OECHIDS OF THE SIICKIM-HUIALATA.
l U . bonding proceeJ. (as i> .iown in Hats 216, fig. 5) , „ u il fonns « oomplolo fold, lie
c o n v s n l y of whioli is diiostKl formrds . In I. ft, bond!«, is mnoli less oomflst», lio o.Ediole
m a t a g only a slighl sigmoid o n ™ is sesn in Plat» 21o, llg, 6). Tlisse iirangomsnts resomUo llios.
whicli oLfam in Vaadem ratlier tlian in Spidemlreae. Tlio ressmblanoe to Vanduo in struoturo is, howoTor,
slill greater in J«ic utn-mdia. In that species the oaudieles are similar in shape to those in the two
species just referred to, except in not being free at the lower end. The rostellum, howeyer, is vory
d i i o r e n t ; for, instead o£ consisting of tito distinet elongated proeosses, it consists of a single hto.ad
cnitain-liko mass of tissue (Plate 21S, (ig. 2), ptojoeting continnoaslj «long the whole upper margin of
t h e ,hgm«, and haying in the midJlo « renUorni disc of yiseid substance, to which disc the ends of Uio
candicles aro firmly attached. On removing this viscid disc, bolh oaudieles, with theii' attached pollinia,
como away together. There is, however, vory Kt l e movement after removal; for the pollinia fall forwai'd
only very slightly and the candicles scarcely hand at all. On aeoouut of the structural peculiarities
above set forth, wo eonsidoi that the genus I , , , forms a link between the tribes FfUeairm and
V«,ik,,e. having the general oppearance »ud habit of several genera of th. former, oombmed with the
pcllruia of the latter; and this opinion receives considerable support from the functional phenomena
j u s t described. Te have therefore ventured to dissociate the genns l^ii, bom BMofhyU,^ .„d its
ncighboui'hood, end to place it in FaMme. Other reasons for the separation of lo.„ from B,aofh0ua
are to h. found in it. large and immobile Kp, which is firmly nttoehed by its broad hue to the short
loot of the eolumn the ip of Weyi jS. , , , hcing characterised by its comparatively small sisc, and by
Its mobJity. The fool of the column also is usuiHy rather elongat. in M f h f h n , i„ ft
1. veiy short. To this ge».» we have rcdnced Smiph, as «.reful dissections of fresh dowers show that
t h e structure of the Sowers is practically the same as that of lorn.
Since the above was written, we have discovered fto new specie, elosoribed below under the name of
I M , « , . . In this speoi«, „ o h of tli, candicles ends in , „o. t distinct viscid stigmatic gland Sine,
t h i s iliseerery we have no hesitation m lomoving the genus ib™ to iho tribe Fmri,«.
Candicles without glands—
Plowera about 1 in. long, in elonga
Piowers -4 in. long, m distichous short r
Gaudicles attached to two glands
Candicles attached to a single gland—
Pedicel uct longer than the pseudo-bulb and with only 1- or 2-flowers
Scapes longer than the leaves, many-fiowcred
I. limlnr.
J, Aiíderíimi,
J. iiìlertiiedìa.
1. loxE PiLEAra,!, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 2.
m>o,m -S in. thick, nAoJ; psonclo-bulbs aimit I in. short, „„¡d „ „bpyrifo,™
slightly wrmklcd, l-2o to Pi ¡a long. l„f „anwly oUong, tho apoz b S
retnse, much natTOvyod to tho ba«, Bcssile, 4 to 8 in. long, and -R to M.5 in h I
much longer than tho loaf; tho podicol with t,v„ or throe AcatMn-' bi-ac't,
Income shorter han tho podnnclo, sccund, sp.„,,cly-i„„I, .9
drooping; Jl,m! h-act scaiioiis, broadly lanooolato, convokto, as lonr- as or lono-cr th
tlio long-podicollod ovary, &pah st,b-o,nal, lancoolato-oblong, acnniinatc, tho dorsal
slightly shorter than tile connate lateral pair all t r n „ . , • ,
P . . « . spreading, . .ch smaUo. thau the I ^ ^ ^ ^ J V ^
1- to similarly coloW to tho ' e^s. Z
as . epals, o h I o « a . the ha. t h i o . J c ™ T t ; Z
foot of tho column, not jomt^cl, tapormg to the sub-acute ap.x; upper suriac. wW
a eaued atcd two-ch.nbered callosity in tho middh, tlnckest nL' the'L.
towards he somewhat convex apex into a grooved ridge, tho edges enth-e or ¿-onal.
Column short tho rostellum consisting of two doflexed subulate processes; the foot at
right angles to the column, very short. Aniker sessile on the column; poUima 4 elliptic
IONE. 159
in two pairs, each pair attached to a long cartilaginous caudicle lying on tlie upper
siu'face of a rostollar process, free and adhesive at the end. Bot. Mag., t. C3-Í-4 (ezcl.
syn. Griff.)-, Walp. Ann. VI, 63G; Beuth. in Gen. Plantar. Ill, .303. Bulbophylhm
yaleaceum, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 769.
Sikkim, elevation about 6,000 feet; very common. Pantling Ko. 100; in flower
during October and November. Bhutan; Clarke, Gamble.
The sepals and petals aro trauslucent greenish-white, with numerous netted pink •
nerves. Tho lip is of a deep pm-plo mth two pale lines towards tho middle; tho
sub-acuminato apex being of a paler pm'ple.
TLATF, '¿Ib.^Iono polmcea, Liudl. A plaut; of nniural ahe. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral bract, stalkod
ovary, column with, its foot and Ihs lip, 3 callosity uear the basa of the lip showing its two chambei«,
t h e narrow groove separating them and their cftuaellated structure, 4 cohimn with pollinia in situ aud the
foot, 5 polle3i masses and their candicles, fionfc view, 6 pollen mass, sido view; all enlargui.
2. IONE BICOLOE, Lindl, Fol. Orchid. 3.
Rimóme about "1 in, thick, naked; psoudo-bulbs about Tó in. apart, obpj'riform,
the base sometimes very broad, -ô to '65 in. long. Leaf linear, obliquely bifid at the
apexj slightly narrowed to tho sub-sessile base ; length 2-5 to 4 in. Scapes solitary
or in pairs, somewhat shorter than the leaves ; tho peduncle about equal to the raocmc,
minutely bracteatc. liuceme with six to eight distichous flowers; floral hract lanceolate,
longer than the stalked ovary, Flowers -i in. long. Sejjak sub-equal, the single dorsal
and the connate lateral pair widely diverging, lanceolato, acute, pale and translucent
like the petals and witli claret-coloured nerves. Fetak elliptic, blunt, spreading at right
aûgles to the sepals. £ij> claret-coloured, panduriforin, truncate at tho base and with two
minuto auricles ; the auCeiior part expanded and deeply serrato except at the emarginate
apeï ; upper surface slightly concave, but with a white elliptic thickened process
extending beyond tbe margin at the apex. Column short, the foot very short; rostellum
consisting of two elongated processes on which rest the oaudieles of the pollinia.
FoiUnia 4, equal, ovoid, attached by pairs to two elongated caudate-acuminai e caudìclos.
Reichb. ill. in Walp. Ann. VI, 637. Sanijñ'i bicolor, Lindi. Gen. and Spec. Orchid,
179; Sert. Orchid., frontispiece, fig. 5. Bulbojyhjlluni hicolor, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V,
770. Ime Misiana, Liudl. Fol. Orchid. 2; Reichb. iil. Walp. Arm. VI, 636. Dijiodium
ishasianim, Gi'iff- Notul., 334; Ic. PI. Asiat., t. 327, fig. 2.
Sikkim, at elevations of 6,000 or 7,000 feet; very common; flowering October
to December; Griñith, No. 5137; Pantling, No. 247. Nepal. Bhutan. Khasia Hills;
Griffith (No. 5138;, Hooker, Thomson, ilann.
Pii.W'E lune bicolor, Liudl. A plant; of mlural she. Fig. 1 flower, front view, 2 bract,
stalked ovary, columu with its loot, auther, side view, 3 column, front view, 4 pollinia with thoii
candieles, 5 two pollinia with the caudicle after removal from the anther, 7 a capsule ; all enlarged,
•(j two capsules; <j/' natural sise.
3 . LONE AKDEESONI, netii species.
Pseudo-lulhs ovoid, -3 in. long, attached close together or slightly distant from each
other on a tliread-like rhizome. Leaf sessile, narrowly elliptic-oblong, the apex blunt
and slightly .notched; length -5 to 1'25, breadth about -So m. Pedunclc erect, as long
as the pseudo-bulb, 1- to 2-flowercd. Flower -35 in. across; floral Iraci lancoolate, half