18 ANNALS OF BOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
I t3uDk it probabb tLat C. gamos/'palum is ft' littoral speoies, as it extends from TenasBerim to
•Malooca and tlie Andamans, The drawing here reproducei was from an Andaman Bpecimen -which
flowered in the Calcutta Garden. There are specimens in Herb. Kew from all the given localitieB»
except from Griffith's of Mergai (in Teriasserim).
Fig. 1. flow.er, side view; 2, do., front
displaced; 4 and 6, lateral sepals; C, lip; 7,
iew; 3, flowers with the latpral sepals remorcd and tiic dorsal and petal»
mlier ; 8, pollinia -.—all enlarged.
P L A T E 27.
CIRRHOPETALUII {VmbcUafce) CCESPITOSUM, Wall.
C. ccespiivsum\ pseudobulbis confortis ovoideis, foliis petiolatis laiiceolatis obloagolanceolatisve
acutis, scapo foliis breviore, vaginis bveyibus la."?is, umbella confertiflora,
floribus flavis v. Tirescentibus, sepalo dorsali cymbiforme T. orbiculare galeato 5-iiervi
petalisque erosis, latevalibus liberis dorsali ter longioiibus lincari-lanceolatis obtusis,
petalis ovato-oblongis v. orbiculari-ovatis subacutis sepalo dorsali aqmlongia 3-nerviis,
labello breviter stipitato minuto orato basi dilatato cordato obtuso am-eo basi purpureo
arcte retìcso, column® deutibus acicularibus erectis. Wall, in Boi. lieg. 18.38, Mise.
35 et 18i3 sub. t. 49; Hook. f . FI. Brit. Ind. v. 775. Bulbopliyllum scabratum, Reichb.
f . in Walp. Ann. vi. 359.
JJIB.—KHASIA HILLS, Griffith, Gihaon.
Psmdobull)8 ^—1 in., dark gi-een, purplisb at the top, smooth. Scape 2 in., slender,
inclined, red-brown; bracts ^ in., lanceolate, shorter than the ovary, which with the
pedicel is 5 in.; flowers ^—f in. long, papillose. Dorsal sepal apicnlaie, lateral "with
involute mai-gins, nerves of petals flexuous.
The hairs on the dorsal sepal and petals of the drawing are intended to represent the cellular or
papillose erose texture of these organs. The difierenfc colour of the flowei-s of the specicten figured and
the enlarged one is not easily accounted for, and the enormous column represented at, fig. 3 is quite
unlike that of any speoies of the genus known to me. On the other hand, the hahit of the plant
is entirelj that o£ C. cmpitomm, assiuning that the flowers have not spread in an umbellate form,
as they should do.
The drawing here reproduced is inscribed " Cirrhopetalum cCBspitosum, Mr. J. Gibson, 1836" in
Wallich's writing. The figure difiers from Lindley's description in the dorsal sepal being ciliate and
not scabrid, and in the petals not being poctinately serrate, also in the large size of the lip. In
the Flora of British India the lateral sepals are described aa obtuse.
Fig. 1. iloffer ; 2, potai ; 3. column and lip ; 4, pollinia -.—all enlarged.
P L A T E 28.
CLBEOOPBTALDM {Racemosce) REFEACTDM, Zollinger.
C. refracium] pseudobulbis diphylHs confertis ovoideia v. conicis, junioribus j
sanioribus ssepe lobatis, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis ucutis, scapo eubcrecto pauci-v. multifloroj
floribuB sub-spicatis remotis 2-pollicaribus, bracteis ovario brevi longioribus
ovato-lanceolatis, sepalis lateralibus dorsali minuto lanceolato aristato ciliato multoties
longioribus angusto loriformibus in laminam planam auream rubro-atriatam cohasrentibus,
A CENTtT.RY OP INDIAN ORCHIDS; (J. D. HOOKER). 19
petalis rubris ovatorlanceolatis longc acuminatis ciliatis et pubescentibns sépalo dorsali
minoribus, labello minuto oblongo hispidulo v.. glabrato, columnte calcaribus elongatis
decui-vis. Zollinger in Flora 1847, 457; Walp. Ann. i., 776; Uook. f . PI. Brit. Ind. v.
779. C. Wallichii, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1980 et in Bot. Rei/. 1839, Misc. 71 et 1S43
sub. t. 49 (non Wall. PI. Rar,). C. tripudians, Par. and ReicJib. f . in Gard. Chron.
1876, 817. Bulbophyllum tripudians, ejmd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 154. B. rofractum,
Reichh. f . in Walp. Ann, vi. 259.
HAB.—SuBTKoriCAL HIMALAYA; from Kiamaon alt. 3,700 ft., Strachexj and Wlnterlotlom,
to Sikldm, alt. 4—5,000 ft., J . D. H. , &c. TENASSERIM, Parish. DISTRIB. JAVA.
Pseudohills very variable, f—1 in. diam., young often nearly globose, old deeply
lobcd at the sides. Leaves 2 on young pseudobulbs, 4—5 in. long,, rather flaccid. Scapc
4—6 in., !>tout or slender, often red-brown, sheaths few, appessed; spike usually inclined
or nodding, with 3—10 spreading or drooping flowers; bracts cymbiform, broadly
ovate; ovaiy about in. long. Dorsal sepal } in., yellow streaked with red;
lateral remote at their bases, margins glabrous or ciliate; petals purplish red; lip subcylindiic,
streaked and speckled with rcd-puiple, tip thickened incurved.
A very singular species, quite unlike any other, remarkable also for its wide distribution, being
one of the few epiphytic orchids that inhabit- both the Himnloyaa and Java. The specimen and figures
from native specimens, of which I have seen several, show a good deal of variation in the form and
colouring of the bracts and perianth spgments. The drawing here reproduced 'is of a Sikkim specimen
ioecrihed " Bolb. above Kurseong, 5,500 ft., 4th Octaber 1876, G. King."
Fig.], flower; 2, kteral sepals; 3, dorsal sepal; 4 and 5, petals ; 6, column and lip; 7,lip; 8, front viewofoolamn
9, antker; 10, pollini«:—a« enlarged.
P L A T E 29. • •
PASISIA PARVIKLOEA, Lindl.
P. parvijlora-, pseudobulbis ovoideis reticula.ti3 diphyllis, foliis subpetiolatis ellipticolanceolatis
acutis, scapo brevi gi-acile decurvo, racemo péndulo, floribus albis, sepalis lateralibus
lanceolatis acutis 5-norviis, dorsali lineari-oblongo, petalis ovato-lancoolatis 3-nerviis
basi gibbis, labeflo lanceolato ungue elongata. gracili geniculata apice 2-tubcrculata. Li.^dl.
FoL Orchid. 1; HooJc, / . Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 783. P. reflexa, Lind/. I.e. Ccelogyne parviflora,"
Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orchid. 44. Denrlrobium demissum Don Prodr. 34.—Androgyne, GriJ^'
^•oltil. iii. 279.
HAB.—SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich-, SIKKIM, alt. 4—10,000 ft., Clarke.
KHASIA HILLS, Griffih, ^c. • . •
Pseudobulbs broad or narrow, | inch long, pale green, with slender, pubescent,
branching roots from the base. Leaves 2—3 in. Soape 1 — 2 in. ; raceme laxly few or
many-fld.; bracts ^ in., lanceolate, shorter than the ovary, brown, membranous,
deciduous; pedicel with ovary i in. Sepals and petals pure white; lip very narrow,
3-nerved, acute; claw variable in length, sometimes more than half as long as the
blade. Column as long as the sepals, slender below, gradually dilating upwards into
ANX. l lot . BOT. G.vnp. CALC., YOL. T.