88 CXLVIII. ORCHIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Thelasis. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
T. carinata, Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 137; ? of Blume Bijdr. 385 & 
Lindl. Gen, & Sp. Orchid. 253, In the absence of flowers it is impossible to say 
what species this may be; it differs greatly from the figure of Blume's T. carinata 
(from Java) in its small size, slender scape, short decurved raceme, and bracts, in all 
which, as in foliage, it closely resembles 7’. decurva, and is nearer to the Moluccan 
O. micrantha, Brong. (in Duperrey Voy. Bot. 198, t. 37 B.) than to T. carinata, 
Tribe III. NEOTTIEIE. (See vol. v., p. 668.) 
75. GALEOLA, Lour. 
Leafless, rarely leafy, yellow or brown, climbing or erect herbs; stem or 
branches terminating in loosely panicled often drooping racemes or 
panicles; flowers rather large. Sepals subequal, concave, connivent or 
spreading. Petals as long, narrower or broader. Lip sessile at the base of 
and loosely embracing the column by its base, short, broad, concave ; lateral 
lobes short or 0; midlobe broad. Column short or long, incurved, top 
dilated membranous; anther 2-celled; pollinia hippocrepiform, powdery 
or subwaxy. Capsule usually 2-4 valved, without septa; seeds winged or 
not.—Species 8 or 9, Indian, Malayan and Australian. 
* Stem simple, erect. 
1. G. Lindleyana, Reichb.f. Xen. Orchid. ii. 78; tall, very robust, 
sepals broadly ovate-oblong strongly ribbed dorsally, anther recurved 
clothed with long papilla. Cyrtosia Lindleyana, Hook. f. & Thoms. in Ill. 
a imal. Plant, t. 22. Erythorchis Lindleyana, Reichb. f. in Bonpland, v. 
Stxxrm HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft., J. D. H., Ze ?PKHASIA Hints, alt. 4000 ft., 
J. D. H. y T. T. Naga Hints, Broin. 
Rootstock elongate, very stout, 1-1} in. diam., tortuous, dark pink; roots very 
stout simple fibres. Stem 2-3 ft., glabrous, with short 3-amplexicaul obtuse sheaths 
below, brown purple. Panicle loosely branched, branches horizontal, and yellow flowers 
furfuraceously tomentose; bracts small; perianth subglobose, 1 in. diam.; petals 
broadly ovate, tip obtuse, crenate ; lip nearly hemispheric, margins and short ex- 
panded rounded limb erosely fimbriate, glabrous without, almost bearded within. 
Capsule 5-6 by $ in., fusiform, subacute, obtusely trigonous, red-brown, tardily 
dehiscing. 
2. G. Falconeri, Hook. f.; tall, very robust, sepals broadly ovate 
dorsally nearly smooth, anther glabrous. Pogochilus, Fale, in Hook. 
Journ. Bot, iv. (1842), 73. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Garwhal, Falconer, to Sikkim, Thomson, &c. 
Habit and stature of G. Lindleyana, but differing in the larger flowers and the cha- 
racters given above. The rootstock is sometimes as thick as the wrist. Possibly only 
a form of Lindleyana, but recognized as distinct by all collectors in Sikkim. I did 
not Dud it myself, 
3. G. javanica, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 590; dwarf, stem very 
stout glabrous below furfuraceous above, sepals oblong membranous, 
anther subhemispheric. Cyrtosia javanica, Blume Bijdr. 396, t. 6; 
Rumph. i. 199, t. 69; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 438; ReicAb. f. Xen. 
Orchid, ii. 76, t. 120. 
Assam, Masters (Ic. in Hort. Caleutt.).—DisTRIB. Java. 
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