Pt. 2, 124.
Whole plant 6 to 9 in. high. Stem procumbent and about -25 in. thick near
the base, with four or five leaves, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-ovate, acute, narrowed to
tlie broadly sheathing petiole ; length 2 to 2-5 in., breadth 1 to 1-35 in.; petiole -65
in.; peduncle of the raceme glandular-pubescent aud with several distant sheathing
acuminate bracts -5 in. long. Racems l-7o to 2-25 in. long, glandular-pubescent; Jloral
hract lanceolate, shorter than the ovaries. Flowers -6 in. long. Dorsal sepal oblong, blunt,
concave; lateral pair oblong, acute, spreading. Petals dimidiate, straight along the inner
margin,, dilated upwards along the outer, aud broadly beaked near the apex. Lip
with two terminal divergent obliquely cuneate lobes; the claw with four pairs of short
forward-pointing teeth. Spur short,- pouch-like, bifid, the calli within it ovoid. Column
with two parallel raised lines below the large ovate rostellum resting on a large
forcipate process, beneath which again are two fiat converging calli. Pollinia flattened,
curved, oblong, sub-equal in length; the gland embraced by the united bases of the
pseudo-eaudicles.
Sikkim, at 3,000 to 5,000 feet elevation; not uncommon; flowering in September;
Pantling No. 285.
ANOECTOCHILtrs. ' 29.5
Tho sepals are oHve-gi-con and white ; tho lip is white, tho teeth of the claw
being green, as are also the column and spur. The iipper surface of the leaves ia
of a very dark red colour with a velvety sheen aud veined witli golden yellow, tho
lower sm'face is of a uniform dull red. '
This différa from A. Roxlurghii (which it resembles in leaves) in its smalleiflowers,
differently shaped petals aud pollinia, also in the terminal lobes of tlie lip.
and in the teeth of the claw which in ' this are mucli smaller. Its nearest ally as
regards floral structure is, however, A. Griffithii, Hook, fil, a species of tho Naga Hills,
which has green leaves without reticulations, and a more distinctly winged claw with
larger teeth and a longer spur.
PLATE 391.—Anoectochihis Sikkimentk, Eing and Pantling. A -^d-Tit, of natural ska. Fig. 1 a flower,
2 bract, ovniy, column and lip, in profila, 3 front of column and portion of the spur with tho anterior
wall cut away to ahow the two oalli, 4 petals, 5 lower surface of anther, 6 pollinia; all mlargaJ.
3 . ANOICTOCNILUS LANCEOLATUS, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 499.
"Whole plant 9 to 12 in. high. Stems glabrous, decumbent at the base and with
a few annular thickenings. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or sub-acute,
narrowed to the base, 1-25 to 2-25 in. long; petiole -75 to 1 in., with a wido
tubular or sheathing base. Peduncle short, pubescent, and bearing one or two ovatelanceolate
acuminate sheaths, tubulai- at the base and pubcsceut. Raceme longer than
tho peduncle, laxly many-flowcred, the raehis pubescent. Flowers about -Jo in. long;
floral bract ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sub-glabrous, as long as tho glabrous ovary.
Sepals unequal; the doraal ovate, acute; tho lateral pair larger, ovate-oblong, 1-nerved,
obtuse, spreading. Petals as large as the dorsal sepal and, with it, forming a hood
over the column, dimidiately reniform, acuminate. Lip with a globose didymous basal sac
containing two long spur-like processes ; tho claw with seven or eight pairs of oblique
unequal coarse teeth; tlie apical lobe with two diverging oblong obliquely truncate lobules,
the sinus between them broad and minutely apiculate at its apex. Column very shoit,
thick, with two obtusely triangular processes; rostellum broad. Anther with an oblique
recurved beak; pollinia obovoid, united through a sigmoid pseudo-caudicle to the small
obloDg gland ; the pollen grains cuneifoi-m. Stigmas two, large, lateral. Lindl. in Journ.
Linn. Soc. I, 179. A. lutsus, Lindl. 1. c. 179. Odontochilus lanceolatus, Benth. in Gen.
Plantar. Ill, 601 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 101 ; in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. V, 59, t. 89.
0. i:avus (error for 0. luteus), Benth. Gen. Plantar. Ill, 598.
Sikkim, at elevations of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 5345);
Clarke, Gammie, Prain, King, Pantling No. 196 and 461. Yoksum at 7,000 feet;
Pantling No. 461; in flower during July, August and September. Khaeia Hills; Griffith
(Kew Distrib. No. •5352):
The sepals and petals are of a pa^o green, tho dorsal sepal being tinged with
brown; the lip is of a brilliant yellow and the anther is pink. The leaves are green
with three bright white nerves.
PLATE 392.—AnccctochibiS lanceolaivt, Lindl. A plant, of Mtural Fi g . 1 a flower, seen from
alotc, 2 side view of floral hract and ovary, column ^ith anther in situ, and base of lip, a section o;
])reoeding, showing the septum and one of the two spur-like colli inside t i e sae of the lip, 4 front of
tho column, showing the anther {a), gland of the pollinia (¡7), a sfigma («), columnar processes (;?},.aj.U
portion oi the sao (c), .6 pollinia; all enhrged.