334 OüCHXDS OP THE SIKKIM-HIMA.LATA.
Sikldni, on Sin-ga-lo-la, at
July; Pantliiig No. 374; also i
The colour of tlio flowers i
1 elevation of about 12,000 feet; in flower during
the Ghai'wal-IIimahiya; Duthie No. 517.
green.
Pl,ATE 4d7—Harmiiiium pu:iwm/brmc, Lindl. Three plants, of ntiitrid size. Fig. 1 braot, orory
ami flower, 2 apex of ovarj', with columu and Hp sliowiug the aatlier-c¿IU ^íí.), the tules aid gkuds
oi their iiolliiiia {p <j), aud tlio stamiuodes (sj; all oiimjcU.
5. IIEBMIXIUU GBACILE, King and Pantling in Journ. Linn. Soc., Vol. LXV,
Pt. 2, Kil.
or two blunt wide
elliptic with a short
5 to -('O in.; petiole
Floivcn -1 in. loiig,
Dorsal sepal broadly
I-Teiglit of entire plant 4 to 7 in. Stem angle 1, with on
slieatlis near its base. Leaf solitary, ovate, obovatc, oblanceolato o
sheathing petiole, bhnit or sill)-aeute; lengtli -5 to 1-j in., breadth
•1 in. Peduncle naked; spike -o to I'O in. long, sparsely-flowered,
their hrads lanceolate, as long as the pcdicel of the tuuiid ovary,
ovate, obtuse, concave; ihc lateral pair concave at the apex, oblong, blunt, deflexed,
i'etals broadly oblong, very concave, as large a.s the dorsal sepal and witli it forming
a liood OA'er the cohmm. Lip narrowly oblong-triaagiilar, its base continuous with the
colunm, not lobed, the apex sitb-jicufce, bent about the middle, the basal half dii-ectcd
downwards and the apical half forwards. Cohmn kooded, the third or modified stigma
occupying a krgo transverso area above the two fei-tilo stigmas. Anther-cells distant,
each having a depressed elliptic fertUe stigma on its inner side; pollinia broadly ovoid,
their candicles bent at a right angle, and each a tached to a small bro«'a gland;
stamlnodes small, oblong, attached to the fertile anthers near theii- caudielcs at the
outer sides.
Sikkini, in the Lachen valley, at an elevation of about 11,000 feet; in flower in
July; Pantling No. 307.
'J'his species has a superficial resemblance to 77. orbiculare, Hook. fil. The flower
in' that species has, however, a, lip with a short spur, aud the column is very simple;
whereas in this plant tliere is no trace of spur, and the structui-e of the column is
very complicated.
Pr..U'E iZS—Horn'mirn jriw/B,. King, and Pautling. Two plants, of n-ifitril size. Pig. 1 front
view of a flower, 2 front view of bract, ovarj, eolamn and Up [i/ie latter Jldtened out), showin" the
third oi infertde stigma (rt), auther-oella pollinlar' gland (p g), staniinode (s), the fertilB stigmas (i),
3 the petals, 4 polliuia; all anlunjed.
6. IlERMrxiuM ANGUSTILABRR, King and Pantling in Joum. As. Soc. Beng.,
Vol. LXV, Pt. 2, 131.
Height of the whole plant 3 or 4 inches. Stem angled. Leaf solitary near the
base of the stem, ssssile, elliptic, obtuse, -6,) in. long aud '33 to '4^) in. broad, the
part of the stem above the leaf with two linear-lanceolate acuminate bracts -o in. long.
Spike -75 to 1 in. long. Flowers "I in. across; floral bract acuminate, longer than the
sessile beaked ovary. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, acute, concave, curved forwards;
lateral sepals aud peta's sub-equal, narrowly oblong, the foinner deflexed. Lip slightly
exceeding the lateral sepals, linear, dellexed, sub.-acute, entire. Calujtm winged in its
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lower half. Anther-cells small, distaut, paralk-l. SV.<jmas con-joined; 'forming a transvorg-e
band across the column. '
Sikkim, at Ling-tu and Sin-ga-le-la, at elevations of 11,000 to 12,000 feet; iú
ilower during Jiily; Pantling No. 375,
The colour is green throughout.
Pl.ATE i']9.-^Écnni'iium angM/ihhra, King nnd Pantling. Tlireo plants, of nfftiraJ sizi^. Tig. I
ti flower, 2 brant, ovavy, column and Hp, in profile, 3 of ovarj, bnse of the lip and the columu, the
latter boariiig the anther-cells and stigma, 4 sepals and petals, separated; all cnlarHcL
7. HERMIKIUM COSGESTUM, Lindl. in Wall. Cat, No. 70C8; Gen. and
Spec. Orch., 30Ó.
Entire plant 3 to 7 in. in height; itiber ovoid-globose, haii-y.' Stevi with one or two
short blnnt wide sheaths at the base. Leaves two or three, rising close together near the
•base, uan-owly oblong-elliptic, sometimes slightly oblanceolate, sub-acute or obtuse,
slightly narrowed to the usually short sheath; length 1-25' to 4 in., breadth '3 to
•6-3 in.; steni above the leaves with a single linear bract, often naked. Spihe narrow,
•5 to 2-5 in. hmg, manj'-flowcred. - Flowors 'io in. across, di'ooping' (from the cui-ving
of the ovary); Jloral hraut ovate, acute, very much shorter than the beaked ovary.
iSc;?«/»-sub-efiual, obtuse; the dorsal broadly .ovate; the lateral narrower, oblong, subacute,
slightly spreading. Petals as long as the sepals or a little longer, obliquely
.triangular-lanceolate, acute. Lip longer than the sepals, fleshy, triangidarly ovatelanceolate,
blunt, Ihe base triangular; sides lobes veiy narrow, crenulato, the apical lobe
quite entire, the upper surface with two small calli at the mouth of the minute globose
saccate spur; pollinia broadly ellipsoid with blunt ends, the candieles very short; the
glands oblique, horn-like; siaminodcs oblong with tapering ends. Stinmas two, situated
behind the caudicles of the pollinia and above the enlrance to the minute sac-like
spm-. Capstih -25 in. long. Liudl. in Journ. Linn Soc. Ill,' 43; Hook. fil. Fl.
Br. Ind. VI, 130. 77 unalaschcense, Reichb. fil. Ic. Fi. Germ XIII, 107. t. 418.
IT. Schischmareffiana, Chamiss. in Linn^a. HI, 29. Flatanthera Schiscknarejiana. Lindl.
Gen. and Spec. Orch., 286. ^^eotifa macrophi/lla, Don Prodi-. 27. .Spiranthes viaerophylla,
and S. vmlaschcemis, Spreng. Syst. Ill, 708. .
Sikkim, common at elevations between lO.UOO and Í2..500 feet; in flower
during July and August; Pantling No. 384. Wostwai-d to Nepal. Distrib. Aleutian
Islands.
The c(ilour of the flo:wers is green.
Pr.ATI'. 4+0.—/fwflif»r»w eoiigestum, Liudl. A plant, of natural size. Fig. I a flower, 2 minute
bract, bea"ked ovury, column and lip with its minute globular spur, .i Hp, upper surfaeo, 4 tho petals,
•i cohimn, showmg the anther-cells, polliiiiar glands [p <j), stanmodes («), aud the orifice of the spur (e;,
6 pollinia; all enlarged.
8. IIF.IOIIN-1U.M JosEPm, Reichb. fil. in Flora LV (1872), 276.
Entire plant •) to 10 in. in heÍLdit; tiiher sub-globose. Stem with a lax b'unt sheath
at the base. Leaves two, from near the base, sab-bpposite '(sometimes only one), narrowly
elliptic-oblong, acute, narrowed to the long sheath. Peduncle of spike naked. Spike