^ 0KCHID3 OF rHE SIEKIil-m ALAYA.
to 4 ¡11. Saceme axillaiy, few- and sparsely-flowcJ; its pBdnndo long, slondor, Juciii-ve ,
bearing one or two Jaiieeolato sheatha. Flowers {measured to the end of the spufj
allont l'7o in. long; tract lancoolate, -73 to 1 in. long, deciduous. Sefah snb-equal,
naiTowly oblong, sub-acutc; the lateral pair sub-undulate, sligiitly broader than the dorsal.
I'etals narrowly spathulate, obtuse. Lip with a rather long shar-p spur, when spread out
snb-reniform, as long as the sepals, 3-lobotl, puberulous, upper surface with a pubescont
mesial ridgo from base to apex; ihe lateral lobes large, broad, convolute into a tube,
the apical lobe deflexcd, sub-quadrate, emarginate both at the edges and at the broad
apes; spur unequally and minutely bi6d at the apex, pubescent internally. Column long,
without a fool, the edges slightly wiuged towards the apei. Anther rounded, puberuloul!
Pollmut 8, narrowly oblong, slightly compressed, attached" by fours to an elongated
membrane. Reichb. til. iu Walp. Ann. VI, 922, 928; Hook. fil. PI. Br. Iird. V,°817
Lbmt^'fles mishmeusis, Lhidl. and Past. Fl. Gard. Ill, 36.
Sikltim, at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet, common; Pantling No. 18; in flower
during September and October. Collected also by Clarke in Assam and in the Mishmi
Hills by Griffith.
Tlio ilowers are rose-coloured, the petals being of rather a paler tint than the sepals
and the spur being a bright yellow. A form is occasionally mot with haying pure white
ilo.vcrs but, except that it is more slender in its habit, it differs from the tyiio in no
other respect.
Plats lo2-PJ»y,,. „¡.hmiuh, Eeiohb, HI, W and laosme; ,/ „(,„.»; „•„. Kg. i j ,
2 sepds .Btl pstals, 3 .id, vi.w ol ovarj', ooluaiu aud lip, 4 lip, 5 column witli anther in situ aud the
spur of the lip, 6 anther, upper surface, 7 poliinia; ail enlarged.
6. PHAJUS ALBOS, Liadl. in Wall. Cat., 3749; PI. As. Rai-. If, t. 198.
Pseudo-hilh none. Stems stout, erect, tufted, 1 to 3 feet long, bearing many tubular
sbcatlis at tbe base and numci-ous leaves. Leaves membranous, glaucous beneath, distichous,
narrowly elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, 6 to 12 in.
long and 1 to 2-25 in. broad. Racema terminal, drooping, 4- to 6-flowercd, 4 to 6 in.
long, on a shoa-t peduncle with a single elongate sheath. Flowers 2 to 2-5 in. long and
4 in. wide when forcibly expanded; the ¡fad nearly wliite, large, oblong, cyuibiforni,
acute, equalling or exceeding the long-stalked ovary. Sepak free, sub-equal, narrowly
oblong, acute; the jteMs slightly narrower, acute. Zij} liroadly oblong-pandurate when
spread out, the base with a short slightly bifid horizontal spur; the lower half convolute
into a tube; the anterior cucullate, forming a rounded shell-Uke mouth slightly acuminate
and with sharply and unequally dentate undulate edges, the upper surface witli seven to
nine dentate crested ridges. Cohi/m slightly winged near tJie apex, with a very short foot.
Polliuia 8, uiipqual, elongate. Capsule narrowly elliptic, 1-25 in. lonc' Lindl Bot Ee^r
1S3S, t. 33; Paxt. Mag. V, t. 125; Bot. Mag., t. ;i991. Grah. Cat! Bomb. Plants, SOSBlume
Mils. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 11, 181; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 818. P. Marshal'.iam,
lieichb. fil. in Linnaja XLI, 65; Kegel Garten-flora, t. 1098. Thimia alba, Reichb. fil!
in Bot. Zeit., 1852, 764. T. 2^!achra, Reichb. fil. in Gard. Chron., 1881, 11, 166
Limodorum Iractcatim, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ill, 466.
Sikkira, at elevations of 2,000 to 4,000 feet; Pantling No. 81; in flower during
Jlay. Distributed westwards along the Ilimalayan chain to Ghai-wal. Iu the Khasia
Hills, Burma aud also on ihe Western Gh^ts.
ACANTHEPHIPPIUM. ' ' ^
The sepals and petals are pure white; the lip is also white, or yellow with purple
or la'auge veins, the crested laminai being orange. In Burma is found a form (whidi
has been named var. Bensonuo) with rose-purple sepals and petals, and a deep purple
lip white at the Lase. In Sikkim there is a form rather smaller in all its parts llian
the type, aud with a shorter congested i-aceme, but not differing in form. This smaller
form is epiphytal and docs not ascend above an elevation of 3,000 feet. It is No. 171
o£ Mr. Pantling's gathering.
Platr 153.—f/i«;'"» "¡bus, Lindl. Part of a plant, of natural siso-, aa entire plant; miinU rcdvccd
in sua. Fig. 1 profile view of the stalked ovary, lip and spur, the ooliimn hein^ hidden witliin the lip,
3 lip aud spur fi'om atovo, the latter flattened out, of mtwal iize, 3 summit ol the column, tho nnthtr
in siU', 4- empty anther, 5 poUuiia; enlarged.
16. Acanthepliippium, Blume.
Terrestrial with large pseudo-bulbs bearing short stems and thrco to eight thickly
membranous, plicate, petiulatc leaves. Flotoers few, large, fleshy, in a short lateral
sheathed raceme. Sepals cohering, the lateral pair adnate to tho long foot of tho column
to form a large pouched mentum. Petals erect, «arrowed, included in the tube formed
by the sepals. Lij) mobile, small, stipitate, with broad incurved lateral lobes and a
small triangular terminal lobe. Ooliimn short, stout, with a long foot. Poliinia 8,
cohering by a granulai- mass. Species three or foxn-, Indian or Malaj'an.
PseuJo-bulbs ovoid; flowers 1-5 to 1-75 in. long; petals nBxrowly rhomboid,
sputted and protruding beyond tha tube of the sepals disc of lip
4-lamellatD
Pseudo-bulbs elongate, obpyriform; flowers 1"25 in. long; petals, dimidiate,
ollong, included, sti'iped, diso of lip with a single eeutrul ridge . . .
1. ACANTHEPOIPPIDM SYLHETENSE, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 177.
I'seudo-bidbs large, ovoid, about 5 in. long and 2-5 in. in diam., tapering above
into a stout leafy stem, the sides marked by the annular transverse cicatrices of two or
tlu-ee fallen leaves. Stem 4 to 12 in. high, about -5 in. thick, bearing a sheath at the
base and several leaves higher up. Leaves thickly membranous, plicate, many-nerved,
elliptic, tapering to each end, acuminate, petiolate; length 12 to 15 in., breadth 2'75 to
4 in., petiole 2 or 3 iu. Soape from the side of the base o£ the pscudo-bulb, 3 to 6 in.
long, clothed with numerous broad acute imbricate sheaths and bearing a short fewtlowcred
racemc. Flowers 1-5 to 1-75 in. loug and '8 in. across, fleshy; floral hract
membranous, ovate, ac\ite, concave, shorter than the long-stalked ovary. Sepab broadly
oblong, cohering into a ventricose tube; the lateral pair adnate to the column to form a
liu-ge saccate mentum, the tips of all free and recurved. Petals narrowly sub-rhomboid,
sub-acutc, included. Lip small, mobile, attached to the foot of the column, 3-lcbed ; the
lateral lobes broad and boldly emarginate; tho terminal lobe bluntly triangular, tntire,
recurved, its upper surface smooth, the diso between the lateral lobes with five narrow
deep ridges. Column short, stout, with a foot longer than itself and bi-ut at a right
angle. Anther 2-celled, transversely oblong, its lip with a sharp point in the centre.
Poliinia 8, oval, attached in fours to a granular mass. Copsute oblong, sub-clavate,
boldly ribbed, glabrous, 2-5 in. long. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 21; Hook. fil.
Fl. Br. Ind. V, 815. A. ringiflorum, Griff. Kotul. Ill, 317; Ic. PI. Asiat., t. 325.