a A a 
Pholidota.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 845 
truncate, dorsal sepal suborbicular, lateral ovate obtuse ‘faintly 3-nerved 
not keeled, petals oblong-ovate 1-nerved, lip cymbiform with 2 auricle-like 
terminal lobes. Hook. J. Ic. Plant. t. 1878. Coelogyne recurva, Reichb. f. 
in Walp. Ann. vi. 938. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, Griffith’s Collectors. 
Internodes 1-2 in. as thick as a swan's quill, deeply 3-5-winged. Leaves 2, 
2-3 in., elliptic- or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, subsessile. Raceme 2-3 in., 
recurved ; bracts 4 in., secund, flabelliform, persistent ; flowers very small; sepals 
š in. long; base of column narrow ; rostellum short, transverse; lip with 5 lamellate 
basal nerves. Capsules + in., tumid; rachis stout not flexuous. 
3. P. Griffithii, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1881; bracts oblong, dorsal 
sepal broadly ovate or suborbicular, lateral ovate-lanceolate acute 5-nerved 
eeled, petals elliptic-lanceolate 3-5-nerved, lip cymbiform with a didymous 
terminal lobe, no side lobes. 
TROPICAL SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffith’s Collectors, J.D. H. Kuasia Mrs.; on 
Kollong, alt. 5000 ft., Clarke. l 
nternodes 3—5 in., as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves 2, 3-5 in., oblong-lanceolate. 
Racemes 1-2 in., decurved, rachis flexuous; bracts 1 in., oblong, obtuse; sepals 
$ in.; lip with 5 basal lamellate nerves; column suborbicular; rostellum ovate, 
acuminate, 
4. P. obovata, Hook. f.; leaves obovate retuse or apiculate, bracts 
oblong acute, dorsal sepal oblong, lateral ovate acute, petals obovate, lip 
Cymbiform with a didymous terminal lobe. 
Buoran, Griffith. WKuasta HiLLs (lc. in Herb. Caleutt.). . 1 
Internodes 21-4 in., cylindric, Leaves 21-34 by 14-2 in., sessile, 5-7-nerved. 
Cape very short; raceme 3 in., many-fld., fruiting recurved ; flowers l in. diam. 
apsule 1—2 in., ellipsoid, turgid, angles acute.—The materials for this very distinct 
species, Which may be known at first sight by the short broad leaves, consist of 
ruting specimens collected by Griffith, and a very rude drawing of a flowering 
Specimen marked as from the Khasia by Mr. Simons of Assam. The description of the 
ower may not be very accurate, 
** Rhizome elongate; internodes terete, clothed with membranous 
sheaths and bearing slender 1-2-leaved pseudobulbs at the nodes. Scape 
tom the sheaths of the internodes. 
5. P. protracta, Hook. f. Ie. Plant, t. 1877 ; bracts broadly ovate 
jute, sepals ovate obtuse 3-nerved not keeled, petals elliptic obtuse 3-nerved, 
Ip cy mbiform, terminal lobe suborbicular. o 
. TEMPERATE Sikkim Himanaya, Griffith's Collectors (Kew Distrib. 5042) ; at 
Neebong, alt. 7100 ft., Clarke. Naga Hints, Prain. : heaths long 
i ¿zome flexuous, as thick as a goose-quill; internodes 11-3 m. ; s e" " late, 
Ppressed ; pseudobulbs 2-4 in., subcylindrie. Leaves 5-6 in., elliptic- DOCU als 
*cumina te. Racemes 1-14 in., subsessile, flexuous ; bracts } in., membranous JG 
Can long, very concave ; lip gibbous above the base, 5-nerved, nerves simple. 
"psule 3 in, long, ellipsoid. 
& bid Pseudobulbs uninodal, seated on a very stout creeping rhizome. 
“ape from the top of the pseudobulb. 
t Bracts very broad. Lip with 2 free or connate terminal lobes. 
6. P. imb ; ^n Hook. Fl. Exot. t. 138; in Wall, Cat. 
91; Gen. § Sp Orid are in Bot. Reg. t. 1213 and 1777; bracts semi- 
