﻿PHOLIDOTA RECURVA, Lindl. 

 Oechide^;. Sub-Tribe C<elogyne.b. 



P. recurva, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 37 ; rhizomate carnoso artieu- 

 lato e psendobTilbis elongatis constante, foliis 2-nis linear! v. elliptico- 

 lanceolatis acutis, scapo brevi, racemo recurvo densifloro, bracteis 

 latissimis subsecundis imbricatis, floribus pa 



obtusis, dorsalilate eUiptico, lateralibus oblongis, petalis ovato-oblongis 

 1-3-nerviis, labello cymbiformi fere globoso nervis 5 ban 

 auriculis 2 parvisterminato. Eook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. V. ined. Ccelogyne 

 recurva, Beichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 238. 



Hab. Subtropical Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich. ; Sikkim, Griffith's 

 Collectors (Kew Distrib. 5032). 



Rhizoma 6-8-pollieare, nodis radicantibus ; internn.liis 2-2 -pnlli- 

 caribus crassitie pennaa olorinse, sir 



pollicaria, subsessilia, subplicata. Scopus poUicans bam vagmatus ; 

 racemns 2-3-pollicaris ; bractea? £ poll, longse, flabelliformes, 



ipoll. 'longa; colamna apice tantum dili 

 Capsula i poll, longa, subglobosa.— J. 1 



, Flower. 2. Dorsal, t 



Li PS . 



