﻿PHOLIDOTA PROTRACTA, Hook.f. 

 Oechide^i. Sub-Tribe C(elogtnej:. 



P. protracta, Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. V. ined. ; psenrL • 

 gatis angustis rhizomate elongato flexuoso vaginato re 

 elliptico-lanceolatis acnminatis, scapis brevissimis rhizoma 

 racemo brevi filiformi, bracteis distichis late ovatis acutis, floribua 

 minutis, sepalis late ovatis obtnsis petalisque ellipticis S-narriiB, 

 labello ovato-oblongo 5-nervi, basi saccato, lobulo terminali subor- 

 biculari retuso, istbmo inconspicuo. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 7,000 ft., Griffith's Collectors, C. B. 

 Clarke; Naga bills, Brain. 



Rhizoma 1-2-pedale, crassitie penna? olorina?, carnosum, valde flexu- 

 osum, vaginis elongatis membranaceis, inter- 

 pseudobulbi:- a draoeis. Folia l-6-p 



viter petiolata, "tomiiu. lhm>mi 1 U poll, loi _\ Riclii i\ \uosa ; bracte® 

 & poll.; sepala £ poll, concava f labelli nervi siropHces; columna 

 obovata. Capsula £ poll, longa, ellipsoidea.— J. D. Hookee. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Dorsal, and 3. lateral sepals. 4. Petal. 5. Lip. 6. Column. 

 ■7. Capsule. All, except Jiff. 7, enlarged. 



