OECHIDS OP THE SIEKDI-HIilALAVi..
Lip shortlv cîaweJ, s\ib-orbicular, without sldo lobes, concavo in the lower part but
expaniHiig into a wide mouth Avith omarginato apex ; the edges eutive in the posterior
sliiirply and somûwhat irregidarly dentate in the anterior half, the wppor surface with
numerous fiiiigtid iamollaj. Column very long, the apex expanded into a broad hood
with a triuicate eroso apex; pollinia elliptic. Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 43; in
Wall. Cat., 1963 [in part)-, Fol. Ortai., 16; Bot. Mag., t. 567-t ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind.
V, 810. Fleione Immilis,, Don Prod. Fl. Nep., 37; ipaxt. Fl. Gard., t. 51. Epidendrum
humih, Sm. Exot. Bot., t. 98. Cymhiilium humile, Smith in Roes' Cyclop.
Sikldiw, at elevations of 7.000 to 8,500 feet ; in flower during February and
l l a r c h ; I'antling, No. 64. Distributed westward to Nepal.
The lip is spcckled with purple towards the edges (on the npper surface), the disc
being yellow with liro^vn spots, and the lamcllfe being brown. In some specimens the
brown on the lip is supplanted by purple or crimson. The column is speckled in front
with purple. All other parts of the flower are white. The lip is sometimes adnate to
the sides of the column for one (juarter of the length, of the latter; in other specimens
it adiieres to the cohiran by its base only. To the European residents of Darjceling
the plant is known as the " Himalayan Crocus."
pj..iTH l'è-i.—CcelogijM humili-i, Lindl. A plant; Fig. 1 lip flatteaed out, 2 a Lmct flatteaed out;
of ml mal aise] 3 column with, anther in siiu, i anther, 5 polUuia; all enlarged.
15. CcELOGYNE MACCLATA, Lindl., Gon. and Spec. Grub. 43.
Pmuîo-hilbg as in C. proecox, but rather smaller, sometimes constricted at the middle,
enclosed in a net-work of fibres (uld bracts). Leaves two, narrowly ellipHc-oblong, acute,
narrowed to the petiole, their bases sheathed with bracts haying nodular inflations ;
length 4-5 to 8 in., breadth 1 to 1'75 in. Fiowers 2 to 3 in. across, rising singly
from the base of the pseudo-bulb by a very short peduncle enveloped in a large
spathaceous/ozm- hract with broad emarginate apex, convolute, longer than ovaiy. Sepals
sub-equal, spreading, oblong, lanceolate, sub-acute, l'etaïs about equal in length to,
but nia-rower than, the sepals, oblanceolate-oblong, spreading. Lip broadly elliptic,
3-lobed, the basal part convolute round the column; the lateral lobes narrow, entire;
the terminal lobe broader than long, its edges sub-entire, its apex broad and emarginate;
the upper surface with five to seven pectinate lines disappearing in the disc between
the side lobes. Cohmn long, slightly curved; the apex winged, iiregularly erosc. Anther
with a small bilobed lip. PoUinia elliptic. CapmU ellipsoid, -8 in. long, its peduncle
elongating after flowering. Lindl. in Wall. PÎ. As. P.arior. I, 45, t. 53 ; Fol. Orchid.,
1 5 ; ^liot.°Mag., t. 4691; Fl. des Serres, t. 1470; Griff. Notul. Ill, 281; nook. fil.
F l . Br. Ind. V, 8il. C. Candida-, Lindl. in "Wall. Gat., 1964. PleioM maculafa, Lindl.
in Paxt. Fl. Gard., t. 39, fig. 1. -P. diphylla, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard, under t. 51;
Fol. Orch., 15; "Walp. Ann. VI, 234. Coehyyne, Grifî. Itin. Notes, 44, 684. Gomphoittjlis
Candida, Wall. JISS.
Sikkim, at elevations of from 1,600 to 3,000 feet; in flowor during October and
November; Pantling, No. 21. Nepal; W'allicb. Bhutan; Clarke. Kbasia Hills, at
elevations of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet.
The sepals and petals are white with occasional pink lines. The lip is much
marked with purple and yellow and the column is green. The flowers are fragrant,
This spcclcs is usually leafless at flowering time.
PASI9EA.
rr..UT. m.-C<elogyne macuhUi, Lindl. A plant; of mtaral size.
« silu, 3 bract, 4 auther, 5 pollink ; all enlarged.
. i lip, 2 column with anther
16. C<ELOGT.E PIÌ.ECOX, Lindl. Coll. Bdt. 37; in Wall. Cat. 1965.
coospUose, varying in shape at different stages of growth
i : in pairs, membraLs, elliptic or ellipticoblong many-ncrved ocoastonally
? ; b^se, convolute, a. long as the stalked ovary or longer. . . . . . sub-o,ual, s ^ ^
Iblanceolat or lanceolate. a. long as but narrower ban the sepals, p^adrn^
ovate-orbicular, without side lobes, tbe basal P - t convolutycamd the c l u ^
J e r i o r part concave, having an ope" ^' w ^ f i t ^ t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ iio^ii^^rw^:^^^^ - . ¿do —
sab t. 5i ; r. Binmuiea, Kcichb. £1. m Mio. limoli., loo«, .i,
A c ò l i t o ».OOO «.y "
to G 1 >™1 and eastward a„d » . .Wa d to Bh.taa, tho Kh- . a H.Us and Bu.ma E.cept
tl,3 lip, tho »hoU flower is of a brilUaat rose colour, often tmgod w.th v.olot^
T i c lip ba. a patch of white o„ tbc disc, mt b a smaller arc f ^
lamcll» Sccasionally a specimen occurs « t h its flowers pure white. T1 e much
„ e d base of the lip coheres with the sides ot the column to fornr a small saccate
nectary.
PLATE 190.—Cw/opyMe ^r/tc
lip flattened out, 2 eolaiuu with
r. Lindi. A plinti 3 « bract Satlenoi oui; »/ mimi •
intlier Ìì» 4 antlier, 5 poUinia; all enlarged.
. ig. I,
22. Panlsea, Lindi.
Epiphytal; small, ovoid, coospitose, 2-leiTed. Ume, membranous, plicate.
S c p e from the base of the pseudo-bulb; the lax and few-ilowered, flowers rather
small &.«!! and pelals membranous, snb-equal, nanw, sub-spreading, the lateral parr
slightly saccate at the base. Lip membranous, as long as the sepals, adnate to the
b a L of the column, entire, the disc not lamellate; the claw long, sigmoid, brtubercnla c.
Colunm long, slender below, but dilating upwards into an eroso wing, foot none. Antim
sub-terminal, opercular, 2-celled. FolUni, i, broadly oblong, the upper three-fourths
obhque, the lower straight and cohoriog.
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