Hemiorchis.] ^ ous, sctraMinex. (J. G. Baker.) 207 
Ovary l-celled; placentas 3, parietal; style filiform; stigma small, sub- 
globose, Capsule small, 1-celled, 3-valved. Seeds conical, aril white. 
H. burmanica, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. pt. ii. 108, 
t. 8; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7120. 
Kuasta Hiris, Mann. PEGv, MARTABAN and TENASSERIM, Kurz. 
Habit of Gastrochilus. Rhizome white, hypogoous. Leaves few, oblong, acute, 
eduncle with spike 3-1 ft., very pubescent, as are the rachis and calyx. Spike 
dense upwards; bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous. Calyx funnel-shaped, reddish- 
rown, f in., cleft below the middle. CoroJla-lobes reddish-brown : staminodes 
about 3 in., greenish-white ; lip whitish, minutely dotted with red-brown; stamen 
half as long as the corolla-segments, Capsule globose, 10-grooved, crowned by the 
Persistent acute calyx-lobes. ` 
4. ROSCOEA, Smith. 
Root fibres thick, fleshy, fascicled ; rootstock 0. Leaves lanceolate or 
oblong. Flowers in terminal spikes; bracts persistent, 1-fld. Calyx 
long, tubular, slit down one side. Corolla-tube slender, as long as or 
onger than the calyx; lateral segments spreading ; upper broad, cucullate, 
erect, hiding the staminodes and stamen. Lateral staminodes oblanceolate, 
Petaloid, erect ; lip large, cuneate, deflexed, 2-fid or emarginate; filament 
sort, erect; anther-cells linear, contiguous, connective produced at the 
se Into a forked appendage. Ovary 3-celled, cylindric or oblong; ovules 
very numerous, superposed ; style erect; stigma turbinate, margins ciliate. 
apsule cylindric or clavate, membranous, tardily 3-valved. Seeds ovoid, 
muute, arillate.—One species in Cochin China, and the following. 
lL R. alpina, Royle, Ill. 361, t. 89; stem short, produced leaves 2-3 
than’ oblong-lanceolate, spike sessile 1-2-fld., corolla-tube much longer 
n the calyx, limb dark purple, upper segment orbicular, lip broad 
(7 bifid. “Wight Ic. t. 2013 ; Horan. Prodr. 20. R. purpurea, Royle 
8913. R, purpurea var. minor, Wall. Cat. 6528 D, E. 
TEMPERATE CENTRAL and WESTERN HIMALAYAS; from KASHMIR to NEPAL, 
“eavding to 11,000 ft. 
tos hole plant 4-6 in. high. Leaves 3-4 in., under and not fully developed at the 
u Whe fime. Calyr-tube green, 1 in. or more, slit nearly to the base, Corolla- 
y White, Lin., longer than the calyx; upper segment orbicular-cuspidate, erect, 
mur long and broad ; lateral 4 in., lincar-oblong, deflexed. Staminode oblong- 
ulate, half as long as the upper segment ; fertile stamen as long as the stami- 
e; lip obovate-cuneate, 3-3 in., bifid about one-third of its length. 
hos R. Purpurea, Smith Erot. Bot. ii. 97, t. 108 ; leafy stem elongate, 
tu need leaves 5.6 lanceolate, flowers few in a sessile spike, corolla- 
up not longer than the calyx, limb purple rarely pale lilac or white, 
t lá segment obovate-cuneate, lip broad deeply bifid. Hook. Exot. Fl. 
p.i Bot. Mag, t, 4630; Rose. Scit. t. 64; Lodd. Bot. Cal. t. 1404; 
be Prodr, 20; Wall. Cat. 6528 A, B. i 
10,000 fr" AL and Eastern HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Sikkim, ascending to 
SSAM, the Kmasra HILLS, and BURMA. . 
imbriead, stem 4-1 ft, long. Leaves 6 by 1-1 in. at flowering time; sheaths broad, 
lin, slit q Bracts oblong, hidden in the sheaths of the upper leaves. Calya green, 
Upwards ; *eply down one side as the flower expands. Corolla-tube rat e ila e 
abont as vlt segment about 1 in., very cucullate ; lower lanceolate, decurved, 
0g.  Staminode oblanceolate unguiculate, half as long as the upper 
