116 EPIDE^-DRE^,
Darmi lepal otbioukr; the Jatc.al pair connate at the base, cymhHonn, ivMi a winded
keel Petal, oblong, sub-acute. Lip S-lobed; the lateral lobes large and rounded ; terminal
lobe divided at the apex into two small oblong lobules separated by a broad sinus.
ColwHa broad, its upper half winged. FMinit, claiate, attached by pair-s to two small
membranes. Capiule ellipsoid, about 2 cm. long. Lindi, in Wall. Cat. 1991 • Sen and
Sp. Orch. 37; in Bot. Hog. tt. 1218 and 1777; Lod. Bot. Oab t. 1934- 'wielit Ic
907; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 26J; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. t , S45; Kino- pLtl in
Ann. Eoy. Bot. Qard. Calo, vii!, 144, t. 201. P. ¡mllida Lindi, in iiot. Beg. xii sub
f. 1T7T. Ccelossm imhicat, and C, paUiih Eeicllb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 2,38. ' PtiLcnem,
Iractaium Don. Prod. 33. Cimiiimm ¿»iniatoi Eoib. Fl. Ind. iii, 450 Onimiium
imhkatiim Wall. MSS.
Dehra Dun and up to 4,000 feet on the Mussoorie range, MacUimm, {DutUi,
Ko. 24192); Kumaon, in the Gori and KaK Valleys 2-4,000 feef, Dtdhie No 5988-
D,dUi, coll,dor Nos. 24123 and 24124; Eamganga Valley at 3,500 feet, Straoh,, tf
Winteriothm No. 16. Flowers from June to August. It extends eastwards to Nepal,
Sikkim, Bhutan, Khasia Hills, Chittagong, Burma; also to the Deccan Peninsnla and southwards
to Ceylon, the Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula, Pacific Islands and Australia.
2. Phoudota a e t i c u l a t a Lindi, in Wall. Cat. 1992.
Stat jointed, branching; internodes terete, furrowed, 5 to 10 cm. long, the
nodes with a few short scarious sheaths. Leaves 7 6 to 10-5 em. Jong, narrowly
oblong, tapering to each end, many-nerved, thickly membranous. Fuieerm from the top of
t h e pseudo-bulb between the leaves and about equal in length to the latter, drooping,
many- and densely-fiewered. Flomrs 7 mm. long; imets longer than the flowerT
rhomboid-ovate, acute, convolute, caducous. Dorsal upal suborbicular ; lateral ovate'
keeled. Petals ovats-orblcular, blunt. Lip about as long as the sepals, broadly cymbiform,
with five lamellate nerves 011 its disk ; the midlobe transversely oblong, 2-Iobed
involute at the base. Column slightly winged towards the apex, the cKaandrium
irregularly toothed; nstellum large, erect, acuminate. Pollinia subglobose, attached to
a cuneiform membrane. Capsule about 2 cm. long. Lindi. Gen. and Sp Orch 38 •
ill Juurn. Lintt. Soc. i, 173; in Bot, Ecg. for 1839, Misc. 44; Hook. f. J l . Br Ind'
V, 841; King & Pant], in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Cale, viii, 146, t 205
k/miava Reichb. f. in Walp, Ann. vi, 238; in Bonplandia iv 329
P.
arliciiUta Eeichb. £. in Walp. Ann. vi., 238. C. hhasiana Eeiuhb. f. J c 038
Below Mussoorie up to 4,500 feet, Edgemorth, Vicary ; Lansdowne iti Brit
Garhwal, Capf. Eolerts ; below Naini Tal in Kumaon at 3,000 feet, Straclui, V
Wini-erhottom No. 17. Flowers in -luly and August. It extends eastwards to Sikkim
Bhutan, the Kltasia Hills and Burma. '
The inodorous flowers are white tinged with browniflk-pink, and the floral bracts are paia brown
Var. Gh i f f i t h i i King & Pantl. in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Cale, viii., 147 t
204. Like the type in most respects, bnt smaller in all its parts, the internodes less
furrowed and with narrower leaves; flowers much smaller; floral bract and dorsal
sepal suborbicular, blunt ; petals elliptic-lanceolale. Pholidota GriMidi Hook f Ic P]
1881; Fl. Br. Ind. v, 845; WaU. Cat. No. 1992 (in part). • • •
Dehra Dun, on sài trees, CaitAle No. 27039, MacUnnm ; Mussoorie range nn to
4,000 feet, Duthie No. 21780. It extends eastwards to Sikkim and the Khasia Hills.
THIBE H L - Y A N D E J ;.
Pollinia 2, 4, or rarely 8, attached singly or in pairs or in fours by a Candida
(rarely by two caudiclesj to a viscid gland derived from the stigma (iu a few
doubtfully from the stigma).
Terrestrial, leaves (when present) plicate:—
Pollinia 8
, plica
Pollinia 2 : -
Lip saccate or spurred at the base 13,
Lip broadI.T ventricose at the base; inaoreaceuoe
deourved when in flower it
Polhnia 4 : - -
Pseudo-faulbous; leaves I to 3, long, :
anther 1-celled
A leafless parasite with a jointed coralloid rhizome;
anther 4-oelled
Hpiphytal, rarely teneitiial or leafless, ii.n.IIjr with long
linear .healUng leave, on a large fleshy pseudo-bulb;
scapes racemose, flowers elongate, column without a foot
or with a very short one; hp never spurred; leave.
coriaceous
Epiphytal, with veiy short stems; leaves few, closely
ulnsteied, flat, coriaceous, pendnlou., often sohfary; raceme,
pendulous, longer than tlie leaves ; .epals and petals united
to the foot of the column; lip spurred, with forked
appendages on its disk
Epiphytal, with a short stem and a few broad pendulous
coriaceous loaves; flowers in long sometime, branching
racemes, column with a very short foot; lip w,ith a large
claw, a bent spur and a S-lobulate apical lobe, the lateral
lobes ilmbriata
Epiphytal, with fleshy elongated stems (except SomMt 'u,
WMoides and Saccolabiun calceoiare) ^ pmido-bull/s none' leaves
coriacoou. .nd flat or terete and fle.by; iuflcrescenco
racemose or panicled, lip spurred or not;—
Lip not spurred;—
Leaves terete i flower, few, invery.hort raoeme, or
solitary; stems elongate
Leaves (when present) flat; items 0; flow«« in
12, Oalanthe,
Ortorekie.
Cotallorhiza.
18. Dorili,.
19. Ornilhoe/tilat.
Lip spurred (gibbous in Vanda a/pina)
Column with a long foot prodnciid into a long
spur which has no callus or septum inside
Column without a toot or with only a short one :'-
Spur without callus or septum inside r—
Spur deep, much compressed laterali-,
pubescent at the mouth; lip without side
lobes
Sarcochiloi.
23. RhiinchosiyHs.