5 4 ANNALS OP EOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
pedicels with oTary J i»., flo-wer ^ in. diaui. Sepals and jjetals widely spreading,
thick, greenish yellow, with a broad streaked red pmple baud within the border, or
the streaks may be replaced by spots. Zip about as long as the sepals, yellow spotted
from the middle to the base of the spar; dorsal callus retuse. Cohimn very short,
stout; clioandrium horizontal, angles obtuse; rostellura short; anther flat, ovate, acuminate:
polliuia globose, strap slender, gland medium-sized.
Closely allied to C. latifolium, Liudl., a common speciGs in the Malayan Peninsula, -which differs
in the much hroader leaves, stouter stem and peduncles, smaller flower, and ia having a reaiform
cfiruneled midlobe of the lip.
The drawing of C. andamanicuin is inscribed "Saroanthus of Andamans No. 1, Introd. 18i57, ild. in
n . 33. C., April 1S68."
Pig. 1, flower; 2, the same with tha perianth segments displaced; 3, column and lip, the latter bisected
4, anllier 6, pollinia -.—011 aalarsed-
PLATE 81.
ClEISOSTOMA EAMOSUMj Hook. f.
C. ramosum-, caule breve, folils anguste loriformibus oblique S-lobis, panícula gracili
erecta'breviter pedunculata, raniis paucis pauoifloiis patentibus, floribus parvis breviter
pedicollatis, sepalis petalisque obovatis obtuds rufo-fuscis albo viridive marginatis, labelli
lobis lateralibus parvis ovatis terminali triaugulaii-ovato v. rotundato et subtiilobo,
disco basique columnce pubcseentibus, calcare imcinato incurvo. JIoolc. f . FL Brìi. Ind. vi.
72 Saccolabium ramosum, Lindi Gen. and Sp. Orchid, 224. S. flexuosum, Lindi, ia Jonrn.
Linn. Soc. iii. 36. Oeceocladus floxuosa, Lindi in Wall Cat. n. 7333 ct Gen. and Sp.
Orchid. 236. Aerides ramosum, Wall. mss.
Hab.—SiKiciM Himalaya, in hot valleys, J . D. 11. Lower Bengal, in the Sunderbuns,
^yullüh, Clarke. Eukìia, on the Attran river, Wallich. Modlmein, Farish.
Stem 1—3 in., hardly as thick as a goose-quiU. Leaves few, 3—5 hy in., spreading
iind recurved, terminal lobes rounded. Peduncle 1—3 in., green; paniclo 4—5 in., branches
rather distant, spreading; bracts minute; pedicels with ovary J in.; flowers about ^ in.
diam. Sepals and peláis v/idely spreading. Lip about as long as the sepals, white, flushed
with pink or banded with yellow; spur corniform, acute, moutli hairy, dorsal scale
erect, 2-fid., pubescent; side lobes variable in length and midlobe iu form. Coiumu
vcry'short, broad, angles rounded; rostcllum very short. Anther short, broad; pollinia
globose, 4'cleft, (2 very small, Clarke)-, strap dilated upwards, tip contracted; gland
small. Capsicls ^ inch, fusiform.
An insignificant species, presenting a good deal of variation in the length and breadth oí the leaves,
colour o£ the flowed, and form of the lobes of the lip, in so far as the analyses of nerbanuQ specimens
shows. The Utter (flowers only) accompanied the drawiag which was inscribed "Saroanthus from Col.
Perreau, in Calcutta, Fid. in H. B. C., 3rd May 1886.
Fig. I. front, and 2, dorsal view cf flower; 3. front yiew of column aud lip; 4, lip; 6, side view of column ned lip;
6, the same with the lip hisectcd ; 7, pollinia:—a/i: enlarged.
A CENTURY OP INDIAN OECHIDS ; (J. D. HOOEER). Oo
PLATE 82.
C l e i s o s t o ì i a beevipes, Hook. f.
C. Irevipes ; caule valido elongate folioso basi radicante, foliis distiehis uniformibus
lineari-lanceolatis acutis crasse coriaceis, spicis lateralibus brevibus breviter crasse
pedunculatis, rachi crassa cylindracea, bracteis parvis acutis, floribus aureis, petalis sepalisque
ovato-oblongis obfusis vittis 2 rubris purpureisve notatis, labelli lobis laterfilibus brevibus
falcatis acutis, terminali brevi triaugulari-bastata apice membranacea bi-aristata disco
incrassato, calcare brevi sacciforme.
Hab.—SiKKiii HiMALArA (ic. in Herh. Calcutta)-, alt. 5,000 feet. Gamble-, Assa.m (Ilort.).
Stems tufted, 8—12 in., as thick as a goose-quill, curved, leafless and sheathed below,
rooting' at the base, leafy above, iiitemodes i—I in. Leaves similar all the way up
the stem, 4—C by | in., channelled above, stiff, hard, somewhat naiTOwed at the base, tip
almost pungent. Spike 1—H in., horizontal, green, ^ in. diam.; basal sheaths annular;
bracts minute, red-brown; ovary J in.; flowers f in. diam. Sepals and petals widely
spreading, subsimilar. Lip longer than the sepals, yellow with red markings; spur
shining, with a thickened callus at the base of the midlobe, which extends across the
mouth of the spur to meet the thick callus at the base of the column, thus closing the
orifice. Column short, stout, angles rounded. Pollinia subquadrate; strap compressed,
gland large, 2-pai-tite. Capsule 1—i n . , fusiform, terete, fleshy, striate.
A remarkable spoàes, of which I have examined a fruiting specimen collected by Mr. Gamble iu
Sikkim, and a living flowering plant sent to Kew from a nur^eiy in lirglcind. The latter differs somewhat
from the figure here given in the largo flowers with more purplo bauds on the sepals and petals, and iu
having two awns ou the membrauous tip of the midlobe of the lip; these may have fallen off in the
specimen figured, which -was inscribed "Sarcauthus from Sikkim, No. 2, Botanic Garden, July 1867."
Fig. 1, flower; 2, front and 3, side view of column and lip -.—all enlarged.
PLATE 83.
Cleisostoma spicatum. Lindi.
C. spicalnm ; caule crasso elongate radicante folioso, foliis latis oblongis 2-lobis
peduuculo oppositifolio crasso decui-vo, spica foliis longiore pendula multiflora, bracteis
ovato-subulatis demum deflexis, sepalis petalisque minoribus ovatis subacutis fusco-rubris
vitta media marginibusquc aureis, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis terminali parvo
ovato carnoso, calcare magno basi inflate 4-lobo. Lindi, in Boi. Reg. sub. t. 32 ; Book,
f . FI Bril Ind. vi. 72. Sarcauthus densiflorus. Par. et ReicJib. /. in Trans. Linn. Soò.
XXX. 136. Saccolabium densifiorum, Lindi in Wall Cat. v. 7311 et Gen. and Sp Orchid
220 et in Boi. Reg., 1838, Misc. 56. Aerides densiflorum, Wall inss.
Hab—Bhotan (le. m Herb. Calcutta). Tenasserim, Moulmein, Parish. Penano, WaUich,
Curtis. PiiKAK, Etmstler. Disteib. Borneo. '
variable in thickness, as thick as the middle finger in the Penang and figured
specimens, more slender in the Teuasscrim and Perak ones, flexnous, apparently scandent ;