102 OECHIDS OP THE SIEXIM HIMALAYA.
At the base of the Sikkim-Himalaya; Pantling No. 433; in flcwcr during March.
Extending along the base of tlio Himalaya -westward to Gliarwal. In the Khasia Hills,
the b£U30 of the ranges of Peninsular India and of Ceylon, the Malay Ardiipelago and
S. Chhia.
The flowers ai-e greenish-wliitc, often flushed with pink; tho terminal lobe of the
lip being pui-plish. There is some variation in the size of the bracts ^-hich sheatli the
scape, but the vaiiations ai-e not constant.
PLATE lA^.—Pachjstoma senile, Eeiúhb. lil. Eliizomo, flowering soape and leaf; of natural sise.
Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral bract, stalked ovary, column, antlier and lip, seen from iho side, 3 lip, 4 part
of ovary, column showing tho stigma and the end of the dorsal anther, 5 lower surface of anther,
G poUiaia; all enhrgcd.
13. Tainia, Blume.
Terrestrial, glabrous, pseudo-bulbous. Leaf solitary, petiokte, membranous, nianyuerved.
Sca2^e tall, erect, originating ñ-oin the base of the pseudo-bulb. Flowers racemose,
rather smaU and of a dull colom-. Scjjah and petals sub-equal, nan-ow; the lateral sepals
falcate, forming with the short foot of tho column a small bhmt mentam. Lip more
or less hastately 3-lobcd, the lateral lobes small, tho terminal broad, the disc with
several lamellaj. Column sliglitly winged towards the apox. Aniher short, broad, with
two blunt often highly coloored bosses. PolUnia 8, uncq^ual, nnited in fours to a granulur
membrane. Species eighteen or twenty, Indo-Malayan and Cliinese.
Pfieudo-hulha narrowly fusiform.
Scapo as long as or slightly longer than the narrowlj elliptio leaves . . 1. T. minor.
Scape at least twice as long as the broadly elliptio leaves 2. T. laiifoHa.
Pseudo-bulbs ovoid.
Leaves nai-rowed at tho base 3. T. Hookeriana
1. Taikia misor, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 2091.
Rhizome stout, with woolly roots. Pseudo-hulbs narrowly fusiform, inclined, about
1-5 in. apart, obliijue, slightly cni-ved, I'o to \-7b in. long, often covered with a
fibrous Bheath. Leaf plicate, membranous, narrowly elliptic, tapering to each end,
5 or 6 in. long, and I'o to 2'35 in. broad; petiole channelled, 2 to 2'5 in. long
Scape from the base of the pseudo-bulb, erect, slender, as long as or longer than the
leaf, tuberous at the base and enveloped in several unequal tubular sheaths; the raceme
occupying the upper half and beaiing seven or eight distant flowers '6 in. long; floral
hraci Hneai'-lanceolate, slightly shorter than the stalked ovary. Sepals free, spreading,
narrowly oblong, blunt, the lateral pair sub-falcate. Petals like tho lateral sepals, all
S-nerved. Lip narrowly cuneate-elliptic, 3-lobed, tha lateral lobes far forward, small,
sub-acute; the terminal lobe broad, short, erose, obtuse, its upper siu-face with five narrow
unequal ridges; the disc between the side lobes with three broad lamellai. Mcnium short
blunt. Column slightly winged towards the apes, the foot very short. Anther short,
broad, with two obtuse bosses. Pollinia unequal, cohering in fours to a granular membrane.
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 821.
TAINIA.
Sikkim, on Mahalderam peak, elevation 6,000 feet; King, Clarke; Pantling No. 210;
also at Choonthang; in flower during July. Bhutan; Biermann.
The sepals, petals, ovury and rachis of the raceme are of a pui-plish-browu, the two
former being streaked with a darker shade; the lower half of the lip is white, speckled
towards the sides with bro^vnish-purple, tho anterior part bemg yellow. The column and
anther are green. Specimens of this are mixed with the species issued by Wallich as
No. 7^46 of his Catalogue under the name Cuhnlhe lAanfa^inca.
PJ.ATE m.—Ttrinia minor, Hook. fil. A plant; of miural sine. Fig. 1 sepals and petals separated,
2 pait of raoliis, bract, stalked ovary, column and lip seen from the side, 3 lip, 4 column and anther,
5 anther, 6 pollinia; ali enlarged.
2. Taikia latifolia, Benth. ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 820.
Rhizome stout, with woolly roots. Pseudo-lulls narrowly fusiform, about 1 in. apart,
ofton enveloped in membranous sheaths, oblique, 3 to 4 in. long, not more than -5 to
•75 in. thick. Leaf plicate, elliptic, acute, peliolate; Isngth 9 to 12 in., breadth 2'25
to 4 in.; petiole 3-5 to o in,, channelled. Seojje 18 to 36 in. long, bearing several long
tubular sheaths in the lower part and at the apes a lax many-flowered raceme 6 to
9 in. long. Flowers '6 or '7 in. long; floral Iract small, linear-lanceolate, much shorter
than tho stalked ovary. Sqmls and petals sub-equal, erecto-patent or spreading, lineai--
oblon^', acute. Lip narrowly oblong-panduriform, 3-lobed, not spurred; the lateral lobes
email, tooth-like, divergent; the terminal lobe largo, bluntly triangular, the upper surface
with a narrow central and two broad lateral lamelte running from tho base nearly to
the apex. Menium veiy short, blunt. Column narrow, curved, with a very short foot.
Anther short, broad, with two crimson bosses. Pollinia in four.s, broad, unequal,
compressed, each united to a granular membrane. Hook. fil. Fh Br. Ind. V, 820.
Tuiuia hastata, Hook. fil. Ic. Plant., 209 i. Ania latifoUa, Lindl. in Wall Cat., 3741 ;
Gen. and Spec. Orcb., 130. Eria Eeichb. fil. in \yalp. Ann. VI, 270. T. cordifolia,
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 103; in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc-, V, 24, t. 36.
Sikkim, in tropical valleys, ascending to elevations of 2,500 feet; many collectors,
Pantling No. 106. Sylhet, Cachar and Khasia Hills; "Wallich and others. Burma;
Griffith.
The sepals and petals, the pedicels of the ovaries and the rachis of the inflorescence
are of a uniform dark brown, the lip and column are yellow, and the pseudo-bulbs
olive green.
Pi.ATU 1^2.— Tainia latifoUa, Benth. Leaf, pseudo-bulb and scape with its raceme; of natural size.
Fig, 1 a flower, 2 bract, stalked ovary, column with the anther in situ and Hp, side victc, 3 lip,
4 column and anther, frvnt vie:c, 5 anther, 6 and 7 pollinia; ali enlarged.
3. Tainia Hookeriaka, King and Pantling in Jom-n. As. Soc., Bengal,
LXIV, pt. 11, 336.
Pemdn-hulbs ovoid, tapering upwards, 2 to 3 in. hmg, rising close together from a
stout rhizome, and enveloped in a Iraei which sheaths also the petiole nearly to its
apex, leaf phcate, oblong-lanceolate, tapering much to each end, the blade 12 to 18 in.
long and about 3 in. broad, its petiole somewhat shorter. Raccvii about 10 in. long;
its stalk about twice as long, glaucous, bearing two or three sheathing bracts near the