144 OKCHIDS OF THE S IK E IK-HIM AL AT A,
'Raceme shorter than the learoa, laxly-floweved, ita peduucle about 1-2-5 in. long,
enveloped in largo sheathá. Fhviers '5 to -6 in. across (vertically) ; the floral Iract large,
ovate-lanceolate, longer than the stalked ovary, caducous. SqmU oblong-lanceolate, acute,
the dorsal rather smaller than tho lateral pair, the petals uaiTower. Lip somewhat longer
than the sopáis ; tho saccate baso with rather broad side lobes, the anterior lobe oblong,
apiculate, deflcxed from the baso. Column very long and slender, -wiuged and thickened
towards the apex, bent downwards at its base. PolUnia sub-globose. Capsule ellipticj
tapering to both ends, -5 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. V, 843. Coehgijnc alba,
lîeichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 23,6. BrougMonia pendilla, Wall. MSS.
Sikldm, at elevations of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet; common; in flower dm'ing June.
Pantliiig No. 35. Extending to Nepal on the west and to the Kliasia and Naga Hills
towards Iho east and south. Tho colour of the flowers is white,
TLATB 200.—OÍ()CAI7«Í alla, Lindl. Part of a plant ; of nalxiral «('sc. Fig. 1 front view of a flower,
2 lip, 3 slalked ovary, column and lip with the anthor in situ, showing also tha bases of the cut-off
petals, 4 upper part of column showing anthsr aud stigma, 5 lower surface of anther, showing tha
pollinia, 6 polliuia; all enlarged.
24. Pliolidota, LincH.
Epiphytal with jointed often branching stems with inteniodes like pseudo-buîbs, or
with tufted pseudo-bulbs. Zeaaes usually in pairs (solitary in P. imhricata), membranous,
many-neiTcd. Eaccmes on ebracteato peduncles, terminal or from the base of a pseudobulb
(from below the leaves in two species) usually drooping and distichous; floral
Iraei large aud persistent. Flowers small, sub-globose, expanding from above downwards.
ISepals concave, tho lip usually without side lobes, more or less cymbiform and
saccate, l'étais narrower than the sepals. Column short, the apex shortly hooded or
winged; anther cells more or less sub-globose. FolUnia 4, sub-globose or clavate, cohering
by pairs to one or two membranes. Species about twenty ; Indian, Malayan or Chinese.
1. P. imhricata.
P. rubra.
P. prolracla.
Leaf solitary
Leaves in pairs.
P.hizome fleshy, not jointed, more or less covered with fibrous
sheaths and emitting pseudo-hulbs at intervals.
Ehizome short, raceme 8 to 10 in. long
lihizome 1 or 2 feet long, racemes 1 to 1-5 in. long . .
Stems jointed, the iuternodes pseudo-bulb-like ; racemes terminal
from between the leaves, only one ii-om each branch.
Leaves narrowly elliptic.
Bracts rhomboid-ovate, soute, deciduous
Bracts oblong or sub-orbicular, obtuse, small, deciduous .
Leaves narrowly oblong.
Bracts fan-shaped, with broad truncate apices, persistent .
P, arliculata.
P. artioulata, var.
1. PHOLIDOTA ISIBEICATA, Lindl, in Ilook. Fl. Exot., t. 138.
Grißl/iii.
rsevdo-kdhs coespitose, cyliudric, thickened at the base, 2 or 3 in. long and (at the
middle) about -6 or 7 in. thick; or shorter and more ovoid, furrowed, usually partly
PIIOLIDOTA.
large fibrous sheaths. leaf solitary, elliplic oblanceolate or lanceolate,
acute, much tapered to the stout petiole; length 6 to 12 in., breadth 1-25 to 2-5 in.,
petiole V5 in. Inflorescencs from the base of a pseudo-bulb, drooping, 8 or 10 in. long
(longer in fruit); tho pcduucio slender, as long as or longer than the dense many-flowered
raceme. Flowers distichous, -20 in. \oT2g-, floral bract large, convolute, sub-rotund, minutely
apiculate, the edges irregularly infolded, many-nerved, longer than the slender stalked
ovsiry, persistent. Dorsal sepal orbicular; the lateral pair connate at the base, cymbifoj-m,
with a wiuged keel. Petals oblong, sub-acute. Lip 3-lobed; the lateral lobes large, broad,
rounded; the terminal lobe divided at the apes into two small oblong lobules separated
by a broad sinus. CO/HWW. broad and winged in its upper half; pollinia clavate, attached
by pairs to two small membranes. Capsule ellipsoid, '75 in. long. Lindl. in Wall. Cat,
1991; Gen. and Spec. Orch,, 37; in Bot. lleg., t. 1213 and 1777; Lodd. Bot. Cab.,
t 1934; Wight Ic. t. 907; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 262; Hook. fil. Fi, ]3r. Ind.
V, 84o. P. pallila, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXI, sub t. 1777. Ccelegijne imbriata and
C. pallida, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 238. Ptilocncma hraateatim, Don Prodr. 83.
Cymbidium imbricatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ill, 460. OrniiUdiim imbricalum, Wall. WSS.
Sikkim, from the foot of tho range to elevations of 5,000 feet; common; in
flower from May to August; Pautling, No. 30. Westward to Kumaon and east-ward
and southward to Bhutan, the Assam hill ranges, Chittagong, Burma, aud the Andaman
Islands. Also in the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon, and in the Malayan Peninsula,
^'he flowers, ovaries and bracts are of an almost uniform palo brown colour.
PLATE 201.—Pholidota imhricata, Lindl. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 a Bower, 3 ovary, column
and lip in profile, 3 bract, 4 lip, 5 petals, 6 front view of column, stigma and anther in situ, 7 an
empty anther, 8 pollinia; uU enlarged.
2, PnoLiDOTA EDDEA, Lindl., Gen. and Spec. Orch., 37,
Rhizome thick, covered with fibrous sheaths ; pseudo-bulbs fusiform, furrowed, about 3
in. long, usually sheathed at the base, about -75 in. in diam. at the middle. Leaves
two, narrowly elliptic, acuminate, tapering to the sessile base, 4 to 10 in. long, and -So
to 1'5 in. broad. Bacemc from the base of a pseudo-bulb, almost sessile, 6 to 9 in.
long, drooping. Flowers very numerous, distichous, not crowded, "2 in. long, embraced
while in bud by the bract. Ovary short, stalked, slender, only half as loug as the
cymbiform, acute, persistent bract. Sepals ovate, with broad bases and acute apices,
spreading, the midrib thick. Petals linear, obtuse, spreading. Lip oblong ; the lower
part cymbiform and with two small rounded lateral lobes ; the anterior lobe small,
broadly ovate, acute, decurved ; the disc 3- to 5-nerved, the nerves slender. Column
broadly winged at the apex ; pollinia clavate, attached in pairs to two small membranes.
Capsule broadly elliptic, "5 in. long. Wall. PI, As. Ear. Ill, 21, t. 239; Hook. fil. Ic.
Plant., t. 1879; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 847. P. mdulata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XIV,
sub t. 1213 and XXVII, Misc. 6. Coelogyne rubra and C. mdulata, Rcichb. fil. in
Walp. Ann. VI, 238.
Sikkim, at elev-ations of from 3,000 to 6,000 feet ; in flower during November and
December; Pyntling, No, 58. Khasia Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib.) No. 5044, Clarke,
Mann.
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