.iboompresaed. Collell Fl. Siml. 493. Cor.lhrhiz„ indica Liiidl. in Joum. Linn. Soc.
iü, 26 (not of Dene.).
Hattu nem Simla 7,COO ieet, T. Tk,m,on No. 1724, Gamile i Chad,pur Valley
the Simla Hill» 6,000 feet, Dutlú, No. 21074; Jannsar 8-9,000 feet, Edgmorth
No. 6]; 6-7,000 feet, DtMÜ No. 14593 ; Garhwffl 8-9,000 feet, Ro¡,h. Flowers
in August.
The .h.p, of the pollini. in tM. spsol,, .„d the «bsenoe of » o.udiole «re retoart.bls. Th.
•kw 0. a . hp . . a the I.m,ll. p.lo „How, Ike .id. lob» n,e m.Aed with p.rpl. lines .nd
•pot., md the up»«! lobe ii white «nd often tinged with pal. pnipl..
PuTE 112. Oreorchis indica ffioi. f . ^ k plant,—of »oto-s; Fig. ), single
flower; 2, ditto » . a Up removed ; 3, flower with tepah and petah rmmed ; 4, lip spread
out; 5, anther; 6, pollinia ;—a?/ mlarged.
3. OsEoBcais aicEiNrHA Lindl. Jonrn. Linn. Soc. iii, 27.
Pxuao-bulb abont 2 cm. long, oyoid-conic, the base with a tew fibres. Zeam two
or three, 1'5 to -J dm. long, linear, prominently 1- or 2-nerred. Scape from the side
of the pseudo-bnlb, the peduncle with two or three tabular sheaths; raceme few-flowered
lax, 6 to 10 cm. long; floral tract minute, subulate, hairy, much shorter than thé
ovary. Thwcr, almost sessile, 1 cm. in length, pale yellow, the lip being while spotted
with purple. Se,,al> linear-lanceolate, acute, shghtly spreading, the lateral pair a little
shorter and broader than the dorsal and subfalcate. Fetah shorter than the lateral sepals,
sometimes spotted with purple. Lip oboyate-oblong, not saccate at the base, deflexed
from the top of the very short claw; side lobes narrowly oblong, erect; terminal lobe
broadly obovate, 2-lobulate; disk with a thick, linear channelled callus. Column much
curved, the base dilated and concave. PoUinia globular, united to a short thick caudicle
Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 709; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Sard. Cale 183 t'
138; Collett Fl. Siml. 493. '
Simla Hills 7 to 8,000 feet, OamlU Nos, 4127, 6250, Lace 2159, BaUmion-Smith •
Jaunsar, Osm»tm: Mussoorie Hills 5 to 6,000 feet. King, Maeiimon; Kumaon T
Thotmon No. 214, Slrachcg ^ Winteriottom No. 56. Flowers during June.
4. Oeeokohis Kolfbi Duthie in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Izii, part 2, 38
PscMali globose. Leaves two or three, about 2 dm. long, linear.lanceolate, defleiee
at the tips, 3—5-nerved, plicate. Scape about as long as the leaves, rising from neal- the
top of the pseudo-bulb; peduncle firm, clothed with three or four closely-fitting tubular
sheaths. Bacemc many-flowered, 6 to 7 cm. long. Flowers sessile, rather crowded, abont
1-4 cm. across; fiaral brad minute, less than half the length of the ovary. Sepak
about equal, 1-4 cm. long, lanceolate, subacute, pale yellowish-green, shghtly spreading-
Petals as long as the sepals but narrower, oblanceolate, subacute, pure white with a few
dark purple blotches. Lip obovate-oblong (when spread out), narrowed at the base into
1 sac-like claw; side lobes linear, fleshy, white, half the length of the midlobe and free
t to their bases; midlobe deflexed, white and blotched like the petals with dark
P l l i l i i m
CYMBIDIÜM.
purple spots, the apex with a shallow sinus, the <
at its base. Column cuiTed, dilated at the bai
united to a short thick conical caudicle.
k with a prominent fleshy oval callus
concave in front. Pollmia globular,
Nág Tiba in Tehri-Garhwál at an elevation of about 8,000 feet, Machianonh coilcclor.
Flowers m June.
This epecioB is n>cst .early aUied to 0. but the Hp is saccate at tiie base, and the
basa calhzs is oval and not linear; both the hp and the petals are pure white spotted with
purple, .nd the .ido lobes of the hp are f.ee to the ba.e. The spike is shorter a.d t r a o Z e r:
ar. mor. crowded. At present this plant is ¡mown only from i
single locality, in the neighbour-
hood of Mussoorie.
Pl a tb 113. Oreorchis Rolfei iliii&i.—Plant,—0/ natural siie. Fig. I single flower-
2, ditto, with sepals and petals removed; 3, lip, spread out; 4, column, portion of „„„ '
o, front view of ditto; 6, anther; 7, pollinia;—®," ' ' ^ a,
18. CorallOrMza E. Brown.
Leafless reddish-brown erect terrestrial herbs with jointed coralloid rhizomes Sc„e
simp e, sheathed small, whitish or pale yellow, in a terminal spike or raceme
Sepals and petal, sabequal, linear; peUls ascending incurved. L,p clawed adnate to
the base of the column, erect, entire or 3-lobed ; spur minuto or absent. Column erect
COBiLLoumzi IHKATA K. Brown in Sort. Kew. v, 209.
A rootless parasite with a flattened reddish-brcwn succulent rhizome. Scape 6-10
long, s ender, few-flowered, clothed with loose sheaths, nearly sessile about 7
mm. long; Iracts mmnte. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, the lateral on» d e f l t e f i
deflexed 3-lobed, with a shallow nectary at the base; side lobe, narrow, mid-lobe'retuse
AMUr dehiscing transversely each cell contaming an unequal pair of waxy p o l l il
CapsuUs large, deflexed. Lmdl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 533 ; Heichb. Ic. PI Germ x i ^ on
Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 710; Holfe in Jonrn. Linn. Soc xxxvi 9 ^ """i
Dene, in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 165, t. 165. ' ' • ^ " l " " " ""
Kashmir; ^ » „ i , C B. Clarke No. 28943, up to 11,500 feet, extending to
I'.urope, N. Asia & N. America. ^cuuing to
17. O y m b l d i a m Swartz.
Epiphytes, rarely terrestrial or with an elongated le.i-bearing stem. Leave, nsualiv
very long, narrow and coriaceous, rarely none or rudimentary at the time o^
flowering. from the side of the pseudo-stem; fooselv she,,!. 7
/ • W s one to, many, often large, in snberect or drooping ra'oemei. a d
sabequal, free, spreading or erect. Lip adn.te to the base of the column an
embraoing it by its convolute side lobes; apical lobe decnrved, often with n n d u l a t r e d l
the disk usually with two ridges or lamcllaj. Column long, without a foot Anth ,
imperfectly 2-celled; pollinia 2, ovoid pyriform cuneiform or globular' more or 1°'