G34 ORCHIDES. 



suNim. 



dobulbosa. Folin solitaria, corij.cea. Scapiis radicalis , apice spicalus. 

 nracleae membranaceae , spntliaceae, floribus longiores. 



The \ery peciiliar anllier .opcning verlically, wiili iwo pairs of equal pollen- 

 niasses adbering to as maiiy tougli terete claslic legs or caudicles meeiing at ihe 

 rostelluin , wliich however furnishi^s no glainl, (Jislinguishes ihis very clearly from 

 all olher genera liaving Ihe habit of a Bolbophyll, except Acrochaene. lone differs 

 iii its having a pair of well-derined glands. The name Sanipia , (from Sunijiiang, an 

 Iiidian word). was applied hy Uuchanan IJaniilton lo various Bolhophylls , among 

 which this would have becn ir.cluded at ihe tinie when he flourished. 

 1. SUKIPIA SCARIOSA Lindl. in Wall. Cat., n. 7373. LO. n. I. Sert. Orch., fronlisp., 

 fig. 8; wilh a good d-escription. 



Ornilhidium braclealiim Wallich MSS. 



Pseudohulbs small, ovate. slighlly elongated. Leaves from two to four inches 

 long, by ihree lo seven liiies broad. Flowers while, siained willi pink. shorler thaii 

 ihe carinate glumaceous bracis, which, when closed, seem as if iheir ouiline was 

 triangular. Lip perfectly deslilute of fringes. Jly specimens vary from tive inches 

 10 a foot in heiglit. 



Wild in the Khasia Hills-Griflilh. T. Lobb ; Nepal— VVallich ; SikKim-Ilimalaya, 5— 

 6000 feet J. D. Ilooker . (v. s. sp.) 



Lindl. Serluni I. c. : Wallich niel with in May 1818. 'at Toka in Nepal, called 

 Sunipiang, where ihe name was tnken by Dr. Buchanan Ilamillon ; all which were de- 

 ciibed by the laie James Smilh in Bees's Cyclop. under them appear lo have belon- 

 ged to Bolbophyllum. Rhizomaie held down by numerous perpendicular roois as in 

 Iris. From ihese sprlng in abundance small inversely pear-shaped pseudobulbs 

 obout 1" and terminated by a single leaf. Each leaf 4" long , oval lanceolale , Gat, 

 shining, Grm , double-toolhed at ihe point, coiitracied at the base into a short chan- 

 elied petiole. Scapes sfiring from the base of pseudobulbs, very slender , erect, 

 rigid. biownish green, hai diy ihicker, ihan piece of iwine , cloihed wiih a few long 

 narrow &heaihing scales. These are terminaltd by distichous spikes, which are droo- 

 ping, 6" long. Flowers exacily alleraaie in di^ilichous mannor, yellowish purple, 

 neai ly parallel wiih ihe flatiened rhachis, whkih is half surrounded below each flower 

 by a single bract, dry ovate, coricave, acuminate. siriaied , someiimes expanded inio 

 au ovale obtuse lobe on each side. Flowers twolipped . much shorter , than ihe 

 bracls, pariially hidden by them. Sepals ovate. obtnse, sli{;htly tinged wiih pink. the 

 lateral ones the largest , and placed next the rhachis at the back of the labellum. 

 The peials are roui.dish, ovate, white, vcry obiuse, thrice as short as the sepals. La- 

 bellum fleshy. tinged wiih pink, tongue-shoped, blunt, luuch shoner ihan the sep;ils. 

 and a liltie dilaied near the base, where the margins stand erect , producing some- 

 thing ihe appearancc of a shoe. CoUimn short , not at all extended at the base into 

 a foot, bul quiie continuous wiih ihe ovaiy; in honi it ii. hollowed out into a stigma 

 aiid at ihe .suinmil it bears ihe aniher. From unu!>ual struciure of ihe anther the 

 genus derives its piuicipal distinguishiiig Itaiuje. Iiistead of being loose in the 

 antherbed; hiiiged by its back and opening along wilh its under side so as to allow 

 ihe pollcn masses to drop out upon ihe aniherbed , it is so lestened down by i:s 

 face . that tlie latter operalion htcomes impossible anJ in order lo provide for ihe 

 escapc of the pollen , the cclls open verlcally . so that when iheir sides are drawn 

 as under ihe pollen masses are at once seen reposir.gjn their places. Pollen masses 

 iheraselves are 4, adhering in two pairs, and according to memoranda made since, 

 they are attached to 2 caudiclcs ihe nature of whose conneclion wilh ihe siigma is 

 nol yet known. 



1438/^ ACROCHAKIVJB Lindl. 



Folia 1. Jan. 10. 1853. 



Sepala explanala, membranacoa, Jaleralibus majoribus Iriangularibus 

 (•olnmnae pedi produclo adnatis. f'e*a!a minoia. Labellum cum pede 



