OKCHIDg OF Tire SIEKIM.HIJT.ILAYA.
Haiaark, S.-iff. Solul. Ill, IOC; Itin. Notes 3 In Wall. Cat. 7049. 1, Ko. 495; lo. P],
Asiat., t. 340.
Siktm, at elevations oi from 2,500 to .5,000 feet, common ; P a n t W No. 97
Woslwori to Nepal. Also in the Khasi, and N.ga Hill,, „„d in Banna
l l . e flowers rf tl„s are >vl,ito and the braets green. The pollinia, as has boon
above .nieated, are exposed of two thin flat gran,da, plates („{ pollen masses) so
e osdy adherent to caeh other that if is impossible to dotad, the one plate from the
other Krant^Im (Engl. Jahrb. XVI, 199) rednees to this Phla,,ll^ra iatata
W ° I ID S ^ ' I ™ V ! R I V ° I ) ' PMr.
Pnntling, who has collcctod this spoeies very largely, finds that o iorm of it
wrlh spariess flowers is very eommon (see Figs. 4 and 5 of the plate). The flowers
ot this iorm have moreover an entire lanceolate lip, as though tho side lobes on a
bp ot tho ttsaal form had been removed. The two stigmas in this variety are also
nnited, whereas m tho normal flower they are separated by the area in the ecntro of
which lies tho orifice of the spar. Except for these differences the plant in every way
resembles the typical form.
Var. ECALCAR.\TA. Sparloss; stigmas miited; Up lanceolate-oblong.
Pi,.OT mS.-UuimaHr, „„ia,U,, Don. P.rt. „f . pl„l, af „„„j
the poll.» ch«mbm and their .taminode., ro.Mlnni, «EmaB {,) and montl, oi Ih, .pur, 2 „,tion of
.pni, 3 pollmm, 4 flower of v.->t. almnl , , , .liowing lie oUong, Imeokte lip (/), md mited sligmu (.,)
5 floral bract, ovary and remahis of the flower of the spurless varietv; ail enlarged.
3 . H.VB13SAR1A PECTIKATA, Don Prod. Fl. Ncp., 24.
Whole plant 12 to 30 in.; lower part ot stem stoat and bearing long tabular clasping
Hheaths with acute apices. Leans distributed in tho npper part of the stem, sessile
Kneardanceolate, acuminate, strongly .'S-neiTcd, the bases broad and sheathing or
stem-clasping; length 4 to 7 in., breadth at the middle -5 t o -8 in. ; those nearest to the
raceme much smaller. Bacim! 3 to G in. long. Fhner! 1-23 to 1-5 in. in diam.; Jtoral
¡met linear-lanceolate, longer than tho snb-sessile ovary. Sepab unequal; the dorsal
lanceolate, erect, the lateral pair rather wider, sub-falcate, acute, erect, with recurved
apices. Peíais forming a hood with the dorsal sepal, naiTowly oblong, falcate, acute or
obtuse, the outer margins shortly ciliolate. Lip as long as the sepals, deeply 3Jobed;
the middlo lobe linear; the side-lobes mther longer, deeply pectinate on the outer
margin; spur laterally coinpres.sed, rather longer than the ovary, sigmoid oi- geniculate,
dilated at the ajiex. Ántli^r-celk divergent, their lobes vei-y long; pollmia narrowl-y
elliptic, grooved, their candieles as long as themselves, slender, cmved, the glands
discoid, minute. Sllgums linear, divergent, situated ou the sides of two thin elongate
distant sub-horizontal processes. Capsule almost sessile, fusiform, thickly ribbed. Wall.
Cat., 7029 A. and B. in pari; Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 321; Hook. fil. I'l.
Br. Ind. VI, 137. It peetinafa and JI. arietka, Hook, fil,, Kiflntzlin in Engl. Bot. Jahrb.
XVI, 103. JL Gerardimna, Wall. Cat., 7031. //. mifiUa, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7030;
Liudl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 321. OnUs peetinata, Smith Eicot. Bot., t, 99.
The dorsal sepal and petals are greenish-white, tlic lateral sepals dark green, and
the lip white.
HAEEITAIIIA. 3 U
Sikkim, at Namgab, elovatioQ 5,000 feet; in flower during Au^st; PantHng
No. 177. Westwards along tlie range to Simla, at elevations of 5,000 to 8,000 feet.
Khasia Hills.
Fig. 1 a flower, 2 apos
I, and the moutli of
PLATE 4,M.—Eahenaria feeti>¥atn, Don. Parts of A plant, of naltu-al s
of OTOry and column, sliowmg tlie stigmas («), author with its elongated
the spur (e), 3 the petals, 4 section of spur, 5 polluiia; alt cnlai-god.
4. HADEKARIA AKIETIXA, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 138.
H a t i t and general appearance of 11. peeilnaia, tut the leaves much broader,
narrowly elliptic, acute or sboitly acuminate; the mcernc 5 to 8 in. long. Sepals
narrowly oblong-clliptic; the lateral paii- sub-falcatc, ciliolate. Petals much dilated at
tho baso externally, bluntly acuminatc, pubcrulous, erect and adpressed to the dorsal
sepal. Lip as in II. pcctinaia, b\;t tho side lobes with fewer teeth; spur laterally
comprcsscd, much longer than the ovaiy; pollinia broader than in II. peetinata, and
more distinctly grooved. Hook. fil. in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. V, G-i, t. 97. II. peetinata^
Lindl, {not of Wallich) Gen. and Spcc. Orch. 341; Wall. Cat. 7020, B. (m part)
and C.
Sikkim, at Tumlong above Pemiongchi, Re-chi-la; at elevations of 6,000 to 9,000
feet; in flower during July and August; Pantling Xo. 333. Westward along tlie range
to Simla. Khasia Hills, at elevations from 5,000 to 6,000 feet.
The flowers of this are green throughout. As in the case of II. pecilnata, specimens
dry black, and the two spccies are so similar that WalHch issued both under the samo
number (7029); while Lindley, in describing H. peetinata in liis Genera and Species
of Orchids, gave, aa has been pointed out by Sir Josepli Hooker in his Flora of
British India, Don's narao peetinata to the wrong plant. Kriintzlin does not admit
this as a species, but rcduces it to H. peetinata.
PLATE 407.—Rabemria arictinn. Hook. fll. Part of a plant, of nalival siso. Fig. 1 a flownr,
2 column showujg the anthers, ataniinodes, and stigmas {«), 3 section of spur, 4 pollinia; all entm-gfui.
5. HABEKARIA AITCHISONI, Rcichb. fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Ser. 2, Bot. Ill, 114; Boiss.
Fl. Orient. SuppL 370, vai-. Josephi, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. lud. VI, 152.
Height of the wliole plant about 5 in.; tuha- large, iiTcgularly ellipsoid, haiiy.
Leaves two, sessile, orbicular, cuspidate, opposite and rising about 1 in. from the base
of tho stem. Peduncle glandular-pubescent, longer than the stem or the raceme,
ebracteate. Raceme 1-5 to 2 in. long, 4- to 6-flowered, the rachis glandular-pubescent.
Flower -65 in. in diam.; floral Iract linear-lanceolate, shorter than the sleuder-stalkcd
glanduloso ovary. Sepals 8ub-cc]_nal; the dorsal ovate, acute, forming a hood with the
broadly lanceolate acuminate petals; lateral sepals -n-idci-spreading, acute. Lip divided
to the base into tlnee linear lobes, the middle ono straight, the lateral pair longer and
with rccurvcd tips; spur curved forward, clavate towards the apex, as long as the short
oui'ved ovary. Cohmn short, stout. Anther-cells parallel, separated from each other by
an area witli the moutli of the .spur iu the middle; poUiaia globular-ovoid; tho