100 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Odontochilus. 
6-8-fld. ; bracts } in. long, pubescent, laxly villous, ovary glabrous; sepals ovate- 
lanceolate, 1-nerved, softly pubescent ; petals lanceolate, unequal sided, long pointed ; 
sac of lip with 2 targe caruncles ; column very short, with 2 ascending auricles in 
front; rostellar arms long and broad; anther lanceolate; pollinia obovoid, much 
shorter than their broad thick coherent caudicles. 
6. O. brevistylis, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; leaves towards the top 
of the stem obliquely ovate-lanceolate acute, spike few-fld. pubescent, 
bracts as long as the ovary, claw of lip slender with few curved spinous 
teeth, sac globose, limb bipartite, segments semicircular, rostellar arms 
very short. 
PERAK ; on Gunong Batu Pateh, alt, 3400 ft., Wray. 
A span high. Leaves 14-2 in., pale green; petiole j in. Spike short; flowers 
white; ovary glabrous; sepals 4 in. long, lateral broadly obliquely ovate, acute, 
hairy, dorsal much smaller; petals semicircular with long points; sac of lip with 2 
large caruncles, claw narrow, limb larger than the sepals; column exceedingly 
short, frontal appendages obscure ; rostellar arms triangular, subacute ; anther short, 
ovate, obtuse; pollinia subglobose, sessile on the truncate base of the united caudicles 
which form a large fleshy triangular plate acute at the top, gland minute.—The 
pollinia and their caudicle are a good deal lke those of O. crispus. 
7. O. Elwesii, Clarke mss.; stem above and few-fld. spike hirsute, 
leaves ovate acute, flowers large, bracts as long as the hirsute ovary, sepals 
hairy, claw of lip broad irregularly toothed, sac scrotiform, lobes of limb 
subquadrate, rostellar arms subulate, pollen grains lamellate. Hook. f. Ie. 
Plant. ined. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft., Clarke, King. KnaAstA Has: on Shillong; 
alt. 6100 ft., Clarke. MuNNIPORE; on Kohima, Broin. 
Stem stout below, 6-8 in. high. Leaves 14-2 in., rather crowded, dark green 
with 3 red nerves. Spike 2—4-fld.; lateral sepals ovate, acuminate, 1-nerved, green 
purple-tipped or white, dorsal much smaller ; petals semicircular, with long or short 
points; sae of lip 2-lobed, claw dark purple, centre and subquadrate lobes white; 
column very short, frontal appendages triangular; anther short, apiculate, COD- 
nective very thick; pollinia broadly elavate, grains flat, caudicles 0, gland lineat.— 
This and O. grandiflorus have Jamellate ecaudiculate pollen. 
8. O. grandifiorus, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 598; tall, leafy, leaves 
3-5 in. obliquely elliptic acute, spike stout many-fld., rachis pubescent, 
bracts about equalling the glabrous ovary, sepals glabrous, spur of liP 
decurrent on the ovary, claw with 5-6 pair of long recurved spines, wings 
large cuneate, anther lanceolate. pollinia clavate, grains lamellate. Ancecto- 
chilus grandiflorus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc, i. 179. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft, J. D. H.  KmnasiA Hitts, alt. 4000 ft. 
J. D. H. y T. T. 
Stem with spike 12-15 in., as thick as a goose-quill below, Leaves 2-23 it 
diam., base acute or rounded; petiole 13-2 in. Spike 4-6 in. ; bracts 4 in, pink, 
slightly pubescent ; lateral sepals 4 in., faleately oblong-lanceolate, subacute, connate 
at the base and with the sac of the lip, and dorsal and petals mottled with pinkis 
white and green, dorsal much smaller. ovate; sac of lip rather long, calli within 
large crenate, limb 3-3 in. diam.; column longer than in its congeners, with 
ascending frontal wings; rostellum very broad, 2-cuspidate; pollinia lamellate; 
without caudicles, narrowed upwards, the narrowed portion lamellate down to tbe 
small gland. 
9. ©. Clarkei, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; tall, leaves 2-24 in. obliquely 
elliptic acute, spike subtomentose, many-fid., bracts longer than the 
