196 CXLVIII. oRcHIDEE. (J.D. Hooker.) [Supplement, $c. 
P. 6. After E. SQUALIDA, insert— . bee " 
29/1. E. HOLOCHILA, Coli. d Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 132; Wopen 
lax-fld., flowers large, bracts about equalling the ovary, scape robust, sepals 0 "v 
obtuse, petals obovate-oblong tips rounded, lip orbicular entire or very obscurely 
broadly 3-lobed, disk smooth. Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 2116 ined. 
BURMA ; on the Shan Hills, alt. 4000 ft., Collett. ëtt. with 
Leaves very young at flowering time. Scape 12 in., as thick as a swan S quill, vier 
two oblong ventricose obtuse sheaths below the middle; raceme Gin. ; bracts slen ed, 
membranous; pedicel with ovary $ in.; flowers 1j-2 in., broad ; sepals Gent 
lateral adnate to the sides of the spur; petals 5-nerved, the outer pair branc mg 
outwards ; lip about as long as the sepals, nerves very many parallel, mentum spu 
like.—Only one specimen seen by me. stats 
pa 25. E. SANGUINEA. Add Syn, C. rufa, Thw. Enum. 302, and to the habitats, 
CE£xrow, at Hantani, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. a 
CYRTOPERA RUFA, Thwaites. 'Yhis plant was unknown to me till I was e 
living specimen that was sent by Dr. Trimen from Ceylon, and which flowered in 
Royal Gardens, Kew. [t is identical with 25, Eulophia sanguinea, as figured in po" 
Mag. t. 6161. The colour of the flowers varies. adl 
EvLoPRIA Sp., Trimen Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 89 (C.P. 3958). Dr. Trimen has kindy 
lent me the Herb. Peradeniya species of this ; it is E. graminea, L. Don 
To the species of Eulophia “ UNKNOWN TO ME” add ? BLETIA BICALLOBA, P 
Prodr. 30 (Limodorum bicallosum, Ham. mss.),! from Nepal, thus described by b A 
—Scape 14 ft. erect terete scaly, raceme 6-8-fld., flowers pale, lip 3-lobed suvu 
guiculate anfractuously articulate and saccate at the claw, lobes rounded, m! o te 
largest crisped glabrous, sepals and petals elliptic mucronulate, lateral sepals adna a 
to the unguiform process; pollinia 4, parallel, waxy.—Don adds that it is hardly 
Bletia, under which genus he includes an Arundina, a Calanthe and a Eulophia. 
P. 32. After 2. Doritis WIGHTII insert — ide 
3. D. BRACEANA, Hook. f. ; scape stout elongate, znentum spur-like acute, 8! 
lobes of lip ovate-lanceolate, midlobe spathulately obovate. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Gamble. k 
Roots very many, broad, flat. Stem very short. Leaves oblong, Very dar 
green. Scape much longer than the leaves, as thick as a crow-quill or thicker, very 
dark green, speckled with brown; raceme 6-10-fld.; bracts minute, triangu ar; 
peduncle with ovary $-1 in., decurved ; flowers 1 in, diam. ; sepals obovate-obloné: 
obtuse, and narrower petals fleshy yellow with pinkish midrib ; lip membrani, 
violet-purple, tips of the forked appendage straight. Column very large, fles de 
pollinia 4 subglobose.—Described from a drawing and notes by Mr. Brace. ‘ble 
nearer to D. tenialis than to Wightiana, differing in the many-fid. long remark? r- 
stout scape and much larger flowers with yellow sepals and petals and a longer sp 
like mentum. 
P. 40. After 26. SARCOCHILUS MERGUENSIS, insert— 
26/1. S. (Fornicaria) PUGIONIFOLIA, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined, ; stemless, peduncle 
about equalling the few elongate-subulate recurved deeply channelled leaves, 
suberect, lip sessile on the foot of the column saccate truncately 3-lobed ciliate. 
CEYLON; at Varuniya, in the N. Central Province, Trimen. ith 2 
Leaves 2-3 by à in. at the thickest part, fleshy, more than semi-terete W! te- 
rounded back and very deep channel in front. Peduncle glabrous; bracts on ke 
oblong, obtuse, Flowers } in. diam., pale primrose ; lip with a few purplish long 
ings; sepals ovate-oblong obtuse, lateral gibbous on the lower margin ; petals ° 
obtuse ; lip ciliate on the lobes and disk towards the broad 3-lobed apex, side m t 
rounded, midlobe not longer orbicular; a small caruncle at the base of the midlo , 
column short, white.—I have to thank Dr. Trimen for a specimen and a drawing: 
P. AO. On last line of description of SancocHILUs FILIFORMIS, for S. Trimem dis- 
S. rering (vhi , [ond proposed the former name for the latter plant berg e 
covering (whilst the description was passi it was 
viridi erum. Thw. p passing through the press) that 
P. 44. To habitats of 3. Æ, cYLINDRACEUM, add CEYLON. 
