Puate 2052 
CIRRHOPETALUM ELATUM, Took. f. 
OrcHIDER. Subtribe DENDROBIEA. 
seq 
lateralibus 3-4-plo longioribus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis co 
petalis late eter labello longe stipitato recurvo carunculato, oot 
breviter 2-setosa. 
Has. Sikkim Himalaya; alt. 5,000 feet, Gamble, Clarke. 
Rhizoma validum, crassitie penne anserine, nudum, ad ateng te 
radicans. Pseudobulbi 2-4 poll. longi, columnares, v. sensim a basi ad 
4 poll. 
flavi, purpureo-punctati; sepala obscure 5—7-nervia, concava, - L 
libera abellum ovato-lan latum, obtusum. Oolumna_ brevis, 
crassa, truncata, setis apicalibus minutis. 
Closely allied to O. pictwratwm, of Tenasserim, but the dorsal sepal 
has no awn, the petals are not erose, A flowers are not a and 
the sete of the column are very mi DD. Fis 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Dorsal sepal. 3, Petal. 4. Column and lip. All enlarged. — 
