Papel TAs 
REN ANTHERA ImsoHooriaNa. 
Native of Assam. 
Nat. Ord. Oxcuipra.—Tribe Vannes, 
Genus Renantuera, Lour.; (Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 677.) 
RenantuERa Imschootiana; rhizomate $-1-pedali crassitie Fee anserine, 
_ ramis brevibus foliosis, foliis 2-4 poll. longis lineari-oblongis ad 1 poll. 
latis recurvis apice inwqualiter bilobis lobis rotundatis lete viridibus 
marginibus recurvis, pedunculo axillari $-1-pedali vaginis paucis brevibus 
aucto, racemo multifloro basi tantum interdum ramoso, ramis pedicellis 
pollicaribus bracteis ovariisque rubris, bracteis parvis rotundatis concavis, 
_ sepalo postico } poll. longo lineari-oblanceolato obtuso flavo, lateralibus 
- ungviculatis 13 poll. longis ovalibus obtusis supra cinnabarinis subtus 
_ ochraceo-rubris, eco anguste spathulatis sepalo dorsali brevioribus 
- flavis rubro maculatis, labello minuto 3-lobo aureo sanguineo maculato, 
lobo antico recurvo fere orbiculari crasso basi trituberculato, lateralibus 
brevibus triangularibus obtusis, disco cristato, caleare brevi saccato obtuso, 
columna brevi truncata sanguinea, antheria hemispherica. 
R. Imschootiana, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1891, p. 200; in Orchid Review, 
vol. iii. (1895) p. 208; vol. iv. (1896) p. 229; in Gard. Chron. 1898, vol. i. 
pp. 41, 42, fig. 17. 
R. Papilio, King § Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. lxiv. (1896) p. 328. 
Mr. Rolfe, in describing this beautiful plant in the Kew 
Bulletin, informs us that it was sent to the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, in 1896, by Mr. A. Van Imschoot, of Ghent, who 
_had received it from Messrs. F. Sander & Co.; of St. 
Albans, as presumably a native of Cochin China. © It has, 
however, since been found by Lieut. E. Lugard and others 
in Assam, which must be regarded as its native country. 
Plants of it were sent by the latter officer to the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, which were described by Sir 
G. King and Dr. Prain, under the name of BR. Papilio. 
It is remarkable in the genus for its dwarf stature. The 
specimen here figured flowered in a tropical house in the 
Royal Gardens in June, 1899; the flowering lasting for 
about a month: 
Descr.—Stem as much as a foot long, as thick as a goose- 
quill, tortuous, sending out stout roots and short leafing 
and flowering branches. Leaves close-set, distichous, 
Apri Ist, 1900. 
