Puate 2056. 
CIRRHOPETALUM BREVIPES, Hook. J. 
OrcHIDEs. Subtribe Denprosies. 
‘emma iat ped Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 777; rhizomate 
sinaes anon eudobulbis remotis ovoideo-oblongis teretibus 
maturis siding: folio pale elliptico-oblongo acuto, scapo pseudobulbo 
suo breviore vaginato, umbella 4—6-flora, floribus breviter pedicellatis 
I poll. longis roseis, sepalo dorsali late ovato acuto concavo lateralibus 
a acuminatis discretis multoties breviore, petalis late 
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Sikkim Himalaya; between Yoksun and J ongri, about 8,000 
eis T. Anderson, Oct. 1362 (Ic. in Herb. Hort. Cale . 
hine iin radicans. seudobulbi 1-15 poll. ey loves, virides, 
brunneo suffusi. Foliwm 3-pollicare. Se 3-8 poll. longus, vegies 
laps anit erectis tectus. Umbella 2 poll. lata ; pedicelli 4 poll. 
longi, virides ; bractese subulate 
A remarkable species, the sins branched rhizome being scandent, 
piialigby. eee feet long, and bearing distant erect pseudobulbs, the 
terminal of which alone bears a flowerin pe at its base. The 
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of Sikkim, at the base of Kinghin-junga, by Lutchman Singh, under 
the late Dr. Anderson’s supervision, and lent to me by Dr. King.— 
J. D. H. 
