OECIIIDS OF THE SIKElil-HIJIALAYA,
11. CCELOGVSE FLAVIDA, Wall. MS3. ex Hook, lil. Fl, Br. Iiid.
V, 839.
Psettdo-hulbs elongated-ovoid, shrunken when in flower, sheathed at the base, 1'5 to
2 in. long, standing from 1 to 1-5 in. npait ou a scaly rhizomo -So in. thick. Leaves ia
pairs, narrowly elliptic-oblong, acute, contracted at the baso into the petiole; length 4 to
7 in. long, breadth -Zo to 1'25 in. Peduuclo terminal, naked below, but with many
small imbricate scaly sheaths just under the flowers, ofsen proliferous from the production
of flowers seyeral years in succcssion on the annually lengthening axis. Raceme 1'5 to
2 0 in. long, laxly fcw-flowered. Floioers 'b in. across; floral Iract largo, scarious,
b r o a d l y ovate, acuto, convolute, longer than tho slender stalked ovary. Sepah sub-equal,
spri;ading, ovate, bluntly acuminate. Petals lineai-, spreading, as long as the sepals,
obtuse. Lip oblong, 3-lobed, the basal half concave; tho side lobes small, oblong, obtuse;
t h o terminal lobe decurvod, cuueatsly obcordate, separated frum the lateral lobes by
t w o broad sinuses, its disc faintly 2-ridged. Odumn long, straight, very slightly
w i n g e d near the apes; polUaia dimldiatcly clavate. Hook. til. ex Lindl. Fol. Orchid, 10;
Walp. Ann. V, 3i3; Hook. iil. Fl. Br. lud. V, 839; iu Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., V, ssj
t . 42.
Sikkim, asccnding to elevations of 5,000 feet; very common, in flower fxom May to
J u l y and even later; Pantling, No. 29. Naga Hills; at Kohima, Praia. Khasia Hills •
Gr. Mann.
T h e flowers are of a pretty uniform pale yellow.
P l a t e IQL—Cculogijm flacida, "\7iiU. A planS; 4 a floral braot; of natural tise. Fig. 1 a
flower, 2 stalked ovary, oolamn and lip ia proRle, 3 column anii anther, 5 transversa section of
lip through the side lobes, 6 empty anther, 7 poliinia,; all enlarged.
12. CosLOGTNE USIPLOKA, Liudl. in Wall. Cat., 1966,
Pscudn-bulbs coespLtose, broadly ovoid, mammillatc, with some loose fibrous sheatbs
a t tho base, '6 to 1-2 iu, long. Leaves in pau-s, narrowly oblong, acuminate, slightly
n a r r o w e d at tho base, sessile, 2 to 3'5 in. long and '^io t o •-15 iu. broad. Flower solitary
on a .short peduncle from the base of the pseudo-bulb and usually shorter than it ;
t h e peduncle up to its junction with tho ovary sheathed iu lanccolate acuminate
i m b r i c a t e bracts. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, spreading. Petals broadly lanceolate,
sub-accito, shorter than the sepals. Lip oblong, with a very short claw at the
baso ; the side lobes erect, narrow, with their acute apices pointing forwards, the
istbmus between the lateral and side lobes with undulate edges; the anterior lobo
ovate, blunt, entire, the disc between the lamella? with two slight ridges. Colimn
winged, with two broad, erose, marginal lobes below the stigma, the apex above the
a n t h e r with a central broad shallow lobe and two teeth at each end of it. PolUnia
b r o a d l y oblong, oblique. Capsule ellipsoid, winged, -6 in. long. Lindl., Gen. and
Spec. Orch., 42; Hook, fil, Fi. Br. Ind,, 842; in Ann. Bot. Gard., Calc., Vol. V,
2y, t. 43. Paaisea unijlora, Lmdl. Fol. Orch., 2; Walp. Ann. VI, 240. Epidendrum,
G r i f f . Jc. PI. Asiat., t. 313, fig. 1.
Sikkim, at elevations from 500 to 4,000 feet; in flower during April and May;
P a n t l i n g , No. 71. Nepal; Wallich. Khasia Hills; Griffith. Tenasserim; Parish.
CCELOGYNB,
T h e sepals and petals are pale ochraceous, and the Up is of a pale b i w n with four
e l o n . a i d ^ t s of dad. brown, the column being white. Lindley, after first descnb.ng
t s°as a finally re g a r d e d it as a P . . « « . His
t o be the con^ect one; for the flowers of this m no way d.fier from those of a
t y p i c a l Ca^logyne; whereas the curious sigmoidly bent narrow claw at the base^ of
t h f l n, so fLacteri.tic of Panisca, is here quite unrepresented. The hp of tlu,s nas
I r e o v e r conspicuous sha.-p side lobes, whereas that of ha s no lobes whatever
a n d no lamellie.
PHTR 192.—Ca?Oííí/M« miflora, Lindl, A plant; of nahtral i
ts biaob, omy, column und Hp, 3 lift 4 o o h™ "'li
ie. Pig. 1 a ñower, 2 peduncle with
n situ, Ö poliinia ; all eutargcd.
Iii. CíELOGYSE Hookeriana, Lindl. Fol. Orcliid., 14.
] > , m d a u l i > ooospilosa, oval, ^ilh a few lai shoalhs, smooth, not mottled, -To to
1 in long Lnf Bolitaiy, proceeding from tlie bass of the adull pseudo-talb, narrowly
ellipKc, acrfo, tapering to the petiole; tho blade 3 to 2;6 in. long and -5 to -8 in. broad ;
petiole -70 to 1 35 in. Ion;, enclosed in tnbnlar imbncato sheaths. Podnncle onvolopod
i n tho same sheaths as the base of tho undeveloped leaf and longer than tho latter,
( o f t e n several times longer,) taring a solitary wliito flower 2 in. across; M ' l tra.t
about as long as tho stalked ovary, broadly obovato-elliptic, very obtuse, convolute, J.ors
i s t c n t . Sefck spreading, sub-e,»al in length, clliptic-oblong, blnnt, the dorsal narrower
t h a n the lateral pair. Pehh spreading, as long as the sepals, oblanceolatc, obtuse.
Li, sub-ienifoi-nr, cordate at the baso, broad and entire in its poster™ half, narrowed,
lobulato and minntely erose in its anterior, tho opex retuse, tire disc with five to seven
slender cihate ridges from the baso nearly to the apoi . Bohmn long, curved, broadly
wino-ed in its upper half, the wings widening to the truncate erose apex. F>Ui,m
: b l i ° , „ o ly elliptic! Bot. JIag., t. 6388; Hook. fil. TI. Br. Ind. V, 843
B i k t im at elevations from 7,000 to 11,000 feet; .n flower durmg May and June;
Thomson, Watt, Oammie, Gamble; Pantling, No. 313. Kumaorj; Collett, No 160
L i tho Sikkim plant tho sepals and petals are white flushed with violet, the hp
is also white with a large spot of yellow with dull reddish-mottlmgs. Tho sepals
a r e however, figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 6388) as palo violet tipped with
dai'k violet. In°this, as also ill all tho members of this section (ejcept C. U.okriant),
tho leaves aro deciduous and are absent at flowering time.
PUTB 193-0«%"/»« &»<•«•»,», Lindl, A plant; oj Fig. 1 lip flattenol out,
2 oolumn and antlior, 3 a ilor.l biaot, 1 antiiei, 6 polUnia; «B
14. CfflLOGTNE noiiiLis, Liudl. Col!. Bot. 37,
Tsiuio-iulh coespitoae, narrowly ovoid, tapering to the apex, partly enveloped by
fibrous sheaths; length 1-25 t o 1-75 in. Lava menibranons, elliptic, acute, tapering to
t h e base sessile ; length 3 t o 4 in., breadth 1-15 to 1'4 in. Peduncle from the base of
t h o pseJdo-bulb and about the same length, enveloped to the apex in tubular pale
sheaths with pink striae, 1- rarely 2-flowored. Flo-Jien 2 to 2-5 in. in diam., »•bite .
bract obovoid elliptic, obtuse, convolute, pale purple, longer than tho stalked ovary,
persistent. Scpak sub-equal, spreading, oljlong, acuto; the pMs narrower, obtuss.
Ann. Eov. Eor, Sard,, Calouita, Vol. Yin.