OECHIDS o r THE SIKKIM-HIMALiYA.
obloDg, Bub-acute, dilated at the the upper surface with two raised lines
from bass to apes. Column broad, with small tdaagular erect teeth; its foot short
but much curved. Anther with thickened papillose crest. Eofc. Mag. t. 4753; Hook,
fil. Fl. Br. lud. V, 774. Bulbophallwn cornutam, Reich b. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 261.
Sikkim; iu tropical valleys ascending to eleTations of 3,000 feet. Pantling,
No. 232; in flower during May and June. Kliasia Hills, 5,000 to 6,000 feet; Simons.
The sepals of this arc reddish-brown, the lip being of a dai-ker tint. The odour
of the flowers is "
P u T E I2D,—Oirrhopetalwn cornutum, Liadl. A plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 a flower, si/ie vim,
2 part of ovary, oolumn with anther in sifu, the foot and the lip, 3 lip, 4 oolumu, showing its
apical proo9sses and euiTed foat, 5 anther, 6 and 7 polUnia, as sean from their under surfaoe and
Bide; nil enlarged.
4. CiRiJHOPETALUU WALLTCHII, Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. I, 53, t. G7; "Wall. Cat. 1980.
Bhizome naked, -1 in. tliick; pseudo-bulbs ovoid, -65 to l'2a in, long, slightly curved,
often with much elongated apices and about 1 in. apart, Liaf narrowly obloag,
sub-acute, obliquely notched, taperiug to the sessile or sub-scssile base, l"7o to 3"25
in. long and -35 to -45 in. broad. Scape equal to or somewhat exceeding the
ir, the pedicel with several lancBolata bracts. Flowers -75 to 1 in long,
s to twelve in a radiating umbel; floral bract lanceolate, acuminate,
nearly as long as the rather long stalked ovary. Dorsal fepal free from the lateral
pair at its base, oblong-ovate, obtuse; lateral sepals four or five times as long as
the dorsal, linear-oblong, acute, at first cohering except at the base and apex,
but usually separating ultimately, entire. J?ctals about as long as the dorsal sepal,
spreading, broadly elliptic, falcate, very obruse. Lip about as long as the dorsal
sepal, oblong, tapering from a slightly dilated grooved base to a sub acute apex,
entii-e, decurvod from the middle. Col •am with naiTow wings and erect triangular
apical teeth, the foot much curved forwards. Aniher pap'.llose; pollinia elongate,
the inner two minute. Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orchid. 59 (not of Bot. Mag.); Hook,
fil. Fl. Ind. V, 776. DidbophylUun WaUi-Aii, ReicLb. fil. Walp. Ann. VI, 259.
Bulhophylluni muscicolum, Reichb. fil. in Flora, 1872, page 275. ?B. rettisiuscuhim,
Reichb. fil. in Gard. Chron. 1869, US2.
Sikkim, at altitudes of from 6,000 to 7,500 feet; Griffith, Anderson, Gammie;
Pantiing, No. 337; in flower in July and August. Nepal; Walhch.
The dursal sepal and petals are of a deep violet colour with spots of a still
darker shade of the same colour; the lateral sepals are of a pale brown, the column
and lip brownish purple.
PLATE 121.—Cirrhopelah'm WallicMir Lindl. A plant, of natural size. Fig, 1 flower,/roni! vicie, 2
t r a c t , stalked ovary, foot and lip, se-^n from the sicle, 3 petals, i lip, seen from the apex, 5 the same
f r om the base, 6 foot of the oolumn Bkowing its nerves, the anther in situ, the foot and t i e lip, 7
anther, 8 pollinia; all enlanjed.
5. CiKBHOPETALUM BREViPivS, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 2056.
Hkizoms very long, branching, "15 in. thick, with remote tubular sheatha; pseudobulbs
obloiJg-cylindric. copper-coloured, smooth, 1 to 2 in, long and 1*5 to 8 in, apart.
CIRliHOPETALUir. 89
Leaf coriaccous, elliptic-oblong, the apex blunt and minutely emarginate, the base
slightly narrowed, sessile or very slightly petiolate; length 3 to 4 in,, breadth -5 to
1"25 in. Scape very short, only about as long as the pseudo-bulb, with a large sh<Sath at
the base. Floivers -75 in. long, dorsally depressed, in short racemes of 6 to 12; floral
bract more than half as long as the stalked ovary, linear, acute, spreading, curved,
3-ncrved. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, acute, 5-nerved, the lateral pair two or three
times as long as the dorsal, oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, 7-nerved, cohering
except at the lips. Petals broadly ovate, strongly 3-nervod, the anterior half of each
densely ciliate, the apex obtuse. Lip about as long as the petals, ovate-oblong, blunt,
deflexcd fi'om the middle, less tumid than usual in the genus. Column stout, minutely
toothed at the apex. Poliiim narrowly oblong, the inner two narrow. Kook. lil. Fl.
Br. lud. V, 777.
Sikkim; at elevations of from 6,000 to 8,000 feet: Griffith (Kew Distrib., No. 5163).
Anderson, King, Gammio; Pantling, No. 303. Nepal; Wallich. In flower during
September and October.
The flowers are rose-colom-ed; the racemes and lip being pm-plc.
PLATE 12i.— Cirrhopetalwn hrev'pcs, Hook, lil, A plant; of natural
stalked ovary, column foot and lip, from the side, 3 lip, 4, petal?, 5
situ, and the foot, 6 anther, 7 pollinia; all enlarged.
lis?. Fig. 1 flower, 2 bract,
column with lie anther /«
6 . CiREnoPETALDii DOOTASEN8E, Hook. fih {not of Griff.) Fh Br. Ind., V, 775-
Rhizome annulated, naked, -lo in. tluck; pseudo-bulbs i\arrowly ovoid, '8 to 1'5 in.
long, and from 1-5 to 2-5 in. apai-t. Leaf very fleshy, nan'owly elliptic, obtuse or
subacute, narrowed to the base, sessile or sub-sessile, 2 to 5 iu. long, and '65 to "85
in. broad. Scape stout, much shoi-ter than the leaves, the pedunclc very short,
beai'ing at its apex an. umbel of five or six dorsaUy conaprcsscd flowers, about -75 iu.
long; floral bract oblong-ovate, much shorter than the long stalk of the ovary.
Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, apiculate, very slightly concave, and pressed to the column;
lateral sepals three times as long as the dorsal, dimediate-oblong, obtuse, cohering by
their inner edges to fonn a sub-pandmiform blade, sHghtly biiid at the apex; the
edges entu-o and the upper surfaces smooth. Petals oblong, neai-ly as long as tlie dorsal
sepal, sHghtly falcate, obtuse. Lip oblong, entire, sub-acuto, the base dilated, the
upper sm-face shghtly concave. Column broad, winged, and with minute erect apical
teeth; its foot rather long, much cm-vcd and with a callosity at its union with the
column. Anther cucullate. Bulbophylliim bootancnse, Par. and Reichb. fil. in Trans. Lmn.
Soe. XX.X, 153, t., 32, f. 2.
Sikkim; in tropical valloys; Pantling, No. 131; iu flower in Apiil. Bhotan;
Giiffitli. Tenasscrim; Parish.
Tho flowers, which last only for a single day, are rose red, with spots of a
darker tint. They aro of rather a coriaceous toxtm-e, and are much compressed
dorsally. The whole plant is flushed with a coppery hue.
PLATE 12'^.—Cin-hopotahm lootancim, Hook. fil. A phmt; of natural u%s. Fig. 1 a flower,
front viotv, 2 bract, stalkod ovaiy, column with anther in situ, foot and lip, 3 lip, 4 column,
w i t h its wings and apical processes and foot, 5 the petals, 6 anther, 7 pollinia; all enlar'jed.
A m . Eov. BOT. GAUD., CALCVI'TA, YOL. TILL.