74 OUCUIDS OF THE SIKKIM-EIMALAYA.
apical processes, and -with a large callus below the stigma; tlie foot sbort, curved.
Anihev apiculate, glandular-pubescent; the lip obloug and ciliatc, poUinia broadly elliptic.
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 767. B. cirrhopetaloide^, Griff. Notul. Ill, 290. Bulhophiillum
Bp., Ic. n . Asiat., t. 296, fig. 1. B. carinifenm, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 353.
Sikkim; at Ruugbee, elevation 5,000 to 6,000 feet; Pantling, No. 192; in fiower in
September. Khasia Hills; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 5140), Hooker fil. and Thomson
(Bolb. 23).
A species not hitherto recorded from Sikkim. The flower is remarkable for the
spurs which run parallel to the dorsal sepal and to the petals, and which are homologous with
the spurs of the Burmese B. xi/lophyllum. The sepals are dull purple with gi-een on the
edges and keels; the lip is purple with a yellowish apex; the petals pale purple with dark
purple apices; the column and the spurs lying parallel to the dorsal sepals and to the petals
aie greenish. Although more closely associated with the dorsal than with the lateral sepals,
the two spurs really originate froai the apex of the ovary, and not from either the sepals
or petals. Griffith suggests that they may be appendages of two of the costre of the ovary.
PLATE 99.—•Biilbophylhun hi%etum, Liadl. A plant, of nalarnl sise. Fig, 1 a flower, side viere,
2 the same, front view, 3 tlie Lack of the column wiLli tks spurs of the lateral sepals, the spatliulate
petals, and fclie apes of the lip, 4 part of ovary, column and its foot, and tlie lip, ^een from the sido, 5 lip,
6 column with its subulate apical processes and anterior diUosity, the anther in sil», and the curved foot,
7 anther, 8 poUinia; a¿¿ enlarged.
12. BuLBOPnYLLUSi coRNU-CKRvr, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc.
Vol. LXIV, Ft. 2, 332.
Rhizome none; pseudo-bulbs minute, crowded, globular, •! to -lo in. in diam. Leaf
coriaceous, sessile, or shortly petiolate, obovate-elliptic, the apes rounded and entire,
tapering slightly to the base, 1 to 1-5 in. long ani -6 to -8 in. broad; petiole 0 to
•35 in. Scape slender, erect, twice as loug as the leaves or longer; the pedtmcle about
as long as the raceme, with one or two small remote bracts; raceme slightly decm-ved,
laxly-flowered; floral bract ovate, acute, shorter than the stalked ovary. Flowers -25 in. long,
green and yellow. Domal sepal oblong, blunt, resting on the column, the lateral pair
broader, flat and slightly spreading, their margins upturned. Petals half as long as
the sepals, lanceolate, sliglitly falcate, acute, 1-nerved. Lip fleshy, obovate-oblong,
much deflexed from about the middle, stipitate; the basal portion fleshy, grooved in
the centre; the anterior portion broader and thinner, convex, entire, blunt. Column very
short, with stout 2-3-fid broad apical processes varying somewhat in size and shape;
the foot flat, very slightly curved, with a short raised mesial line which begins as a
hook at tbe lower margin of the stigma and extends to nearly the apex. Anther
compressed, its lip truncate.
Sikkim; near the base of the Engo ridge, at an elevation of probably about
2,600 feet; Pantling, No. 264; in flower in July.
The sepals of this are green with reddish-brown margins, the petals are green,
the lip yellow in its anterior and reddish-brown in its posterior half. The column
and its processes are white, and tbe foot reddish-brown. The species is named from
its columnar processes which resemble in shape tbe horns of an elk. Its nearest ally
is probably the Burmese B. alukorne, Par. and Reichb. fil., which has a short drooping
densely-flowered raceme and compressed fleshy flowers.
BULBOPHyLLUJf. 7.5
PLATE Idd.—Bnlbophyllum eonm-corvi, King and PantUnf?, A plant; of natural size. Pig. 1 a
flower, 2 floral bract, stalked ovary, column with its foot, and tho lip, 3 the petals, 4 lip, 5 column
ehowiug the horn-liko apical processes and tho foot, G anther, 7 pollinia; all mlarged.
13. BuLDOPHrLLUM SECUNDUM, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 20-t2.
Rhisome slender; pseudo-bulbs crowded, turbinate, about '35 in. in diam, smooth.
Leaf narrowly oblong, sub-acute, narrowed at the baso to the short petiole; length 1
to 2-5 in., breadth -25 to -4 in.; petiole -2 to -35 in. Scape erect, longer than the
leaves, slender; the peduncle with one or two sheathing brown bracts; the raceme'
shorter than tlie peduncle, laxly-flowered, secund; floral bract minute, ovate, much
shorter than tho stalked ovary. Flowers -2 to -25 in. across, purple. Sepals broadly
triangular, sub-acute, spreading, the dorsal slightly narrower than the lateral pair,
l-nerved; all with ciliolate edges. Bcéals much smaller than the sepals, spathulateoblong,
obtuse, l-nerved, the anterior half with strongly ciliate edges. Lip longer than
the petals, oblong, slightly dilated towards tho middle, the apex obtuse, the base
truncate and with a blackish gland ; the edges ciliolate. Copsule sub-cylindric, truncate,
•15 in. long. Column with two short triangular apical teeth; the foot short, curvcd.
Lip of anther erose, pollinia broad. Hook. til. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 764.
Sikkim; at Choong-thang and Tendoog; elevation 6,000 to 7,000 feet; Pantling,
No. 2U. Eohima in the Naga Hills, Assam; Prain; in flower in June and July.
The sepals and petals of this species are pale purple with darker nerves; the
petals have a large dark purple blotch near the tip; the lip is dark purple with
four longitudinal pale lines, the column green and its foot purple. It is remarkable
for its secund habit. Originally discovered in the Naga Hills by Dr. D. Prain of
the Calcutta Herbarium, and now recorded from Sikkim for the first time.
PLATE 101.—BulbophjUum secundum, Hook. fil. A plant ; of natural sise. Fig, 1 a flower, side
view, 2 floral bract, stalked ovary, column, foot and lip, 3 lip, 4 column and its foot,
5 author, 6 pollinia; all enlarged.
14. BULBOPHYLLDJI STEIATUJI, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 257.
Rhizome woody, •! in. thick; pseudo-bulbs obpyriform, -5 to -75 in. long., about 2 inches
apart, their surfaces cinereous, the flesh dark purple. Leaf coriaceous, elliptic, the apes
slightly retuse, the blade 1 to 2-5 in. long and -75 to 1-5 in. broad, the petiole -5 to
nearly 1 inch long, mottled. Scape 2 to 2'5 in. long, slender, erect, pm-plish, with 3 or 3
sheathing bractcoles. Flowers 2 to 4, sub-umbellate or shortly racemose, about '4 or
•5 in. across; floral bract linear, -15 in. long, about one-third as long as the slender
stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal, broadly lanceolate, sub-acute, 5-nerved, spreading. Petals
much smaller, 3-nerved. Lip about as long as the petals, ovate-lanceolate, bent on
itself near the base, and with two small erect oblong basal lobes at the bend, the
surface of the anterior horizontal part with bold purple nerves, those in the middle
sti-aight, those towards the edges reticulate. Column long, slender, not toothed. Anther
conical; pollinia ovoid, in two free pairs. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 755. Sarcopodium
striatum, Lindl. Fol. Orchid., Sarcopodium 5. Dendrohium striatum, Griff. Notul.
I l l , 318.
Sikkim; on Siuchal, at an elevation of about 7,000 feet; Pantling, No. 298; in
flower during October. Khasia Hills, elevat. 4,000 feet; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 5156),
Lobb, Hooker and others.
A K S . EOY. EOT. GAUD., CALC^TTA, VOL. VXII.