m
f j | l ! i s'
LI.îTKiUiiE.
T t l L T l T ' ' » " ' Z ' " 6_7-„ei-ved »Ifirsl mmsmrns
mrngs-smm ^ ^ "loTation, between S,000 and 10,000 foet W Qolh^
{ D u t U , îvo. 2063), No. 23000. Flower; in Angnst.
Tlie original ,p,oime»s discorored in ISSl by Kr. W. Bolkn, «ft„ r
epichile has no conoavitj at its apes. ^ '
PiAin 122 AphyllorelA Golhni i^,,«,-,. A j.; j
bracf ; 3, s,de v.ew of f i „ „ e , ; 3, d i t » , with the .opals and petals ,™„v-ed ; 4, l ^ • ( .1
of colun.n ; 6, s.de view of ditto ; 7, anther ; 8, pollinia J. ' '
32. Galeola Lour.
Leafless, yello» or brown, climbing or ereet herbs. Flo,„in rather lar,.e i„
racemes or panicles on the ends o£ the stem-branches. SyaU s n b e c . J concave fre
Jndmn, Chmese, ^Malayan and Anstralian. ' ' " " " ' " y - " P » » ' " l^i
POGOTÍIA. 157
OAMOLA FALCOSEEI Hook. f. F I . Dr. Ind.
large „ „ t e . l a n c e o h t e acnte bracts. / W 6 t o M l m 1 t ' f
bright yellow, about cm a l s of a s, „ ^ J"
the short stalk of the 07arv ' "i™
sabacnte, sparsely f u ^ r . Z ^ i e t o ^ r T i
I w P"!«"» con,pressed, obbcuely ovate.
i ' a n t l L t A ° V i T f King' 1
i„ ( Z , is 'P- Hook.
Garhwfl, r a k m i r ; below Mnsscorie at abont 6,000 fool in wet gronnd, MacUn-mn
(Unthie's No. 2272B) ; .Janmar in the Tonso Valley at 4,000 feet, aietiow. Flowers
in J u l y . Found also in Sikkim, but rare.
33, Pogonia Juss.
Terrestrial 1-leavod herbs; t i e / « « r - s í a ^ j s from the same tuber as the leaf and
appearing before it or contemporaneously; iuher emitting, just below the surface of tho
ground, 3 or 3 runners, each producing at its extremity a tnber smaller than that
of tho parent. Lmf broadly cordate or orbicular, str.mgly plicate. Flowers solitary
or in racemes, often pendulous. ISepals and petals snbequal, narrow, connivont or
spreading. Idp sometimes saccate at the base, adnate to the base of the column, rathop
narrow, the lower part convolute round tlie column; the lateral lobes small, 'usually
triangular; tho terminal lobe flat, ovato or orbicular, entire or fimbriate. Column elongate
clavato upwards; stigma anticous, oblong to orbicular. FoUmi, 2 or 4, elongate, often
cohering, but without either caudicle or gland.—Spccies about 70, i n Asia and America
and a few West Indian. '
Srape l-ilowered
Plowers in racemes.
Leaves many-nerved, floral bracts deflesed.
Loaves glabrous; sepals and petals
largo, pink
Loaves hairy on tlie veins, flowers
smaller; sepals and petals green with
pnrplisk veins
Leaves 7—9-nerved, florai bracts erect ...
1. r.MmUmm.
S. P. eammicam.
S. P. HaUllifM-mie.
k- P. carinata.
1. POGOKIA jrACKiKsoxi Dutliie in Journ. As. Soe.
. k x i , part 2, p. 43.
Tuler globose, annular and warted, abont 1-3 cm. in diam. Leaf and scapo frequently
from the same tuber, but not contemporaneous. Leaf abont 5 cm. long and
broad, with a cordate base, 7-lobed; terminal lobe acute, the others rounded; principal
veins terminating at the ends of the lobes, with many less conspicuous intermediate
ones; petwU 2-0 cm. long. Scape l-flowered, about 10 cm. long when in flower
elongating till f.-uiting, enclosed within two or throe rather loose tubular sheaths. Fhwjs
spreading, shortly podicelled, 18 mm. long; tract erect, shorter than the cylindrical
truncate m-aiy. kepaU 17 mm. long, linoar-lanceokte, acuminate, light green blotched
wi h reddish.brown outside. Petals very similar to the sepals, but a little shorter and
not so acute at the apex. Lif shorter than the petals, oblong when spread out, stronglv
•i-nerved, white tinged with green towards the base; side-lobes erect, acute; termiL'i
lobe . " e g u M y spotted with purple. Col«„ slender, 7 mm. long. Anther broad, margius
of cells toothed. FcUinia 2, narrowly clavato, connate above their slender taper/ng bases!
3 2 - 0 ^ ' r Nos. 21781,
2 2 , 0 6 ) . 1 lowers dn,-.ng May and June, and the leaves appear about three weeks later!
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