OUCNIDS o 1^8 r T H E S I K K L U - N IMI L A T A .
The outer surfaces of tbo sepals and petals are covered with whito wool; tlio innw
surfaces which are smooth ai-e of different shades of golden brown, tbe lip is dark browa,
the odges being palor; the column is green, and the foot tinged with orange.
PiATB \.~Q.~Eria pannoa, Lindl. A plant; of natural she. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 part of ovary, column
and its foot, outlier in situ and lip, 3 lip, 4 front view of colaom and its lip and tho autKer, 5 anther
seen from below, G poUiuia; all enlarged.
19. EBU DASTPniLLA, Par. and Rcichb. fil. in Trans. Linu. Soc. XXii, 147.
Stoma creeping on trees, much branched, about -1 in. thick, the older with long brown
hiopid pubescence, the younger branches with shorter palor hairs. Leaves small, fleahy,
sessile, elliptic-ovate or obovate, covered with short whitish wool mixed with long hispid
liairs, length -35 to -7 in, breadth froar 'lo to -Sa in. Flowm •4 or -5 in. long, solitary,
on short pubescent sheathed peduncles; fioj-al Iract lanceolate, shorter than the stalked
ovary. Sepals pubesccnt externally, unequal; the dorsal small, erect, elliptic; the lateral
puir large, broadly triangular, concave. Petals oblong, blunt. Lip large, cuneately
oblong, eiliolate, the base narrowed, tlie side lobes very shallow; the terminal half
deflexed its apex broad, slightly emarginate and minutely erose. Jl/ewizore broad. Column
short, the foot long, slightly curved. Anther conical, its lip broad and truncate.
Pollinia sub-cuneiform. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 808.
Sikkim, in tropical valleys up to elevations of 3,000 feet; in flower during May
and June; Paiitling, No. 90; Griffith (Kew Distrib) No. 5131. Khasia Ilills, alt.
1,000 to 2,000 feet; Hooker and Thomson. Pegu; Kurz, Holfor.
The flowers are green slightly flushed with yellow, and at the base of the lip
there is a largo patch of browr.ish-purple.
PLATJ! in.—Eriix da'ypkylla. Par. and Roioiib. £1. Pieoe of a young stem of n plant -mth loaves
and {lowers; of natural tize. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 scape and bracts, ovary, oolamn with its foot, antber
and lip, seen fi'om the side, 3 lip, 4 oolumn with its foot, antber in sUa, o antber, 6 pollinia; all
eulanjcd.
20. EEIA RUPINULA, Reichb. fil. in Hamb. Gartenzeit XIX, 13.
Stem cylindric, 10 to 12 in. long, leafy, pendulous, rufous-hispid. Leauei numerous,
coriaceous, narrowly lanccolate, acuminate, sparsely rusty-pubescent, 2'5 to 4 in. long,
and about '5 in. broad, often with superficial concretions when dry. Racemea leaf-opposed,
about -75 in. long, bearing three to six flowers about -3 in. in length; floral Iract large,
cordate, acute, hispid, exceeding tho sessile ovary. Sepals sub-equal, ovate-lanceolate, subacute,
spreading, hispid externally. Petals narrower than the sepals, spreading, sparsely
hispid. Lip spathulate, not lobed, tho edges slightly upturned, the posterior half scabrid,
the anterior half thickened, smooth except for a small elongate callus near tho apex.
Column rather long, narrowed toward.^ the short si^'moidly curved foot. Anlher with
lobulate lip. PolUnia oblong, cohering by two granular membranes. Hook. fil. i'l. Br.
Ind. V, 808. E. annulata, Lindl. {not of Blame) in Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 57.
Sikkim, in tropical valleys up to elevations of 2,500 feet; in flower during May?
Pantling, No. 2S7. Khasia Hills, at an elevation of 4,0U0 feet, G. Mann? Tenasserim;
Heifer. Cachar; Keenan.
The flowers are wliitish flushed with pink, the lip being blotched with red at the
base and the anther deep crimson. The bract and ovary are green.
TrLOSTTLIS,
PLATE 178.—^R^'a rufinala, Eeiclib. fil. A plant; of natural em. Fig. 1 A flower, front view, 2
floral bract, ovary, column, foot, anther and lip, 3 lip, 4 anther, 6 pollinia; all enlarged.
21. EEIA CAEINATA, Gibs, in Calo. Journ. Nat. Hist. V, 3(55.
' Rhiiome very sliort, woody, covered with dark scarious sheaths. Pseudo-hulls oblongovoid,
furrowed when mature, 2 to 3 in. long and about 1 in. in diam. Leaf thickly
coriaccous, elliptic-oblong, acute, tapering at the baso into the long channelled petiole;
length of blade 7 to 12 in., of petiole 1'5 to 3-5 in., breadth of blade 1-5 to 3 in.
Lnprescence borne on an undeveloped pseudo-bulb, 6 to 12 in. long; the peduncle
enveloped in the conduplicate young leaf, sheathed by numerous large equitant Iracts
1 to 3 in. long. Itacems about 3 in. long, bearing tlireo drooping polished flowers 1 in.
long; floral Iract narrowly lanceolate, 1 to To in. long and longer than the throewinged
stalked ovary. Sepals lanceolate, shortly koelcd, slightly spreading, the dorsal
i-ather shorter; the lateral pair gibbous at the baso, their keols denticulate near the
apex. Petals oblong-rhomboid, 9-nerved. Lip oblong, decurved from the middle, the
side lobes narrow; the terminal lobe oblong, apiculate, much recurved, the upper surface
with a ridge along tho middle from base to apex and two shorter lines between the
side lobes. Mcntum short, rounded. Column much curved, its foot shorter than itself
but broader. Anther with a thickened crest and a bilobed lip. Pollinia elliptic, attached
to a broad granular membrane. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 50; Hook. fil. Fl.
Br. Ind. V, 808. E. rosea, W l . Cat. 7409 {not of Lindl.); Keichb. fil. in Walp.
Ann. VI, 269 {in part). E. Fordii, Rnlfe in Gard. Ohron. 1836, II, 584. Xiplmium
acummatum, Griff. Notul. HI, 33-2; Itin. Notes II, 78, No. 1153; lo. Plant. Asiat.,
t. 316.
Sikkim, at elevations of 500 to 3,000 feet; Elwes and others; Pantling, No. 1;
in flower from November to January. Nepal; Wallich. Khasia Hills; Griffith (Kew
Distrib. 5131), Mann, llita.
The sepals ai-e yellowish-green, the petals yellowish, the lip a pale faded purple,
and the column pale yellow and white. The flowers smell of paregoric.
PLATE 179.—-Erw cariuala, Gibs. A. plant; of natural sise. Fig. 1 tbe petals, 2 part of ovary,
column and its foot, autber in situ and lip seen fi'om tbe side, 3 lip, 4 column and its foot and
aatber, 5 outside of antber; 6 pollinia; all enlarged.
2 0 . Tylostylis, Blume.
Stem thick, fleahy, furrowed, constricted and leaf-bearing at the nodes. Leaves
several, coriaceous, sessile. Flowers small, in extra-axillary or axillary racemes. Sepals
oblong-elliptic, pubescent, spreading. Petals smaller than tiie sepals. Lip articulated
to the very short foot of tho column, mobile, broad, not lobsd, much defiexed,
pubescent. Column very long, much curved forwai-ds and downwards, so that its apex
is brought opposite the middle of tho lip, bearing a large callus at its base and on
the very short foot. Pollinia 8, sub-equal, sub-orbicular, compressed, attached to four
elongated membi-anes. Distrib. Two species, one Indian and the other Malayan.
Tbis g9a;i3 was first publisbsd (1325) by Blumo in bis Bijdragen (p. 340, t. 71) as Callostylh.
But, on tbe ground tbat tbe nama is Gr®oo-Latiu, be changed it (182S) in bi? Flora Javco, praef.
VI, to Tijlostylie. Tbe geaus contains two species, tbe original Malayan one of Blume {T. rigidt)
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