Plate 210L 



CERATOSTYLIS HIMALAICA, JL>ol\ f. 



Okchide^, Sabtribe CoJLOGYNEJi:. 



C. Mmalaica, Hook. /. FL Brit, lucL v. 82^ ; caulibus fascicnlatis 

 brevibiis simplicibus v. ramosis vaginis lanceolatis acuminatis mem- 

 branaceis imbricatis opertis, psendobulbis 0, foliis anguste lanceolatis 

 acuTninatis, floribus snbsolitariis breviter pedunculatis, bractea lanceo- 

 lata, ovario sessili sepaliscjne araneosis, sepalis lafceralibus late trian- 

 gnlari-ovatis snbacutis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, mento 

 brevi rotundato, labollo brevi obovato-oblongo saccafco carnosulo, dorso 

 apicem versus gibboHo et papilloso, colamnre ramis brevibus. Eria 

 ramosissiniaj WalL 3ISS> 



Hab. Eastern tropical Himalaya; E. Nepal, J". D. H. ; Bliotan, 

 Griffith ; Khasia Hills, Gihson (Ic. in Uerh. Calciitt.), 



Canles 2-4-pollicares, dense csespitosi, siniplices v. ramosi, radicibus 

 fibrosis; vaginee ^-| poll, longae, erecta?, laxe imbricatae, scariosee, 

 striato-nervosj3e. Folia 2-2h poll, longa, sabacuta v. acuminata, coriacea 

 y, subcarnosa, sessilia v. in petiolum brevem angustata. PeduncttU 

 vaginis immersi, uniflores, floresque sparse araneoso-pubescentes ; 

 bractea lanceolata, ovario sequilonga. Flores minutl ; sepala lateralia 

 pallide rosea, 3-5-nervia ; petala 3-neryia, alba, purpureo fasciata ; 

 labellum obscure 3-lobura, lobis lateralibus purpureo marginatis, ter- 

 Tninali aureo. Columna brevissima, reniformls. Gapsida ^ poll, longa, 

 ellipsoidea, crasse costata. 



The plate is copied from a coloured drawing in tbe Calcutta 

 Herbarium inscribed ^ Eria ramosissivia^ Wall., Mr. Gibson's Churra 

 collection/ It represents tbe flowers as considerably larger than in tbe 

 native specimens. ^J. D. H. 



Fig. K Flower. 2. Bracf, ovary, nnd cohimn. 3. Anther. 4. P.Ilinia. All 

 enlarged^ 



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