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58 iSSALS OP EOTAl BOIASIC GAEDEK. CAICUITA.
gresn striate ; braots minuto, OTate, b i w n ; ovariGS aboiit i in.; flowers in. tliam-
Hefals flushed mth purplish locl. ii> about as long as the sepals, yellow cxoept the
midlobe. Column very short and stent. Anihr broad, obtuse ; strap rather long, slender,
dilated upwards, gland small.
I tee seen no specimens oi the ptat let, fig.ned, er oi Eeieheabrf. 0. Mmnn, md cnaot
hence spe.k »nSdently ot their identity. As . species it .ppro»=he. 0 most closely,
bat is iery much smaller, with shorter strict stiii epp.rentlj Tcry oon.eio». le.,es, norrowri tow.rd.
t h , o»e..>ied obtuse tip. The lip is identical with tb.t oi the .bo,e.™nt,on,d .pecr.s, „,ept
i t the scle or Clus below the eol.m. is bihd or .cutely 2.tocth,d. It rs also close y .Ihed to
C und«M,m, which h.s . bifid .«le, but the leave, »e very much shorter, not undulated, the
spur i. not globose, and the midlobe ot th. hp apparently not oanmcled.
Tbe drawing here reproduced is inscribed " ? Siikim fid. Bot. eardec, Oalo. March 187».
Fis- 1, lomri 2, cohmn .»d lip; 3, Up ..m ta above i ••Ih.ri 6, p o l l i n i . U .»¡.rjrf.
P L A T E 87.
CLEISOSTOMA BICUSFIDATUM, Hook. / .
C hieuspiiatm- caule breYr, ioliis ascendentibus late lorifomiibns profunda aeute
b i f l d i s ' l o b i s sapius 'intus unidentatis, pednnenlo graeile e basi eaulis ascendente foliis
lengiere v. breTÌere simpliei T. patce racemifero, raeemrs apree deenr,.s laxe panei-v.
nmw.floris, fioribnB nrajusculls, sepalis petalisqne oblongrs snbaentrs flavo-w-eseentrbus
nervo meÌo roseo, labelli albi roseo picti lobis laterabbus majusenlrs rotundatrs T.
retusis terminali brevi crasso ovato incurvo, calcare sepalia Icngrore comeo-cylr„d,.aceo
obtuse, eallis ad basia lobi terminalis et infra celumnam 2-iid,s pnbescentrbns. Hook. f.
FI Brìi. Ind. vi. 75.
HAB.-SIKKIM HMALATA, near Darjeeling, Anienon { in Herb. Calcutta). KHASIA IIILLS,
alt. 3,000 ft., Uunn. TESÌBSBEM, l'arish.
Stem stent 2 - 3 in., rooting at the base, clothed with the green gaping sheaths of
the leaves ra the r numerous, distichous, 3 - 6 by i - 1 in., flat, striate, midrib
b r i - h t green, not keeled. Pcdnnok sometimes 8 in. long, and exceeding the
e l v l green, speckled with red; sheaths short, amplexicanl, brown; bracts minute ;
acemLs someiimes 6 in. long; pedicel with ovaa-y Ì in. ; flowers i - f m. broad. &pal,
A snreading or reflexed, 1-neived, rather membranous. Column short, stout,
" i . / n m loS beaked. Antbr flat, lanceolate, beak long or short; poUinia globose,
d e f t , seated below the rounded apei of the strap, which is rather long ar>d dilated
1 ClNimY OF ÌKra. lN OBOIIIDSi (J, B. IIOOKEB). »»
and petals and a hemispborio midlobe of tbe lip: it is. insoribed "neat Datjeehng, July 1862:
T. Anders.!' The anther of this is intermediate in length between those of the two former. ;
T have vainly endeavoured to identify this apparently rather widely distributed and very distinct
. ..1, J..mbed bv Eoiobenbaoh. There are several drawings oi it in Herbs. Kew and
r , " ; I g T otd L of vanety i. the flowers, b.t vox, nnifor. in habit and io the
u!vi.\roadlT aoutelY t iM flat leaves. Of thoae in the Calcutta Herb., that here reproduced i8
Fid. 20th J.dy 1869." It has a short anther, Figures Al, 2, 3 are
frL another drawing, marked "Aerides of Moulmein." It has a very long anther. A tliird drawing,
. a specimen with naiTOwer leaves and Buialler flowers, has a shorter stem ^ith broader sepals
The figs. B1 and :
Pig. 1, flower i S
1 the spccimeo figured rs
with the sepals and petals displaced and lip (fig. 3) remored; i. anther; 5, pollinia
enlaiyed. Al, lip i A2, author; A3, pollinia, all from the Moulmcin drawing aud
M «ij^r^teX 'siVcolumn and B3, lip laid open; botlj enlars/ed from a Ehasian specimen.
P L A T E 88.
IIERPYSSIA L0NGTCAULI8, ZinclL
IT. hngicmilis, Lindl. Stem 6—12 iu., robust, eloDgato and creeping and rooting
below, then ascending, as thick as a swan's quill or less, clothed below with white
inemhranous truncate pubescent sheaths, leafy above. Leaves 2—3 in., ovate-lanceolate
or elliptic, acuminate, narrowed into a short petiole, membranous, bright green, paler
beneath ; sheaths appressed to the stem, lower upper in., striate, pale green.
Raceme or spike terminal, sessile, many-fid. ; bracts longer than the ovary, very large,
broadly ovate, obtuse, membranous, pale brown, striate ; pedicels short, with the
pubescent ovary \—f in. long, suberect; flowers ^—§ iu. long, white or pale pink, or
white tipped with red. ¡Sepals puberulous, subequal, ovatc-oblongj acute, free, dorsal
forming a hood with the shorter, broader, obtuse petals. Lip shorter than the petals,
adnate to the sides of the column, subpanduriform, reflexed from the middle, strongly
5-iierved, disk with two flattish calli aboxit the middle and a thick lamella extending
to the rounded tip ; spur longer than the blade, straight, inflated above, slender
below, striate, longitudinally grooved and infolded at the back, tip rounded and notched.
Column short, white, contracted below the broad pulvinate contral stigma, without
appendages in front ; rostellum short, erect at length bifid. Anther sessile, erect,
linear-oblong, 2-cellcd; pollinia narrow, tipped with hard lanceolate appendages, pollengrains
flattened. In Wall Cat. n. 7389; et in Bot. Reg. stih. t. 1618; Gen. and Sp.
Orchid. 506 ef in Journ. Linn. Soc. i., 178, 190; Booh. f. Fl Brit. Ind. vi. 98.
I-UB.—EASTERN SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal, 'Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 3—4,000 ft.,
J . D. H. , &c. KIIASIA HILLS, alt. 4,500 ft., Clarice.
There is no inscription on the drawing, which is no doubt from a plant that flowered in the Boyal
Garden, Calcutta.
Fig. 1, side, and 2, froat view of flower; 3, flower nitli one lateral sepal and petal removed;—a/i tnlarqtd.
P L A T E 89.
ODONTOCniLUS LAXCEOLATUS, Bcnth.
0. lanccolatus-, caule pedali flexuoso, foliis 2—3-pollicaribus ovato-lanceolatis acutis
V. acuminatis, spica breviter pedunculata multiflora pubescente, bracteis lanceolatis ovarium
glabrum aequantibus v. excedentibus, floribus glabris, labelli aurei ungue lata utrinque
ectinata dentibus 3—6, lobis tei-minalibus oblongo-quadratis, sacco globoso didymo
polliniis globoso-ovoideis. Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 598; IXook. f. Fl Bril. Ltd. iii lOi'
HOW BUT. GAUD. CALC,, TOL. V.