O E C J I I D S OF THE SIEEIJÍ.HIMAI-4YA.
The sepals and petals are of a dull pale yellowisli-grcen, the lip and column
piakish-brown.
PLATE 202.—P/IOÍIRFOÍA rubra, Llndl. A plant; of natural sisa. Fig. 1 a flower, front viaw, 2 part
of raohis, Iwaot, column and lip, 3 lii"., 4 front view of column, stigma aud anther í» siiu, 5 under
surface of auther, 6 poUinia; all enlarged.
3 . PHOLIDOTA PEOTIJACTA, Hook. fil. Ic, Plant , t. 1877.
Siem elongate, slender, clothed in numerous long scaiious sheaths and sending off
at intervals translucent fusiform pseudo-bulbs 1-5 to 2 in. long, often bracteate at the
base; bearing at the apex two membranous narrowly elliptic leaveu with acute apices, the
bases narrowed to the short petioles, 3 to 5 in. long and -75 to -9 in. broad. Racmes
several ñ'om the joints of the rliizome, shorter than the loaves, few-flowered, the
peduncles short. Flotocrs nearly -25 in. long; Iract broadly ovate, acute, recurved,
shorter than the stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal, broadly ovate, blunt, very concave,
comiivont. FetaU broadly elliptic, very obtust), aomewliat shorter than the sepals. Lip
oblong, coacave, gibbous near the base; the apex somewhat narrowed, corrugately trilobulattj.
Column rather broadly winged iu its upper lialf. J?olUnia cuiieate, attached by
pairs to a broad membrane. Capsule sub-globular, boldly ridged, -3 iu. long. Hook,
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 84 5.
Sikkim, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,500 feet; Griffith and others; in flower from
October to December; Pantliiig, No. 55. Khasia Hills; Grriffith (Kew Distrib.), No. 5042.
Naga Hills; Train, No. 27.
The flowers are green, but the lip has four small bright patches of dull yellow on its
anterior lobe.
PLATE 203.—P/iO?<rfo/a proU-ada, Hook. fil. A plaut; of natural size. Pig. 1 a flower, front view,
2 siJs view of recurved floral bract, stalked ovary and flower, 3 side view of apes of ovary, column
and lip, 4 lip, 5 front view of column, stigma and anther in situ, 6 anther, 7 pollinta, 8 profile of a
single pollinium; all enlarged.
4 . PHOLIDOTA ARTICULAXA, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 1992; Gen. and Spec.
Or ch.
iSfo/M jointed, branching; the internodes terete, furrowed, 2 to 4 in. long, and about
•5 in. in diam., the nodes with a few short broad scarious sheaths. Leaves thickly membranous,
many-nerved, narrowly oblong, tapering to each end; length 3 to 4-5 in.,
breadth 1 to 1-75 in. Raceme drooping, terminal on the young pseudo-bulbs, issuing
between and about as long as the leaves, many- and densely-flowered, the young
leaves sheathed at the base. Flowers -3 in. long ; irfiCif about -5 in. long, rhomboid-ovate,
convolute, acute, deciduous when the flowers expand; stalk of ovary slender. Dorsal
sepal sub-orbicular; the lateral pair ovate, keeled. ¡Peíais o va te-orbicular, blunt. Lip
about as long as the sepals, broadly cymbiform, with a transversely oblong broad bilobulate
middle lobe infolded at its base, the disc with five bold lamellaj. Column slightly
winged towards the apex, the cliaandrium irregularly toothed; the rostellum large, ercct,
acuminate. FoUinia sub-globular, attached to a cuneiform membrane. Lindl. in Bot.
Keg. for 1839, Misc. 44; Hook, lil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 844. P. Jchasiana, Rcichb. fil. in
PHOLIDOTA.
m i p . Ann. VI, 238; in Bonplandla IV, 329. Cieloffpne ariicuMa, Reichb. fil. in Walp.
Ann. VI, 238. C. Jc/miana, lleichb. fil. 1. c., 238.
Sikkim common from the foot of the range to an elevation of 4,000 feet; in flower
from June to August; Pantling, No. 31. Westward to Kuniaon, eastward to Bluitan.
Also in the Khasia Hills and Upper Burma.
The flowers are white tinged with brownish pink and the floral bracts arc pale
brown.
Var. Grifdhii, King and Pantling. Like the type in most respects, but smaller in
all its parts, the internodes less fuii'owed and with narrower leaves; fioioers only -2 lu.
across- the floral bract and dorsal sepal suborbicular, blunt; petals elliptic-lanceolate;
sepals 'gi-eon-, petals pale gi'een; Up brown. Fhohdola Gri/^ilhii, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar.,
t. 1881; Fl. Br. Ind. V, 845; Wall. Cat. No. 1992 (w
Sikkim, at elevations of 2,000 to 4,000 feet; in flower during Jxxlj and August.
Griffith, Hooker films; PantKng, No. 32. Dahra Dun; Gamble. Khasia Hills, at
5,000 feet; Clarke, Mann.
PLATE 205.-FMi<loii ariiculaia, Lindl. A plant ; of natural size. Fig. 1 flower, side view, 2 stalked
ovary, column and lip in profile, 3 lip, 4 column and anther m «.i«, 6 anther, 7 polUnia, all enlarged ;
5 bract, of natwal iize.
PLATE '¿()i.-PhoUdotn artitidata, Lindl. var. Ki n g and Pantling. A plant; of nalura'.
size Fig 1 a flower, 2 side view of stalked ovary, colimu aud lip, 3 bracts opened out, 4 lip, o
f r o n t view of column, stigma and anther in iitu, 6 view of the inside of the anthor, its lateral margins
shruntGU aud refiesed, 7 poUinia ; all eiikryed.
5 . PHOLIDOTA RECURVA, Lindl., Gen. ai^d Spec. Orch., 37.
Stems thin, jointed, brandling; the Intcmodea yellowish, polished, angled when fresh
(with the appeai-ance of being winged when dry), 1'5 to 4 in. long and only "8 in.
iu diam., the nodes with a few broad scarious sheaths. Leaves membranous, narrowly
elliptic-oblong, acute, narrowed at the base into the short petiole, the young ones
sheathed at the base; length 2'5 to 4-5 in., breadth -6 to -8 in. i{ace7ns terminal,
from between and about as long as the leaves of a young pseudo-bulb, decurvecl,
secund, with numerous crowded flowers; the peduncle short, slender. Flowers -15 in.
long; hranls fan-shaped, with truncate apices, imbricated, secund, as long as ihe
stalked ovary, persistent. Dorsal sep-d sub-orbicular, concave ; the lateral puii' broadly
ovate, obtuse. Feials ovate-oblong, obtuse, spreading, as long as the sepals. Lip broadly
cymbiform, with two auricle-like terminal lobes, and on the upper surface five short
cylindric ridges. Coluom broad, with short wings near the apex ; the rostellum short,
transverse. PoUinia elliptic-clavate, attached in pairs to two small membranes. Captulcs
double-fusiform, narrow, -5 in. long. Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 1878; Fl. Br. lud.
V, 845. Cxhgijne reutcrva, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 238.
Sikkim, at elevations of from 2,000 to 4,000 feet; iu flower during August and
September; Pantling, No. 93. Distributed westward to Nopal and eastward to Bhutan.
The flowers arc of a uniform pale browu, and the pseudo-bulbs of a yellowish-green
passing into straw colour. Tho bracts persist on the racemes on the side opposite to
the flowers, being quite as secund as the flowers.
Ass. ROY. Byr. GAI