2 2 AK N i l S Oi EOTi l SOIAKIO GABDEK. OALOTITA.
HAi.-SiitKm HiMAi,iYA;alt. 3-4,000 it., J. D. H.
Ehkome tluckor tlitia a swan's quill, woody, terete, naked. Stm. distant on tlie
ihi.ome, a foot high, of a few very lavge internodes 3 - 3 in. long by 1 m d.am.,
the basal nan-owed, and a tew short terminal ones, all dark-green, shming and deeply
grooved, somewhat contracted at the nodes. Lmvn 6-8 in. by l - l j in., snberect, w.th
about r - 1 0 longitudinal grooves on the upper surface. inserted at the backs pi
the leaves at their bases 3 - 4 in. long, as thick as a crow-quill, stiff, erect or spreading
with several bract-like cordate brown sheaths i in. long, and many mibr,eating
ones at its base; flowers i m. diam., crowded at the ends of the peduncle. Bepah
and «M, coriaceous. Lip inserted by a very short narrow claw above which is
a bead-like shining .black callns. Column stout, incurved. Aulkr broadly conical.
T h i . £»b d r . « » . stows me t tat - I erred whe» dacrlbing the Ei-!«. for t i e Flor. of Biili.li Mi a ,
i n » ¡ t i n g Lindloj's R H.cck,,- »ith the M.l»j-.n K i»«.»«, a much .m. l l . i plant, to whiol, l.owo,-,
i t i. vei-v oloselv olliei- «»'li ™ " I " ' " » »» (« -
3 « ™g t i t aftwards .Iwod t, (B l o n e I X J.v. P,»f.. vi). th.t of O.^o.,,!,.
W p i - e o o o u p i e d . This go.u. T , « , « . i., though .-ed.o.d to B - ; . by Lmdiey .nd oth™, I su.peot »
, l i . l i n o t one rem.irkahl, for the .pre«liBg peri.nth, the tot.l oh.onoe of . m.ntum, the hp
w i t h f l e b . . » of th. oolomn .nd mobile, .ud p,-o«»ting a si.gul.r poli.h.d nob . t its b . . . Aoooring
•r„ Griflth, Jl. i M . Eeiohh. f. h „ a mobile Hp,- but of . very d,ll,™ut form from that of
B. . tofcr , end i t . flowers .ue oth.rwi,. those of a tm. En,. Tin. oh.r.oter of a mob. e
b e S.ti.f«t„rilv .soM.med only on living s p e c »™. If the ge.u. » to be retamed
l e Malayan a , , « Ao.ld take the name of T. r««., Bl., and th, .peo.e. here ig.ued of
T t S Z The drawing gives no iadicatio. of loeaHly. or other info.m.tio. than - Orch.d . „ t by
K r . JiHray, drawn 188», S. King." A.eording to the drawing the polUni. are very peouh,,. I
h a v e not the means oi verifyiag it.
Fig. 1, flower; 2, anther; 3, pollm enlarged.
P L A T E 33.
ACANTHEPHIPPIÜM STRIATUM, Lindi
^ striatum- pBeudobulbis cylindraceis T. elongato-obpyriformibus, foliis obovatoo
b l o n i acutis, floribus ceipitatim congestis, bracteis o^agnis lanceolatis acuminatis flores
subcequantibus nridibas rubro-striatis decidui., floribus albis roseo-stnat.s, sepahs
iateralibus oWongis apice rotundaiis, mento calcariforme incurvo obtuso, petalis sopabs
reaailoBiiis labelli lobis lateralibus subquadratis antice rotundatis, postice falcato incurrís,
terminali parvo coccíneo, disco crista media nei-visque 2 incrassatis instructo. Lmdl. zn
Boi. Reg. 1838, Mm. 45; Walp. Ann. vi. Am-Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. v. 816.
H A B . - S I K K I M HIMALAYA, Griffdhs- collector-, at Pacheem (/.. Eerh. Mori. Bot. Gak.).
NEPAL {Lindicy in Bot. lieg.).
Pseudohulhs 2—3 in. by l-H diam, green, quite smooth and tcriBte, clothed, above
with long broWn lacerate sheaths ^vhich embrace the leaf-bases; flowering Btems 4 - 5 m.,
veiT stout, sometimes two together, green, clothed ^vith green sheaths 2 - 2 1 long
^ l i reddish tips,, or sometimes with pale tips striated ^'ith' red; bracts H m.,
elongate-cymbiform; pedicel very short and stout, with the ovary about 1 m., green
streaked with red; flowers in. from the tip of the dorsal sepal to that of the mentum.
A CENTUEY OF INDIAN OECHIDS ; (J. T>. HOOEEE). •¿•i
Lateral sepals very "broad; petals and lip concealed within the sepals; lip hardly
longer than the column.
Described from the drawing, whiob probablv exaggerates the dimenstona of the speoiraen it
portrays. The species was first described by Lindley in 183S from living plants wliioli were procured
f r om Kew and said to have been received from Nepal (no doubt from Dr. Wallic^). Lindley's desc
r i p t i o n ' accords very well with the figure here reproduced, which is that of a Sitkim plant, which
was collected at Pacheem, on the southward flanks of the outer Himalaya, at aa tlevatiou of about
6,000 feet.
T h e Indian species of Acdnthcphippiuni all want careful analyses and figures taken from liying
specimens; the texture of their flowers is such that in a dried state they oannot be satisfactorily
studied.
Fig. , flower of th« natural size-, 2, ovary lip aad column; 3, anther; 4 and 6 irolliulft;—oii enlarged.
P L A T E 34.
NEPHELAPHYLLUJI GEANDIFLORUM, Sook f.
N. grandiforvm-, foHis longe petiolatis ovato-cordatis acuniinatis, scapo foliis longioi-e
pubescente vaginis pallidis cylindraceis elongatis, bracteis setacc-is pedicello brevioribuij,
racemo laxifloro erecto, floribus 1 poll. diam. virescentibus roseo ornatis, sepalis lateralibus
lanceolatis acutis, petalis latioribus ellipticis acutis, mento late conico apice rotundato,
labello pEirvo oblorgo decurvo, disco 3-carinato, lobis lateralibus brevibus obtusis, terminali
ovato obtuso. Hook. f . Fl. Brit. Ind. \-i. 192.
HAB.—PEEAK (IC. Scorteciiini), Eunstler.
Stem short, terete, green, rooting. Leaves about 2, 4 by in., cordate, with a
narrow deep sinus at the base, 7—9-nerved, bright green; petiole 3—4 in., terete,
green, without a sheathing base, but sheathed with a long membranous deciduous vagina.
Hcape with raceme 10 in., green, finely pubescent, with two long membranous pale
sheaths below the middle 1—H in. long; raceme 3—7-fld.; bracts i in., slender; pedicel
witli ovary | in.; flowers nodding, 1 iu. diam, dull green, flushed with red, or the
sepals with red margins. Lateral sepals ascending, subfalcate; mentum broad; petals as
long, but rather broader. Lip with 3 keels on the disk from base to apex, white or
pink with a dark red midlobe.
Much the largest species hitherto disoovered. The drawing is inscribed "ilalaya Fl. 28-4-82,
K. B. C., Cult., reod. from Kunallcr, Perak." A drawing by Scorteohini represents the scape a.i
2.fld.
Fig. ], flower with ite lip reraoTcd ; 2, do. witli s lateral sepal removed, bulh of thi uiluraZ size; 3, fiout
and 4, sido view oi lip; fi, column; 6, antlier; 7 poUiniaa/ / enlarged.
P L A T E 35.
TAINIA LATIFOLIA, Benth.
^ T. latifolia ; caule procumbente radicante, fuhis eiliptico-lanceolatis aouminatis lamina
petiolo longiore, scapo eum racemo laxifloro 3—3 pedale, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis
ovario brcvioribue, ecpalis S-nerviie petàlisque 5-nerviis lineari-oblongis obtusis flavidis