844 OXLVIII, OROHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Otochilus. 
eoa : : : : ts 
Racemes cernuous ; flowers } in diam., white with a pink or green column; brac 
oblong, acuminate, caducous ; side lobes of lip yellow or white. 
2. O. fusca, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1969; Gen. & Sp. Orekid: E 
sepals and petals obtuse, side lobes of lip reduced to small teet] "ang. T: 
linear-oblong. Bot. Mag. t. 3921. O. lancifolia, Griff. Notul. iii. 7 T4 
Plant. Asiat. t. 289. Coslogyne fusca, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 200. 
Broughtonia ? fusca, Wall. mss. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. ASSAM, the 
Kaasia HILLS and MUNNIPORE. : inear- 
Pseudobulbs 1-2 in., cylindric, fusiform or clavate. Leaves 2-5 in, ete; 
lanceolate, shortly petioled. Racemes short or long; bracts $ in. tals narrower, 
flowers larger than in O. a/ba, pale pink; sepals 3 in., linear-oblong ; dn ule à in— 
dilated upwards; lip concave; column red; pollinia subglobose. Caps 
The name is inappropriate, 
3. O. porrecta, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1968; Gen. Sp. Orchis, t 
sepals acuminate, side lobes of lip falcate obtuse, midlobe "rona yi 
latifolia, Griff. Notul ii. 979; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. n "rans, Wall. 
porrecta, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 236. Tetrapeltis fragrans, 
MSS. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards, alt. 3-6000 ft. 
HILLS and MUNNIPORE. TENASSERIM, alt. 5000 ft., Parish. 14-2} in., elliptic- 
Pseudobulbs 2—4 in., subcylindric or clavate. Leaves 5-10 Dy A caducous ; 
lanceolate, rather long-petioled. Racemes decurved; bracts brow , i with larger 
flowers white or pale flesh-cold. ; sepals 1-8 in., linear ; petals linear; "Ip, 
2. 8_] in. 
side lobes than in the two other species; pollinia globose. Capsule 4-11 
The KHASIA 
36. PHOLIDOTA, Lindl. 
. ‘le 2-leaved 
Perennial herbs with the habit of Ofochilus, or with rep rte 
pseudobulbs. Scape or rachis of raceme often flexuous ; ne flat, broad or 
rigid; flowers small, globose. Sepals concave. Peta n subentire or 
narrow. Lip sessile on the base of the column, erect, sacca ‘is subglobose, 
3-4-lobed. Column very short, hooded or winged; anther-ce irs by a Viscus: 
rarely elongate ; pollinia 4, subglobose, free or cohering in pa 
—Species about 20, Indian, Malayan and Chinese. 
ternodes: 
1. P. articulata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1992; Gen. 1 sepal suborbr 
in Bot. Reg. 1839, Mise. 44; bracts rhombic-ovate, dorsa mi 
cular, lateral ovate keeled, lip eymbiform with a didymus y 1856, 329. 
khasiana, Jéeiclh. f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 238; im Bouplan khasiana 
Coelogyne articulata, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. wi. ' 
Reich. f. l c. ] stwards, and the 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-4000 ft., from Kumaon ea 
Kuasia Mrs., common. 6 
Internodes 2—4 in., as thick as the little finger, terete. Leaves 9, IE acis iie 
or petioled, elliptic-lanceolate, acute. Racemes 2-4 in, droop "5 basal Jame 
rhombic-ovate; pedicel with ovary 4 in.; sepals j in.; lip, a: 
nerves; column narrow, rostellum acuminate. Capsule $ 
flexuous. wy proad 
. . vi 
2. P. recurva, Lindl. Gen. d Sp. Orchid. 37; bracts 
i in, 
