I, Vol. LXIV,
C6 ORCniDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA.
1 BuLBOPnvLtUM Listeei, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc.
pt. 2, 334.
Rhizome none; pmido-Ulhs narrowly ovoid, compressed, -3 in. long, ol)liquely and
alternately arranged and sub-imbricate. Leaf Hnear-oblong, tapering to each end, sessile,
fleshy, 1 to 1-25 in. long and '15 to -2 in. broad, Fhwers solitary, on very short
pedi<-el3 from tlie bases of both old and now pseudo-bulbs, and much shorter than the
latter; the stalked ovary proceeding from the short pedicel and partly enclosed in
its three or four sheathing shrivelled bracts; the flor'^l bract proper lanceolote, acuminate,
longer than the ovary. Flowers about -15 in. long. Sepa's unequal, and with
ciliolate margins; the dorsal ovate-lanccolate, blunt, spreading; the lateral pair slightly
loncrer and with obliquely truncate apices cohering by tlioir inner margins aearly to
the" tips, and forming a kind of trough in wliicti the lip lies. Petals broadly ovate,
with obtuso erose apices; the middle third o£ the side miautely ciliolate. Lip oblonglanceolate,
stipitate, slightly d«flexod from the base, flat, not tumid ; the upper surface
with a cUtral thickened line throughout, its entire length; the edges ciliolate almost
from the base to near the blunt apex. Column very short; its apical processes long
and falcately curved upwards; the meiitum very little curved. Aithcr galeate and with
a filiform attachment to the column; pollinia unequal, the outer two elliptic, curved, the
inuer very small.
British Bhotan, at the Rumpti Lake, some miles from the Sikkim frontier, elevation
about 1,000 feet; Pantling No. 113; flowering in March.
This remarkable species was discovered by Mr. J. L. Lister of the Bhotan Cmchona
Association, and at one time Curator of the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, who gave
it to Mr. Pantling. It is one of the most curious of the whole genus. The flowers
ai'e of a dull lake colour.
P l a t e Q<).—Bullophyllwn Listen, King and Pantling. Two plants, of naiwal %i%e. Fig. 1 a
aower 2 pedioel with its sheaths, floral bract proper, stalked ovary, cokmn with the anther in
siln, mentum and lip, sem from the side, 3 the petal^ 4 column, sbowiug its falcate apical
processes and mentum, 5 lip, 6 anther, 7 polHnia; ali enlarged.
2. BuLBOPm-LLUM GRiPFiJHir, Reichb. fil. in Walp- Ann. VI, 247.
Pseudo-bulbs coespitose, narrowly ovoid, compressed, -6 to -75 in. long. Leaf sessile,
narrowly oblong, tapering slightly to the ends, deflexed more or less at a right angle to
the pseudo-bulb, the apex blmit, entire, length 1-5 to 2 in., width-4 to -5 in. Injloresccnce,
I-flowered; the flower about -75 in. across; floral bract cupular, much shorter than
the slender curved stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal, ovate-oblong, acute. Petals ovate^
abmptly acute, the margins near the apex minutely erose. Lip oblong, sub-acute, with
two foi-ward-pointing tooth-hke amides near the base and two slender crenate ridges
i-unning from these on the upper surface, but disappearing near the apex; the base
delicately jointed to the much produced foot of the column. Column short, with broad
tiiangular wings about the middle opposite the stigma, the apex with two small sharp
teeth. Pollinia in two free pairs. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 756. S'lreopodium Griffithii,
Lindl. Fol. Orch. 6. Bulbophiillum sp. Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat., t. 296, fig. 2 (not of Notul.
and It. Notea). 1 Bmdrob. bulbophjlU, Grifi. It. Notes, 65, No. 10)9.
Sikkim; at Lachung; elevation 9,000 feet; G. A. Gammie, No. 1005; in flower
during August. Khasia Hills; Hooker and Thomson.
ETJLBOPHYLLUii.
The flowers of this spccies arc yellowish with reddish-brown spots. It had previously
been collected only on the Khasia Ilills, where it was found by Griffith and Sir
Joseph Hooker in the Myrung wood at an elevation of iijOOO feet. In Sikkim it was
collected in 1892 by Mr. G. A. Gammie at Lachung, at 9,000 feet. In spite of the
higher elevation at which it grows in Sikkim, the Lachung plants differ from those
found in Myrung only in having broader and slightly erose petals, and leaves much
more attenuated at the base.
The column of this species presents a structural arrangement of the greatest int'rest,
inasmuch as the rostellum is represented by a large ball of yellowish viscid matter,
similar to that found in the column in Cirrhopetalum guttulaium and C. ornatissimum.
But in this plant the viscid ball and the pollinia are quite free and in no way
attached to each other ; whereas, in the two species of Cirrhopetahm just referred to,
they are connected and form a rudimentary appendage akin to that characteristic of
Vandcw.
P l a t e .—Bulbophyllun Griffiihii, Eeiohb. fil. A plant; of naiural si's«. Fig. 1 a flower, 2
flowering peduncle showing the bract, stalked ovary, column and lip of its solitary flower, from the
itrfe, 3 lip, 4 column showing ita apical and lateral teeth, anther, stigma and elongated foot, 5
anther, 6 pollinia ; all enlarged.
3. BuLBOPHYLLUii AFHNE, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1982; Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 48.
Rhizome long, densely-rooting, about '2 in. thick. Pseudo-hilhs about 3 in. apart,
cylindric, slightly thickened at the base, l-o to 1'75 in. long and about -3 in.
thick. Leirf narrowly oblong, obtuse, the base narrowed; lengths to 7 in., breadth
•65 to l-2o in.; peh'ole -25 in. Scape very short (-25 in.) and bracteata, producing
only a single flower with a pcdicellod ovary 1 to 2 in. long from the sides of the
base of a pseudo-bulb, or from the rhizome between the pseudo-bulbs. Flowers -75
to nearly 1 in. long, pale green with purple nerves, smooth. Sepals subequal,
lanceolate, sub-acute, 5-nerved, not reflexoi, the lateral pair falcate. Petals rather
shorter than the sepals, 3-nerved. Lip shorter than the petals, lanceolate, thickened
and concave at the base, the margins of the upper surface dark purple. Column
yellowish-green, rather stout, its foot short. Anther conisal, scabrid; pollinia curved.
Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 246; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 756. Sarcopodium
ajjine, Lindl. in Past. Fl. Gard. I, 155; Fol. Orchid., Sarcopodium 5.
I n the valley of the Tecsta, at elevations of about 2,000 feet; common; Pantling
No. 154; in flower in June and July. Nepal; Wallich. Khasia Ilills, at elevations
up to 4,000 feet; J. D. Hooker and. T. Thomson, G. Mann. Naga Hills at
Kohima; D. Prain.
P l a t e 91.—Bulbophijllum affine, Lindl. A plant, of miural size. Fig. 1 apox of ovary, fiolumn
with its foot and the lip, seen from the side, 2 lip, 3 oolamn and its foot with the anther in situ,
4 Butlier, 5 and 6 pollinia; all enlarged.
4. Bulbopfitli-um LEOPAEDrfJUM, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1981; Gen. and Spec.
Orchid., 48.
Rhizome stout, covered with numerous fibrous sheaths. Pseudo-bulbs obpyriform,
compressed, crowded, imbricate, smooth, I to 1-5 in. long. Leaf elliptic-oblong, the
apex blunt but shortly mucronate, the base narrowed to the short petiole; blade ^
Ann. Roy. Dor. Gaud., Calcutta, Vol. YIII.