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96 OBCHIBS OP THE SIKKIJI-HIMALAYA.
in its lower half, aiid irregular sub-cunoate deeply erose red palesc iu its upper; the
lateral pair widely separated at theii- bases from the dorsal, lanceolate, from 4 to 7
inchcs long, the fihforui tips twisted into a tail, thcii- apices free. Petals subulatelanceolate,
falcate, l-nerved, with filiform pale-bearing apices like the dorsal sepal
and of about the same length. Lip oblong, obtuse, dccm-yed fi-oin the very concave
base; the area between the iiptimied edges flat and with three raised lines, the outer
two sinuous, the central one straight. Column broad with hooked deciu-ved apical
teeth, dentate at their bases; the foot curved, tupciing. Anihe,- pubescent in front;
polUiiia oblong, compressed, attached to a ball of viscid matter. Warner Orchid. Alb.
t. 369; Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. V, 773.
Sikkim, in warm valleys; PantKng, No. 197; in iiower during October and
NoTember.
The coloiir of the flowers is yellowish-gi^een with pui-ple markings; the paleaj
and Hp are dark pm-ple. The lateral sepals iu the plant fi'om which the drawing
was made moasiu'ed 7 inches in length. The flowers have a very unpleasant odour.
The neai-est allies of this ai-o the Bm-inese C. ColleUii, Hem'sl., and the Malayan C.
Lindl.
P l a t e 133.—Cirrliopetahim ornatimmum, Eeichb. fil. A plant; qf natural sise. Pig. 1 dorsal
sepal, 2 petals, 3 pale® from the petals, 4 bract, ovary, columQ with, the anther in ailu and
]ip, 5 lip, 6 column, sbo-wing its dcourved apical processes, foot, aud the lip, 7 anfclier, 8 polUnia
and viacus; all enlarged.
8 . Anthogonium, Liodl.
Terrestrial, slender; pseudo-bulb small, partly buried in the soil, bearing at
the apes a short 2- to 5-leaved stem. Leaves membranous, linear, plicate, sessile,
sheathing. Soape from the side of the pseudo-bulb, exceeding the leaves, bearing
a sioiple or slightly branched terminal las raceme of resupinate flowers rather more
than '5 in. long, gibbous at the base. Scpah connate in their lower half into a
narrow cylindric tube; the upper halves free, oblanceolate, spreading. Pcials eloDgatespathulate,
their narrow bases included in ttie sepiline tube. Lip adnate to the base
of the column, convolute, embracing the column; tlie basal part narrow, the anterior
part slightly expanded, and the mouth obscurely 3-lobed. Column loQg, slender, its
apex dilated and abruptly bent, not winged and with no foot. Anihor 4-cellod;
]}olUnia 4, in one row, unequal, without membrane or viscus. A single lapecies.
ANrHOGONIU.M GEACÍLE, Lindl, i
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Wall, Cat 7398; Gen. and Spec. Oichid., 436.
Pseudo-hilb ovoid. Stem in. long, sheathed at the base, bearing 2 to -5
membranous, toany-nerved, acuminate leaves, not petiolate, but sheathing at tiie
base, 6 to 12 iu. long and "4 to "7 iu. broad. 8ca2'>e longer than the leaves, rising
from the side of the pseudo-bulb, slender, erect, bearing several short tubular sheaths
"5 in. long. Racemc 3 to 6 in. long, sometimt-s with a branch, sparsely flowered.
Floivers -6 to •75 in. long, often at a wide angle with the hmg-stalked ovary; the
bract lanceolate, minute. Tube of the perianth longer than the free parts ; anterior
part of the lip cuneate, the apex tri-lobulate. Pollinia four iu a single row, unequal,
CHI5YS0GL0SSUM. 97
without either membrane or gland. Capsule 1 in. long, fusiform. Lindh in Jouro. Linn.
Soc. Ill, 22. A. Grifithii, Reichb, fil. in Bonplandia, II, 90; in Allg. Gartenzeit,
for 1856, 218 ; in Walp. Ann. VI, 471 ; Hook. fil. FI., Br. Ind. V. 823. Anthogonium,
Griff. Notul. Ill, 383 ; Ic. PI. Asiat, t. 345.
Sikkim ; at elevations of from 4,000 to 7,000 feet, common ; Pantling, No. 54.
flowering during August and September. Distributed westward along the Himalaya to
Nepal aud ia tho Khasia and Naga Hills ; also in Burma.
The flowers are rose-coloured, tho lip being white towards tho apex, with dark
purple spots, and the anther a brilliant yellow. A white-flowered variety is not
P l \ t e 134.—Anthogmiuni gracih, Lindl. A ¡ilatit ; of wtural she. Pig. 1 flower, 2 braot, ovary
and lip, tVi profile, the sepals and petals ha-viiig been removed, 3 lip, spread out, 4 upper part
o£ column wilh authei- iusitu, 5 under suifaoe of anther, 6 polliuia; all enlarged.
9. Ctrysoglossum, Blume.
Terrestrial with creeping rhizome, pseudo-bulbs narrow. Leaf solitary, plicate,
membranous, elliptic-lanceolate. Scaj'e from the rhizome near the pseudo-bulb, erect
tho raceme las. Sepals sub-equal, spreading, the lateral pair connate into a mentum
with the base of the lip. Petals slightly broader than the sepals. Lip usually auricled
near the base, adpressed to the column aud adnate to its foot, deflexed below the middle,
3-lobed, 3-lamellate. Column slender, with a very small spur, its sides auriculate
about the middle, sometimes lamellate in front. Anther triangular, S-eelled; pollinia
2, free, sub-globose or unequally four-sided.
A gemis for a long time supposed to bo confined to tbe Malayan region, but, as discovered by
Sil- Joseph. Hooker, q\dte as much Indian as ilalay.an, there being two species now known from India,
and one from Ceylon, besides tho two Mulnyan originally described by Blume, This genus resembles
Tni}da and Plooogloitis in habit, and to some extent Bulophh also. It is characterised by its bi-auriculate
column, small mentum (formed by the union of the bases of the column, lip and lateral sepals);
3-lobed Hp with a lai'ge aiu'iculated ba«e adnate to the column (not jointed); and perfectly free,
aub-globular or cmgled pollinia, and inembranous plicate leaves.
CORYSOCJLOSSUM EEKATicujr, Ilook. fil. Ic., Plantar., t. 2062.
Pseiido-bulh naiTOwly ovoid, tapei'hig much to the apex, about 3 in. long. Leaf
tapering to each end, about 12 in. long and 4 in. broad; petiole 4 iui Scape about as long
as the leaf, with three or fom- slieathing bracts about -75 iu. long. Flowers few, about '8
in. across; Jloral hract lanceolate, shorter than the long-stalked ovary. Sepals linear-oblong,
sub acute, the lateral pair falcate. Peláis oblong, obtuse, very falcate. Lip with a broad
base hastately 3-lobed, the lateral lobes rounded, the apical lobe sub-acutc with upturned
maigins. Disc with three lamella?, the central one shorter, tho two lateral diverging
at theii- apices. Column with two projecting rounded, lobes on its margins below tlie
middle, aud a short spur at its base; the face grooved and with two lamellce near tho
base aud above the entrance to the spur. Anlher apiculate.
Sikkhn; at Kif^hap; C. B, Ciarke. Bhotau, in the valley of the Gheet, at an
elevation of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet; Pantling, No. 83; in flower dming June,
ANXN-, ROV, DOT. QAHD., Calcupta, VOL. Till.