Cælogyne. ] CXLVIII. OROHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 843 
C. (Pholidota) CORNICULATA, Reichb. J. in Gard. Chron. 1865, 746; raceme 
pendulous many-fld., sheaths large, bracts oblong cucullate apiculate exceeding the 
ovaries, flowers honey-coloured sweet, sepals oblong acute obtusely keeled in the 
lower half, petals narrowly lanceolate acute, lip deep yellow angled and saccate in 
the middle, side lobes bordered with brown semi-ovate acute, midlobe transverse 
rounded retuse obsoletely acute or minutely lobulate, (column?) slender dilated on 
each side near the stigma, side wings subacute, dorsal wing erect subquadrate emar- 
ginate, rostellum ascending. Very curious in the angular centre of the lip.—India, 
probably Assam ( Hort. Day).—(The word “ column ” is omitted in the text; its slender- 
ness is quite at variance with Pholidota, J. D. H.) 
C. Gowznt, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1869, 443; pseudobulbs and leaves of 
C. ocellata (nitida, L.), raceme flexuous erect lax-fld., bracts equalling the ovary 
deciduous, flowers white as large as those of C. fimbriata, sepals cuneate oblong 
acute, petals lanceolate, lip trifid, side lobes obtuse-angled serrulate in front, midlobe 
oblong with an inflexed tip and a tumor on each side near the base, disk ochreous 
with 3 entire keels the median shorter, top of column serrulate.—Assam (Hort. 
Williams). 
C. LACTEA, Reichh. f. in Gard. Chron. 1888, i. 521; pseudobulb short thick 
fusiform, leaves very thick petioled cuneate oblong acuminate, raceme porrect 6-8-fld., 
bracts deciduous, flowers cream-white, sepals oblong obtusely acute, petals linear- 
lanceolate, side lobes of lip obtuse, midlobe porrect, disk with 3 crenulate keels froin 
the base between the side lobes, top of column 2-3-fid.—Burma (Hort. Lendy).— 
Perhaps C. lutea, Parish mss., of which the specimens are very imperfect.) 
C. PLANTAGINEA, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1855, 20; pseudobulbs 6 in. elongate 
terete 2-leaved, sheaths acuminate ‘scorched, leaves 1 ft. petioled oblong-lanceolate 
rm waved 5-ribbed, raceme long pendulous many-fld., bracts small brown acute 
Very deciduous, flowers greenish yellow, petals linear-lanceolate, sepals rather broader 
eeled, lip ovate-oblong acuminate 3-lobed white streaked with brown, disk with 
3 finbriate lamella between the side lobes and 4 on the midlobe.— [India ? (Hort. 
arnham C istle).— Approaches nearest to C. flaccida. . 
C. (Erecta) Rosstana, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1834, ii. 808 ; pseudobulbs 
Obpyriform 4-ribbed, leaves 12 by 11 in. long-petioled oblong-lanceolate, scape from 
le base of the old bulbs very short sheathed 4-fld., flowers secund cream-white, 
racts linear acuminate deciduous, sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, lip 3-fid, side 
obes ochreous obtuse-angled, midlobe triangular dilated, disk with 3 plaited ridges 
Produced into the mi llobe where there is an additional plaited keel on each side, 
column White.— Burma (Hort. Ross).—Apparently near C. flaccida, J. D. H. 
35. OTOCHILUS, Lindl. 
Stem articulate, branched, formed of superposed elongate pseudobulbous 
mternodes, Leaves in pairs at the nodes, elliptie or lanceolate, plaited. 
“pe subterminal on the internodes, slender, bases sheathed; flowers 
‘mall, racemose; bracts scarious, sides convolute. Sepals and petals sub- 
equal, free, narrow, spreading. Lip sessile at the base of the column, base 
Stccate, side lobes erect, midlobe narrow, entire. Column very long, 
slen er, erect, foot O: anther-cells distinct, subglobose ; pollinia 4, ovoid 
Inga globose, cohering in pairs or all together by a viscus.—Species 3 or 4, 
ian, 
l. O. alba, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1967; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 35; 
Sepals and petals acute, side lobes of lip very small obtuse, midlobe linear- 
plong acuminate. Coslogyne alba, Reich. f. im Walp. Ann. vi. 236. 
"oughtonia pendula, Wall. mss. . 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. The Knasi^ 
Hints a 
nd MUNNIPORE, . s i. 
Pseudodulhs 1-3 in., subcylindric. Leaves 4-6 by 1}-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate. 
