136 OECHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-KIMALAYA.
illary
pseudo-proliferous, one flower appearing at a time and being accompanied hy
bud wliicli ultimately developcs into n second flower.
iinliiral size; 2 lip, 3
PLATE 1S7.—Cx.'ogi/ne ovaHs, Lindl. A plant; Fig. 1 floral braot, q/
upper part of colama with the anther, 4 empty anther, 5 pollinia; all enlai
8. CcELOGTNE EL ATA, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 1959.
Pseudo-bulbs obiong-eylimbic, polished, sheathed at the base, 3 to 5 in. long and
1 to 3 in. in diam., rising at distances of about 2 in. from a very stout sheathed
rhizome, leaves in pan-s, thinly coriaceous, narrowly elliptic-oblong, acute, narrowed
at the base to the long petiole; length of blade 7 to U in., breadrh I'S to 2-75
m., of petiole I So to 3 in. Pednncle from the apex of the adult pseudo-bulb
between the leaves and rather shorter than them, naked below, bearing many short
imbricate slioaths just under the raceme. liaceme 4 to 6 in. long, distichous, laxly manyflowered.
Flowers 1-2.5 in. across ; floral brad sub-rhomboid, acute, conduplicate, slightlylonger
than the stalked ovary, caducous. Sepals sub-eqnal, oblong, sub-acute, spreading.
Petals as long as the sepals but much naiTOwer, sub-acute. Zip elongate, the lower
part oblong and with narrow entire side lobes, seixirated from the sub-orbicular anterior
lobe by an erose-edged sinus; anteiior lobe irregularly erose, undulate, obtuse; the disc
with two erose-crenulate lamelte from the base to near the apex. Column winged in
its uppftr half, tiie wing erose at the apex; pollinia dimidiately ovate. Capsule clavate,
1'5 in. long. Lindl., Gen. and Spec. Orch., 40; in Wall. PL As. Rar. Ill, 12, t. 318;
in Bot. Reg., 1839, Misc. 92; Fol. Orchid. 9; Bot. Mag., t. 5001; Walp. Ann. VI, 230;
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. lud. V, 838. Ccehj/.i/ne sp. GriS. Ic. Ph Asiat., t. 290.
Sikkim, at elevations o{ 4,000 to 6,000 feet; Lister, Gammie ; in flower during
}[ay and June-; Pantling, No. 123. Westward along the range to Nopal and Gharwal.
Bhutan and upper Burma ; Griffith.
The flowers are in colour ochraceous white, the lip having a broad spot of yellow
and pink on the laraellfe on its anterior lobe, the lower part of the lamelLx being
yellow; the column is white and the ovary pinkish-brown. The flowers have rather
an unpleasant smell.
PLATE ISS.—Ceelogi/ni ekta, Lindl A raceme and part of its peduncle, fig. 5 bract! of naiural
tizi. Outline of a plant; irdMed in iize. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 apes of ovary, column and lip in profile,
3 lip, 4 apex of ovary and column witli antlier in situ, 6 empty anther, 7 pollinia; all enlarged.
9. CcELOGTNE LONGiPES, Liudh Fol. Orch., 10.
Pseudo-hulhs slender, cylindi-ic, tapering to caeh end, slightly sheathed at the base,
2-0 to 4 in. long and -4 or -5 in. in diam., obHquely attached at distances of 2 to
3 inches to a rather slender rhizome clothed with imbricate sheaths. Loavas narrowly
elliptic, acute, narrowed to the petiole, 3 to 6 in. long and 1 to I'o in. hroad.
Pednncle erect, terminal, as long as or longer than the loaves, naked below, but clotJied
near the flowers with numerous small distichous imbricate bracts, liaceme about 2 in.
long, its rachis slightly sinuous. Flowers •lb to 1 in. across; jlwal bract leathery,
oblong, acute, convolute, almost as long as the flower, caducous. Sepals sub-equal,
spreading, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute. Petals linear, twisted, refloxed. Lip oblong,
concave at the base and with narrow entire lateral lobes; the anterior lobe sub-quadrate,
emarginate, its edges undulate-crenulate; upper surface with two slender lamellaj proceeding
from the base and becoming much enlarged in the terminal lobe. Column straight, very
slightly winged, broader opposite the stigma than at the minutely crenulate apex. Polhma
obovoid the° oaudicle-like membrane very small. Capsule ellipsoid, obtusely angled, '75
to 1 in. long. Walp. Ann. YL 2^50; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 839.
Sikkim, at elevations of C.OOO to 7,000 feet; in flower during May and June;
Pantling, No. 128. Naga Hills, at Kohima, elevation 4,500 feet; Prain. Khasia Hills,
at elevations of 4,000 to 5,000 feet; Griffith, Hook. fil.
The flowers arc pale greenish flushed with yellow, the side lobes and lamcllai
of the lip having reddish markings. The iiifl.,rescence of this species is proliferous,
exactly in the same manner as that of C. flauida, Wall.
PLATE m.—CKlogye lo»gipcs, Lindl. A plant; fig. 3 floral bract, of natural rze. Fig. 1 a
flower, 2 lip, 4 column with anther (« situ, 5 empty auther, G poUinia; 7 two pollinia in profile;
all cn tar god.
10. CcELOCYHE PEOLiFERA, Lii^Jl. in Wall. Cat., 1956.
Pseudo-bulbs narrowly ovoid, compressed, shrunken at flowering time, with short
sheaths at the base, 1-2.5 in. long, rising at distances of 1-5 to 2 in. from a
rhizome -25 in. thick, clothed with imbricate scale-like sheaths. Leaves narrowly
elliptic, acute, tapering to the shortly petiolate basj, sometimes sessile; length to
4 in., breadth -5 to -75 in. Peduncle terminal, shorter than the leaves, naked below, but
bearing numerous imbricate distichous sheaths under the flowers. Raceme 2 in. long,
lax, 3- to G-flowered, the rachis zig-zagged. Flowers -8 in. across; floral hraet oblong,
acute, convolute, longer than the stalked ovary, caducous. Sepals sub-equal, broadly
lanceolate, sub-acute, erecto-patent. Petals as long as the sepals, filiform, reflexcd.
Lip oblong; the lateral lobes erect, broadly sub-triangular, obtuse; the terminal
lobe sub-quadrate, with boldly undulate margins and with two converging lamellie on its
upper surface; the apex broad, minutely apiculate. Cohmn long, rather straight, very
slightly winged towards the apex. Pollinia broadly oblong. Capsule pyrif.-u-m, obtusely
angled, -75 to 1 iu. long. Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 40; Fol. Orchid, 10; Walp.
Ann. VI, 230; Hook, fil Fh Br. Ind. V, S38.
Sikkim, in the Lachen Valley at elevations of about 6,000 or 7,000 feet; in
flower during June; Pantling, No. 3G6. Nepal; Wallich. Khasia Hills, at elevations
of 3,000 to 5,000 feet; Simons, Oldham, liianu.
The sepals and petals of the Sikkim plant are of a pale yellowish-brown, the tips
of the side lobes and the whole of the anterior lobe being orange-brown and the
column greenish-yellow. In Sikkim we have föund this only at comparatively high
elevations (6,000 to 7,000 feet). But, in the Khasia Hills, the species occurs at much
lower elevations (3,000 to 4,000 feet) and in a much larger form, the blade of the
leaf attaining a length of 6 or 7 in. and the peduncle and its raceme measuring as
much as 10 inches.
PLATE 190.—Ccefoji/Hi prolifern, Lindl. A plant; of naiiiral size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 stalked
ovary, column and lip, seen in profile, 3 lip, 4 column and anther, 5 empty anther, 6 pollinia;
all enlarged.
ANX. EOY. BOT. GAUD , CALCUTTA, VOI,. VIII.