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OECHIDS OF THE SIEKIM-HIUALATA.
Pseudo-lmlbs stoutly Djlindrie, tapering to the apes, 2 to 4 in.
long.
ilowDrs green witli brown stripes; raceme single, mnnyflowered,
sliorter than tlio leaves, much deourred; lip
•without side lobes 7. E. eiitafa.
Flo-wers pale yellow; racemes few-flowered, shorter than tlie
leaves, spreading, not deourred; lip with large side lobes . 8. E. bracte»oens.
Pseudo-bulbs ovoid-elliptic, l-2o to 1-5 in. long; flowers pale
greenish, usually closed, the lip nlone streaked with brown . 9. E. cla'.m.
Pseudo-bulbs ellipsoid, 2 to 3 in. long; raceme longer tliau the
loaves; flowers white, the apes oí the cohimn aud side lubes
of the lip alone pink 10. E. fragmns.
pHeudo-biilbs -with more than one node, bearing sheaths or leaves
along their sides.
Pseudo-bulbs clávate, fun-owed, 4 to 5 in. long, bearing
several pubescent racemes on their sides; flowers pubescent,
the ovaries long-stalked 11. E. confim.
Pseudo-bulbs narrowly ellipsoid, r 5 to 2-5 in. long, much
compressed vertically, furrowed and with several üansrerse
cicatrices of fallen leaves ; racemes from the axils of leaves,
few-flowered, glabrous; sepals and petals spreading . . .IS. E. acércala.
Pseudo-bulbs oblong, tapered to each end, ourved, shrunken,
about 1-5 in. long; racemes solitary, the rachis pubescent;
sepals and petals not spreading 13. E. exenvata.
III.—Trichoma. Pseudo-bulb long (5 or 6 iu.), thin, cylindric, bearing at its
apes two membranous sessile leaves. Eacome terminal, bearing a
few large white flowers Ik. E. coi-onaria.
Flowers woolly externally—
lY.—Mycaranthes. Pseudo-bulbs elongate-cylindric, naked, bearing two narrow
terminal leaves. Plowers small, woolly, in a long seeund spite, lip
with a smooth callus 15. E. strhta.
T.—Eriura. Stem el o u gale, terete, bearing many long narrow leaves.
Flowers small, woolly, in sub-terminal spikes or raceroes, not seeund ;
lip with two large granular calU 16. E. panhidaia.
TI.—DendroUrivm. Pseudo-bulbs short, bearing several flat or terete terminal
or sub-terminal leaves. Flowers tomentoso externally; raceme
on a tomentose ranhis; sepals broadly triangular, spreading.
Leaves flat; pseudo-bulbs large, much compressed, 3 to 4 in. long .17. E Hava.
Leaves terete; pseudo-bulbs none 18. E. pannea.
\ll,~Xric!iolosia. Stems long, pube scent-to mentóse like the leaves and
exterior of the sepals, leaves numerous; flowers solitary or in
short leaf-opposed racemes; tlie lip -without lateral lobes or -with
Tcry narrow ones.
Flowers solitary, stems procumbent .. . . 19. F. datyphy'h.
Flowers in very short racemes, stems pendulous SO. E. rufinula.
**Oc(iry and its pedicel winged; peduncle eqiiitanihj sheathed.
Vni.—Xiphcsiutti. Pseudo-bulb 1-leaved; peduncle of the solitary raceme
enveloped in the conduplioate young leaf sheathed by numerous
large equitant bracts. Floum large (1 in. long); sepals keeled
and (like the petals) polished, ovary and pedicel a-winged . . .52. E. iKirinaia.
1. EEIA MUSCICOLA, LinJI. in Joua-n. Liun. Soe. Ill, 47.
Ileiglit of tho whole plant not exceedbig two inches. Pseudo-lulhs cocspitose, doprcssedglobular,
reticulate, '25 in. broad. Stem short, slender. Leaves two to four, oblaooeolate,
apieulate, sesaile, '5 to 1-2-5 iu. long and about -25 in. broad. Sca2)e terminal, slighty
longer than the leaves, ercct; tho peduncle with cue or two bracts; tiio raceme 3- t<>
6-flowered, seeund. Flowers •2o in. across, pale green; /ora? hraci lanceolate, acuminate^
longer than the curved sessile ovary. Sepals sub-equal, lanceolate, acuminate, spreading,-
the lateral pair falcate. Peiah narrower than the petals, spreading. Lip shorter tlian
the sepals, lanceolate, concave, slight dilated and deflesed at the middle, without side
lobes, crose towards tho minutely tri-lobiikto apex, tho disc with two ciilli at tho very
base. Column short with a long curved foot. Lip of the anther cmarginate. I'ollinia
oblong, laterally compressed. Ilooli. fil. FI. Br. ind. V, 739. Dendrobium miiscicJa,
Liud 1° in Wall. Oat., 2017; Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 75.
Silckim, at Namtso, elevation 4,000 to 5,000 feet, Pantling, No. 163; in flower
diu-ing August. Nepal; Wallich. Khasia, altitude 3,000 to 4,000 feet; Griffith.
Teiiasserim; Parish.
This species is said also to occur in Ceylon, and Thwaitcs' C. P. No. 2355 is
referred to it; but an examination of the Ceylon plant shows its lip to be without calli
at the base, and its ulterior margins to be entire, not serrate. The Sikkini plant is
closely alhed to E. Dukclli.
PLATE Ib^.—Ena mumcola, Lindl. A plant; of natural s/A«. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral bract,
sessile ovary, the column and its foot, the anther t;» »ita and the lip seen from the side, 3 lip,
4 column and foot with anther in silu, 0 anther, 6 pollinia; ali e/'larffsd.
2. ERIA BIFLOUA, GriEE. Notul. Ill, 302 (noi of Lindl.)
P$eudo-htdbs tufted, stem-like, clavate, compressed, 2'5 to 4 in. long, bearing
tlie remains of several scatiored sheaths. Leaves three to five, narrowly elliptic, acute,
slightly narrowed to the base, 2 to 2-5 in. long and -5 to -65 in. broad. Peduncles
•25 to -35 in. long, 1- or 2-flowered. Fhmrs -2 in. long, glabrous; Jloral bract large,
petaloid, as long as the flower, elliptic, recurved, ovary shortly stalked. Sepals connivent,
the dorsal narrowly elliptic; the lateral pair with broad bases, falcate. Petals nearly as
long as the dorsal sepal, oblong, obtuse. Lip oblong, with very narrow incurved side
lobes; the apex blunt, cmarginate, with papillose margins and a central oblong callus,
the disc with two bold erect parallel laminas from the base to near the apex. Mentum
triangular. Ant/isr with an oibicular fleshy top and membranous edges. Pollinia obovale,
cohering by a delicate granular membrane. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 800. Trichotcsia
UJlora, Gi-iff. Notul. Ill, 331; Ic. PI. Asial., t. 315.
Sikkim, in tropical vallej's, Pantling, No. 244; in flower dui-ing September?
Tenasserim, at Mergiii; Griffith.
The flowers are of a nearly uniform pale yellow, the large floral bract being of
a deeper shade of the same colour.
PLATE ICO,—^nVi biflora, Griff. A plant; of natwal size. F!g. 1 floral bract, stalked ovary and
flower, sido view, a ovary, column with its foot, anther in situ and lip, side view, 3 lip, 4 front view
of column, foot and anther, 6 anther seen from above, 6 pollinia; all mlarged.