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94 O R C H I D S OF THE SIKEIIM-HIMALAYA.
base, sessile or s^^b-scssile, 8 to 10 in. long and 1 to 1-2j in. broad. Scaj^e as long
ns the Icnyes, slightly dccui-v'cd, slender, speclilcd with piuplc, and with two or throi^
small bracts; umbels many-flowerod. Flowers about '75 in. long, radiating; floral bract
much shorter than tho stalked ovary. Dorsal sepal £rco at its base fi-om t)ic lateral pair,
broadly ovate, sub-acute, depressed, the lateral paii' tlii-ee or foiu' times as long as the
dorsal, naiTOwly oblong, falcate, sub-acute, not cohering. Feials falcately triangulai'.
•with oblique bases. Lip oblong, tapering to the sub-acute apex, entire, the base slightly
dilated, the \ipi>er sui-face with a shallow mesial groove on its basal half. Column slightly
winged; the apical teeth minute, decmTcd; tho foot slender, much cui-ved. Hook. fil.
Fl. Br. Ind. V, 775.
Sikkim; at elevations of 6,000 to 6,000 feet; Clai-ke, Gamble; Jaldacea valley,
GjOOO feet ; Pautling, No. 160; in flower ia Jlay.
The flowers are of a dii-ty yellow, spotted witli pur^jlc. This is closely allied to
C. Gr. Lodd,—a Bui-mese species which, however, has awned dorsal sepals,
arose petals, and a columu with long subulate apical teeth.
Pi.ATE \2><i.—Cuyhopotahm elatum, Hook. fil. A plant; of natural siso. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 petal.i, 3
bract, long-stalked ovary, column with the anther vi situ, foot aud lip, seen from the side, 4 lip,
5 column, showing its narrowly wiaged sides aad small Apical teeth, the anther and the slender
cur;ed foot, 6 anther, 7 poUinia; all enlarged.
14, CiEKnoPETiLUii GOTTULATtJir, Hook. fil. Fl, Br. Ind. V, 776.
Pseudo-hulbs coespitose, crowdcd, ovoid, tapering muck to the apex, 1 to 2 iu.
long. Zeaf elKptic-oblong, sub-acute, tapeiing much to the chauuellcd petiole; length
3 to 6 in., breadth. '8 to 1-20 in. ; petiole '5 to '75 in. Seape equalling or exceeding the
leaf decui'ved, spotted with pm-plo, with two sheathing bracts at the base aud beveral
scattered along the peduncle. Flowers about -75 in. long, in umbels of 6 to 9 on long
pedicels; floral bract ovate, acumiuate, much shorter than the long pedicel of tho ovai-y.
Dorsal sepal fi-ee at its base fi'om the lateral paii-, broadly ovate, apiculate, very concave,
vaulted over the column; lateral sepals fi-ee, about twice as lojig as the dorsal, ovatelanceolate
from a broad base, sub-falcate, sub-acute, their upper margins incurved, cohering
only at the base, the apices divergent. Fetalu broadly elliptic, shortly apiculate,
shorter thau the dorsal sepal, spreading. Lip doflexed from the middle, oblong with a
very broad base, the apex minutely emarginate ; the under surface with a grooved keel.
Column stout, with broad rectangular wiugs, the apical teeth long, filiform, decurved; the
foot rather long, its apex uptmned. I'ollinia ellipsoid, attached to a ball of viscid
cheesy matter, the inner two very small. Bulhophyllum imlellatam, Lindl, in Wall. Cat.
1984 • in Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 44; Bot. Mag. t. 4267; Reichb. fil. iu Walp. Ann. VI, 264.
B. ffiiiiidatmn, "Wall. MSS.
Sikkim; at altitudes of from 2,000 to 5,000 feet; not uncommon; Griffith (No. 5180,
Kew Distrib.); Pantling, No. 53. Nepal; "Wallich. Khasia and Assam Hill Ranges; in
flower from July to September.
The flowers of this arc of a pale yellow, beautifully spotted with pm-ple, the lij)
being almost cntii'ely pm-ple. What is probably this spccies has been recently collected
ill the Shan States in Bm-ma, but the specimens are not iu flower. This much resembles
C. maaulosum, Lindl., but has longer scapes and much longer columnaa- processes.
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PLATE ni.— Cirriopelalum giUtulatum, Hook. CI. A plant; of natural siso. Fig. 1 a ilower, 2
bract, the loug-pedioelled ovary, the column and lip teen from the side, 3 Up, 4 column with the
anther e« situ and the foot, 5 anther, under surface, 0 pollinia; aU enlarged.
15. CiRRHOPETALUM MACULOsUM, Lindl. in Bot. Rcgist. 1841, Misc. 81;
1843, under t. 49.
Rhizome with fibrous shcatba and many roots, about -2 in. thick; pseudo-bulbs
touching or as much as '5 in. apai'fc, ovoid, shrivelled, •75 to 1 in. long. Leaf thick,
narrowly oblong, the apex obtuse and notched, narrowed at the base, sessile, 4-5 to
6 in. long and'65 to 1'35 in. broad. Scape about twice as long as the pseudo-bulbs,
with a sheath at the base, the umbel two- to four-flowered; floral bract lanceolate,
shorter than the stalked ovary. Flowers about -4 in. long. Dorsal sopal free at its
base from the lateral pair, broadly ovate, acute, sub-depressed; lateral sepals about twice
as long as the dorsal, free, ovate-lanceolate from a broad base, sub-acute, falcate,
their upper margins curved inwards. Petals broadly ovate, very obtuse. Lip oblong
with a broad base, tapering to the sub-acute apex, the upper surface with a groove
and a line in the middle of it. Cohmn broadly winged, short; the apical teeth
short curved, blunt; the foot narrowed, rectangularly curved below tho apex, otherwise
rather straight. I'ollinia unequal, the outer two much the larger, all cohering to
a mass of viscid tissue. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 776. C. boolanense, Griff. Notul.
I l l , 297; Ic, PI. t. 299. Bulbophyllopsis maculosa, Heichb." fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 343,
B. morphologonm, Reichb. fil. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, 933.
Sikkim; at Tendong; elevation 5,000 feet; Pantling, No. 208; in flower in May.
Distributed westward to Nepal, Kumaon and Gharwal; Falconer, Strachey and Winterbottam
aud other colloctors. Khasia Hills; Mrs. Prain.
The sepals and petals are cream-coloured, profusely spotted ; the lip is green, and
tho foot of the columu blotched with red. This'is allied to C. (juttulatam, Hook. fil.
As in tho case o£ C. ornati'siimm, the pollinia adhere to a viscus. The Sikkim plant
has been made a variety by Sir Joseph Hooker under the name of var. fuscessens.
PLÍTE Vi2.—Cirrhopctalmn manulomm, Lindl. A plant; of natural sise. Fig. 1 a flower with its
stalked ovary and bract, side tieie, 2 front of ovary, column with its foot and the lip, scan from
the side, 3 lip, 4 column, half fi'oat view to show the wings and apical processes, the anther jii situ,
aud the foot, 5 anther, 6 pollinia; all cnlanjed.
16. CiRKnoPETALUM OBKAnssiMDM, Reichb. fil. in Gardn.
Chron. 1882, II, 424.
lihiiome naked, about "15 in. thick; pseudo-bulbs narrowly ellipsoid, about 1 in.
apart aud 1 in. in length. Leaf oblong, the apex obtuse and slightly notched, the
base slightly naiiwed, sessile, 2-25 to 4 in. long. Scape about 3 in. long, rather
htout, bearing one sheathing bract at tho base and one free lanceolate one about the
middle, and a solitaiy flower at the apex; floral bract lanceolate, shorter than
the sub-sessile ovary. Flower (to tho ends of the latci-al sepals) 7 or 8 inches in
length. Dorsal sepal (includmg its tail) about -7 in. long, erect, ovate, 3-jierved,
the apex prolonged into a long di-ooping filiform appendage bearing haii-s on its edges