56 ANJiALS OP EOTAL BOTANIC GAEDEiT, CALCUTTA.
roots very long and stout; mternodes green, i - . l in. long. Lmms i—8 by i ~ 2 in., spreading
and -waved, deeply cliannelled, dark green. PeduncU 1 - 2 in., stout, groen, with broad
ovate obtuse sheaths \ in. long, tho lowest of which are annular; spike i—5 in., densefld.,
glabrous or faintly furfuraceous; bracts nearly as long as tho short ovary; flowers
A in. broad in Penang specimen, ^ in. in tho Bhotan dramug. Sepals and petah widely
spreading. Lip about as long as the sepals, yellowish, flushed witla red, dorsal callus
erect forked; spur almost bottle-shaped, the inflated truncate end 2-lobed and each lobo
again faintly lobulate, sometimes transversely septate near tho base within. Column
very short and stout, rostellum obscure. Anther flat, ovate, acuminate ; pollinia
globose ; strap very slender, dilated above; gland small.
A very stout species as figured here, remai-kable for the Ijottle-ahaped spur of the lip, which
resemWes that of Saccolabium buccomn, Reichb. f. I have some doubts as to whether there may
not be two speeiea included under C. spicatum, and that the Sikkim plant {of wbioh I have seeu no
specimen) figured here may be diSerent from the Tenasserim and Penang one, the flowers are so
much larger; allowance, however, must be made for the habitual exaggeration oE native artists.
On the other hand, the Sikkim habitat may not be a correct one, the transposition of labels of
garden plants is so frequent and not detectable. The drawing is inscribed «Sai'cauthus latiioUus,
T. Anders., from B. G., 26th April 1863, introd. by S. Jennings, Esq., from Bhotan. T. Anders."
Another drawing of a plant with narrower leaves is inscribed "From Perak, Kunstler misit, H.B.C.
fld. 23-5-84."
Fig. 1, flower witb tOie sepals and petals displaced; 2 aad 3, anther; 4, polliüiat-aiZ enlarged.
P L A T E 84.
ClEISOSTOMA UTERIFERDM, Soolc. f.
C. utcri/enm', acaule, foliis paucis late loriformibus flaccidis apice obHque rotundatis
V. 2-fidis marginibus undulatis, pedunculo rachique spicaj donsiflorze striato crasso foliis
breviore, bracteis minutis, floribas parvis, sepalis obovato-oblongls petalisque angustioribus
lineari-oblongis flavis basin versus fusco-rubris, marginibus undulatis, labelli ore constrictu
iobis lateralibus brevibua truncatis, terminali minuto ovato carnoso, calcare magno globoso
inflato antico sulcato. Sook. f . FI. Brìi. Ind. vi. 74.
HAB.—PERAK, Künstler {in Berh. Calcutt.).
Stem very short, with tufted roots. Leaves pendulous or decurved, flat, rather
pale green, baso hardly contracted, tip sometimes obliquely truncate. Spike with
peduncle 3i in.; flowers about J in. diam. ; ovary about h in- SepaU and petals fleshy.
Lip almost wholly consisting of tlie globose bottle-like spur with thin walls; it
bears a small callus under the minute caruncled midlobe, and a large erect tongue-like
one below the column. Column very short and stout, rostellum short, protruded. Anther
broad, truncate, crown 2.Iobed, 1-celled ; pollinia globose, strap olliptio-lanceolate,
narrowed at both ends, gland oblong.
A very well marked species, of which I have seen only dried flowers accompanying the drawing,
which is inscribed " Kunstler e Perak misit,, Fl. in H. B. 0,, 14.6-84."
Pig, 1, side and 2, frout t
6, pc.Uinia;-a» cnlavsed.
w ol flower; 3, section of lip; 4, column and portiou of sac of lip witli dorsal callns; 5, anther i
A CENTURY OF INDIAN OECHIDS ; (J. D. HOOKEE).
P L A T E 85.
CLEISOSTOMA WENDLAND0RUM, Bcickh. /. ?
C. WemUandorum ; acaule, foliis elongatis late lorifoi-mibus oblique 2-lobis recurvis
v. penduHs flaccidis, racemo brevi foliis multofcies breviore simplici v. pauiculatim ramoso,
pedunculo brevi ramisque validis, floribus minutis flavi.s, labello mbro suffuso, sepalis obovatooblongis,
petalis obovatis, labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus rotundatis, terminali
orbiculari v. late ovato-rotundato, calcare sacciforme inflato basi rotundato. Reichb. f .
in Otto ^ Dietr. Algem. Gartemeit, 1856, 219; Hook. f. FL Brit. Lid. vi. 7L C.
callosum, Reichb. f . in Bonplandia {non Blume). Pomatocalpa spicatum, Kuhl and nasselt,
ex Reichb. f . in Otto and Dietr. Algem. Gartemeit. I. c.
HAB.—CACHAR, Keenan. TENASSERIM, Parish. ANDAMAN ISDS., Berkeley.
Stem, or rather leaf-sheaths, sometimes I — i n . , as broad as the middle finger, green
with brownish inai-kings ; roots basal, fascicled. Leaves 6—10 by 1 — i n . , coriaceous,
bright green, flat and faintly channelled above, with a slender keel beneath. Raceme
or panicle 4—6 in. ; peduncle and rachis green speckled with brown ; bracts obscure ; ovaries
about J in.; flowers about in. diam., papillose. Lip about as long as the sepals; mouth
contmcted ; spur short, broad, almost truncate, dorsal callus a semicircular erose scale,
that under the midlobe of the lip 2-lobed ; midlobe rough. Column very short, rostellum
beaked. Anther broad ; polliaia globose ; strap narrowly linear, gland small. Capsule
(in Cachar specimen) 1 in., linear-oblong.
than one species included under C. Wcndlandorum, this must be ti common and
ire several drawings in tho Kew and Calcutta Herbaria of what I take to be
If there be not moi
variable species. There
the some.
The figures lA and IB of the flower and lip
Parish, authentically named by Eeichenbach.
) taken from Tenasserim specimens collected by
Fig. 1, ilowor-bud; 2, flower; S.tbesi
lip laid open -.—all enlarged.
nitlithe petals aud sepals displaced; -i, anther; 5, polliuia. AI, flo.irer, A2,
P L A T E S6.
ClEISOSTOMA JIannii, Reichb. f.
C. Mannii-, caule brevi, foliis breviuseulis loratis v. lineari-oblongis apicem versus
dimidiato-bilobis crasse coriaceis, pedunculo robusto simplici v. parco ramoso, spica
breviuscula multiflora, rachi crassa subclavata, bracteis minutis, floribus parvis, sepalis
petalisque obovatis am-eis, labelli lobis lateralibus trancatis abbreviatis temiinali orbiculari
ovato lilacino, calcare brevi sacciforme apice subinflato rotundato, callo infra columnam
bifido. Rcichh. f . in Flora, 1872, 273; Book. f . FI. Brit. Ind. vi. 7i.
HAB.—ASSAM, Mann. SIKKIM ? {la. in Eerb., CukuUci).
Stem 1—li in., as thick as a swan's quill, rooting at the base. Leaves few, 3
by i—I in., striate, very coriaceous, rather narrowed towards the base, produced' at
one side into a rounded point, the other side shorter and very obliquely trunc-te
very coriaceous, dark-grcen ; sheaths very short. F^duncle about as long as the spike,'
ANN. EOY. BOT. GAHU. CALC., VOL. V.