﻿PHOLIDOTA RUBRA, Lindl 



Orchide^. Sub-Tribe C(ELOGYKE.e. 



P. rubra, Lindl Gen. 8f Sp. Orchid. 37 ; psendobulbis 

 obpyriformibus rbizoma* 



acuminatis 5-nerviis, scapo brevi bracteis vac 

 racemo elongato gracili decurvo laxifloro, bracteis distichifl 

 acutis, sepalo dorsali ovato obtuso 5-nervi, lateralibns la 

 acuminatis 3-nerviis crasse costatis, petalis linearibusl-nervi 

 latiore quam longo obtuse 3-lobo nervis 5 infra medium sub! 

 Wall. PI. As. Bar. c. iii. p. 21, t. 239 ; Book. f. Fl. Brit. 

 P. undulata, Lindl. in Lot. Beg. sub t. 1213 and xxvii. Mi*c. 

 gyne rubra et undulata, Beichb.f. in Walp< Ann. vi. 238. 



Hab. Subtropical Himalaya and tbe Kbasia r 

 6,000 ft, Wallich. &c, Burma, Griffith {KewBistrib. 5387). 

 Bhizoma crassitie pennaa olorinm, radicibus crebris ; | 

 2 :;-,,ni]irams olfmlracei v. basin versus angustati. Folia \ 1" Yf- 

 longa, .Vnervia, tenuia. Seapus florens basi vaginatns, deu 

 bulbo evoluto nudus ; racemus 4-8-pollicaris, flexuo. 

 f-^poll. longa*, demum reflexae ; sepala ± poll 

 columna enneato-obovata, obtuse 2-dentata, clinandn" *—' 

 Capsula 2-3 poll, longa.— J. D. Hookek. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lateral sepal. 3. Petal. 4 and 5. Lips. 6 



