846 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Pholidota. 
circular, dorsal sepal orbicular 3-nerved, lateral cymbiform, keel winged, 
petals linear-oblong faleate l-nerved, lip with large broad rounded sides 
and 2 smaller terminal lobes. Lodd. Bot. Cah. t. 1934; Wight Te. t. 907; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 262. P. pallida, Lindl. in Bot, Reg. xxi. sub. t. 1777. 
Coelogyneimbricata & pallida, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 238. Ptilocnema 
bracteatum, Don Prodr.23. Cymbidium imbricatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 460. 
Ornithidium imbricatum, Wall. mss.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xii. t. 47. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon, alt. 3500 ft., Strachey &' Winterbottom, 
eastwards, The Knasra MTs., CHITTAGONG, BURMA and the ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 
The DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards, CEYLON. . 
Pseudobulbs 1-3 in. long and narrow, or short and broad. Leaf solitary, 6-12 in., 
elliptic-lanceolate, petioled, 3-nerved. Raceme long-peduncled, elongate, drooping, 
3-8 in. long; bracts } in. broad; sepals } in. long, lateral connate at the base; 
lip 4-Iobed, 5-nerved, 3 median nerves thickened at the base ; column circular when 
spread out, rostellum truncate. Capsule 3 in., ellipsoid on a thickened (not zigzag) 
rachis, 
Var. ? sessilis; raceme sessile, rostellum 2-brachiate.—Naga Hills, on Kohima, 
alt. 3500-5000 ft., Prain. : 
VAR. ? coriacea; leaf sessile coriaceous, flowers larger, 4 lobes of lip subequal in 
length, the lateral rather narrower.— Perak, Scortechini, King’s Collector. 
7. P. advena, Reichb.f. Otia Hamburg. 47 ; bracts semicircular, dorsal 
sepal elliptic obtuse strongly 5-nerved, lateral ovate, midrib very pU 
petals elliptic-lanceolate acute 3-nerved, lip with very broad roundel $i 
and 2 terminal lobes caruncled at their bases. 
TENASSERIM; at Moulmein, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 5047), P arish. Iliptie- 
Pseudobulbs stout or slender, distant on the stout rhizome. Leaves gehen 
lanceolate, acuminate; nerves very slender, Raceme short, decurved, Poi rokeded 
bracts j in. broad; sepals nearly } in. long; lip 5-nerved, 3 median nerves e rminal 
at the base, caruncled towards the apex which is produced between the vad 
lobes; column very broad and short; rostellum very large, 2-glandular or ^ ners; 
atthe tip; anther very large, long, truncate, very different from that of its conge 
pollinia as in the genus. 
Ann. vi. 238; bracts ovate, 
8. P. calceata, Reich). f. in Walp. À, petals linear- 
dorsal sepal orbicular 3-nerved, lateral ovate faintly 3-nerved, | subacute 
oblong or ovate-lanceolate l-nerved, lip with broad ascending P lant. 
side lobes and 2 smaller auricle-like terminal lobes. Hook. f. £¢ 
t. 1876. Coelogyne calceata, Reichh. f. 
Kuasia Hints, alt. 4-5000 ft., Lobb, J. D. H. & T. T. izome, 1-1} i» 
Pseudobulbs crowded on a rather slender densely-rooting | rhiz r-lanceolate, 
slender, curved, rarely short and stout. Leaf solitary, 3-6 in., n ing is 
acute, petioled, l-nerved. Raceme 2-4 in. long peduncle and TOP yjnandeiai? 
capillary ; bracts } in., acute or obtuse ; sepals } in. long, membranous j 
hippoerepiform. Capsule } in.—Much the most slender species. 
M a 0. 
tt Bracts narrow. Lip with a simple narrow terminal lobe ot ; 
inear, 
. 9. P. Convallariee, Mook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1880; lente oblong 
linear, raceme stout suberect, scape sheathed to the tip, dors ovate obtu 
d-nerved, lateral ovate acuminate, midrib thick, petals Les A ‘nortóð tip 
3-nerved, lip cymbiform nearly orbicular broader than 3372 977. 
emarginate. Coslogyne Convallariw, Reichb. f. in Flora ie 
Kuasta Hiris, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. 4 T. T. Naga HIILIS; 
alt. 4500 ft., Prain. TENASSERIM; at Moulmein, Parish. 
