112 EPIDENDEEiE.
Dohra Dan and up to 4,000 feet towards Mussooric, Macimmn No. 24158; Gaili-
•wil Hdls, DtUhu's cMiciar Nos. 35804, 25805, 25806. Tlowcrs in April. It extonds
eastwards to Bengal, Sikkim and Bhutan.
1 0 . C o e l o g y n e Lindl.
Epiphytes; f s a c h - h m s ccespltoso or attached to a rhizome, 2- ( o r rarely 1-)
IcaTod. Leaves coriaoeons, or membranous and plicate. Injlcfesceme racemose, from the
apex or base of the adult pseudo-bulb. Flowers with neither mentum nor spur; fhml
Iraet large, deciduous. Sepals subequal, spreading, more or less lanceolate or oblong.
Petals narrower, sometimes Kuear. Lip sessile on the base of the column, rarely clawed,
sometimes saccato at the base, oblong and 3-lobed or suborbieular and without lateral
lobes. Column long erect, straight or curved, winged and often hooded iu its upper part,
foot none. Antlm- more or less 2.celled. PoUim 4, cohering in pairs to a single
2-lobcd granular appendage.—Species about 00, Indian, Malayan and one in China.
I.—Euccelogyne. Lip oblong. 34ol3ed; flowers and leaves contemporaneous, tlie latter persist,
ent; flowers in raeemes.
Infloresoence fi-oni tho base of the pseudo-bulb ; leayes in pairs,
pet.ils lanfleolato or oblong;—
Hacemos erect oehrm.
Eaeemcs di'ooping cristata.
Inflorescence irom between the pairs of leaves on tbo apes of a
fully developed pseudo-bulb; petals linear:—
Flowering axis bracteate at its baso; lip fimbriate . . . . 3. C. ovalis.
Plowering axis naked below; edges of lip erose . . . . i. C. eMo.
If.—Pleione. Lip more or less orbicular or reniform, without side lobes.
Flowers and solitary leaf contemporaneous 5. C. Eookeriaiia.
Flowere and leaves not contemporaneous, the latter in pairs and
'¡"'<1™" 0.
1. CoiLOGYfjE OCHRACEA Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 69.
Pseido-hah on a stout rhizome, ovate-oblong to oylindric, furrowed, 7-5 to 10 cm.
long. Leams narrmvly oblong, acute, narrdved to the channelled petiole, 15 to 20-5 cm.
long. Baeeme from the base of the previous year's psoudo-bulb, erect, shorter than the
loaves (elongating in fruit), 6-8-flowered; its peduncle stent and with several lar^o
imbncatmg sheaths. Fm.en white, 3-6 cm. long; Iraet oblong, convoluto, sheathing,
longer than the slender stalked ovary, caducous. Sepals subequal, oblong-lanceolate to
ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, spreading. Petals narrower. Lip oblong, conslrictod near the
middle; lateral lobes large, rounded, incurved, edges serrulate; terminal lobe broadly
ovate, obtuse, entire or very slightly notched at the apex, the disk with two ridges
Column broadly wmged towards tho apex. P,Uinia broadly oblong, compressed. Capsule
narrowly clavate, 4 cm. long. Lindl. Fol. Oroh. 5 Bot. Jfag. t. 4661; Walp Ann vi
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Tehri Garhwál 5-6,000 feel, Moekinmn; Brit. Garhwál, Caft. Eolerh; alst, in
Kumaon, Ei¡ewmth; flowering in May. It extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim. Bhutan
and the Assam hill ranges.
CCELOGYNE. 113
The flower, are fragrant. The sepals and petal, are pure white; tbo upper surface ol the lip
ha. clearly defined blotobe. of yellow margined with t.d, and the side lobes are marked with
reddish oblique hues; the face of the column is yellowish-brown.
2. CoiLOGYNG CRISTATA Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 33.
Pendulous. Pseudo^Uis from a long stout rhizome, rather distant, ovoid-oyHndric
polished, sheathed at the base, 5 to 7-8 cm. long. Leases in pairs, 15 to 25-5 cm. Ion,.'
linear-oblong, acute, narrowed to the sessile base. Saeemes from the base of tho pseudo'
bulbs, pendulous, about as long as the leaves, few-flowered, with many small sheathing
bracts at their bases. FI«wer, large, pure white, 5 to 8 cm. long; iraet oblong, concave"
acute, about as long as the long-stalked ovary. Sepals and petals sub-equal, erectopatent,
obtuse or sub-acute, with entire undulate edges. Lip oblong, with lar^e rounded
lateral lobes, terminal lobe distinct, short, broad, creiiate, with two broad square yellow
lamelliE on its upper surface; disk between the lateral lobes with four yellow fimbriate
lamellffi. Column long, its apex hooded and crenate. Anther with a sub-acute lip
Follinia 4, narrowly oblong, compressed. Capiuk narrowly clavate, 5 cm. long. Lindl'
in Wall. Cat. 1958; Gen. and Sp. Oroh. 39; Bol. Beg. 1841, t. 57; Fol. Orch 8- Walp'
Ann. Yi, 229; I'axt. Fl. Gard. iii, 171, f. 312; Fl. des. Serres t. 1807- Peseatoriá
1, t. 25; Warner's Sel. Oroh. i. t. 35; üreh. Alb. t. -M; Jennings' Orch. t 7- Gartenfl
viii, t. 245; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 829; Kmg & Pantl. ia Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard^
Txii, 133, t. 184.
Not uncommon on the outer ranges of Garhwil and Kumaon between 4,000 and
6,000 feet, usually on damp rocks and especially iu the viohrity of waterfalls; flowerine
m March and April. It extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and the Khasia Hills
3. CcELOGYNE OYALis Lindl, in Bot. Peg. IS38, Misc. 91.
PteUo-mhs long, oylindric, rather stouter towards the sheathed base polished
rising at inteiwals of 5 to 10 cm. from a rather stout imbricately sheathed rhi.ome'
U a „ s in pairs, 10 to 12-5 cm. long, elliptic-oblong, acute, tapering at the base into the'
short petiole, thmly coriaceous. Inßoreseence terminal, bearing three flowers whi-h
expand singly. Flower, Ö cm. across, pale brown; ßoral brae! 3 cm. lono- ovate-lauceo
late, convolute, coriaceous, caducous. Sepals sub-equal, ovale-lanceolate, acute soreadim.
Petal, linear, blunt, spreading- or reiiexed. Lip oblong; lateral lobes narrow; terminal'
lobe broadly oblong, with slili blaek hairs on its upper surface and ed^^es • disk with
two crimed l a m d l » from base to apex. Column curved, broadly winged along it, upper
half. Polhma dmiidiately obovate. Lindl. Foh Orch. 12; Walp. Ann vi 232 Hook f
Fl. Br. Ind. V, 836; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. v, 28, t. 41; Kin^ & 'Pautl ' iu
Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, 135, t. 187. (7. ßmiriata Lindl. in Wall r»t
1^957. O p i a t a ? Griff, in Notul. iii, 281; le. W. As. 29t, tig. 1Í Í7.
PJanch, Uort. Donat. lOi. Broughionia linearis Wall. MSS.
D e h r a . D . m , Wallich, G.mble No. 23143; below Mussoorie, up to 3 500 feet
Mackinuon; But. Gai•h^.•ál, Duthies colleclor Nos. 25808, 25819, 25820, 25821- Kumaon'
in the Gon Valley, Dutlue', colkcior Nos. 24099, 24100; flowering in October ' Extends
eastwards to Nepal, öikkim and the Khasia Hills.
AXN. HOT. BOT. Gard., CALC, 'VOI.. IS.