ACKOClIAtNE. 



OHCHIUES. G35 



colijmnae arliculalum, membranaceum, complicalum , inappendiculalum, 

 in columnam incumbens. Columna nana, mutica, basi loni2e producta. 

 1'ollinia 2, globosa, apice rima verlicali fissa, caudicnlis totidem lereti- 

 bus apice contiguis adnata. Glandula 0. Anthera membranacea, in- 

 cumbens, 1-locularis. Heibae epiphytae, Indiae septentrionalis, pseudo- 

 bulbosae. Folia coriacea. Racemi radicales, erecti, laxe va.yinati. 



Whot ilie irue posilion of lliis and Sunipia may be is open to some question. The 

 presence of a lough lereie tauclicle lo each polleii mass poinis to Vaiideae ; bul ihere 

 is certainly no free gland, The habit of tlie only species is peculiar. 



1. ACROCHAENE PUNCTATA Lindl. I. c: 



I»seudobulbus ovatus. Folium solrtarium, coriaceum, oblongum , Vi unciale, pe- 

 tiolo 3V2 unciali. Scapus radicali.s, folio brevior, basi laxe vaginatus , squamis palu- 

 lis lineari-lanceolatis membranaceis veslitus , apice racemosus. Bracteae squamis 

 conformes, ovaVio vix aequales. Fiores straminei, sanguineo-punctali. Sepalum dor- 

 sale ereclum, ovalum , obtusum: lateralia triangularia. l'etala uninervia, fimbriaia. 

 Labellum complicatum, tniobum ; lobis lateralibus erectis obsolelis serrulalis , inter- 

 mfdio recurvo plano obtuso. 



Wild in ihe Sikkira — Himalaya, al ihe lieight of 4000 feet— J. D. Ilooker. (v. s. sp. 

 et ic. pict.) 



1438/2. 101VE2 I/mdL 



Folia 1. Jan. 10. 1&53. Ilaec : 



Sepala membranacea , basi aequalia . bilabiata, lateralibus parallelis 

 saepius connatis, labello suppositis. Petala nana. Labellum poslicum, 

 inlegrum, sepalis majus vel aequale, margine membranaceurn , medio 

 striatum carnosum, saepius in apicem pugioniformem prodnclum. Co- 

 lumna nana, semiteres, libera, niulica, basi producta. Pollinia 4, per 

 paria glandulis 2 distinclis cartilagineis ovalibus adnata. Herbae epi- 

 ph\tae, Himalenses, pseudobulbosae. Folia solitaria, coriacea. Scapus 

 radicalis, spicalus. Bracleae membranaceae, nunc spalhaceae, flonbus 

 longiores. 



Wiih ihe habit of a Bolbo|.hyIlum or Didactyle , this genus unites the glands and 

 pollen-masses of an Angraecum. Its jong men)branous two lipped calyx, dwarf pe- 

 lals. and large lip, with a fleshy axis usualiy exlendcd into a dagger-shaped point, 

 are veiy unlike anything belonging to nejghbouring gcncra. I see no reason for re- 

 garding ihe glands as of a diflerent nalure from thosc of Vandcae, out of whicti ihis 

 lorms oiie of ihc traiisitons to Molaxids. 



§. 1. Latiloliae; bracleis spathaccis. 



1. lOiNK ClHi;il.\TA Lindl. 



I. foliis oblongis scapo aequalibus, bracteis cucullatis acutis ovariis 

 longioribus, sepulis laleralibus connalis, pelalis rotundafis integerrimis, 

 labello ovato oblongo integro lineis 2 elevalis basi clavalis aucto. 



Very rouch like the next ; but the leaves are fonger , and ihe lip is not serrated, 

 but is marked by two elevated whiie lines. resembling the columnar cirrhi of a Ca- 

 lasetum. Flowers diriy while. with purplo slreaks and a d^ep violet lip. My account 

 is almosi wholly taken from Mr. Cathcart's flgure in Dr. llooker's possession. 



Wild in Sikkim-Himalay.3 , at the hci{Tht of 4000 fect — J. D. Hookcr . (v. s. sp 

 et ic. pict. Cailuorl.) 



