Platk 2104. 



CCELOGYJSTE OCCULTATA, Hooh, f. 



ORCHir»E.^. Subtribe CcELOGY^K^. 



C. occultata, SooJc.f, FL Brit Ind. v. 832; rblzomaterobustoasceu. 

 dente vaginato, pseudobulbis turbinatim obovoideis sulcatis acute cos- 

 tatiSj foliis ellipticis acutis, scapo e basi pseudobulbi enato ascendente 

 toto ^vaginato, vaginis coriaceis supremis subfoliaccis, flonbus paucis 

 breviter pedicellatis vaginis bracteisque obtectis albis, sepalis petalis- 

 que panllo angustioribus oblanceolatis acutis, labelli hypochilo lobis 

 rotundatis carinis 2 crassis crenatis percurso epicbilo ovato-rotundato 

 crenato, lamina incrassata disco adnata. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, Gnffiih's Collectors (Ic, in Eerh Cahutt.). 



Bhizoma crassitie pennae olorinae, internodiis brevibns. Fseudolulhi 

 1-1^-pollicares, sessiles, angulis demum undulatis intervallis latis 

 concavis ]a3vibus. Folia snbsessilia v. breviter petiolata, coriacea, 2-3 

 poll, longa, 6-nervia. Scapas 1-2-pollicaris, unacum vaginis crassitie 

 pennsG olorina?, vaginis viridibus arete imbricatis poUicaribus acutis. 

 -F/ores conferti ; bractea? poRicares, oblongoe, acuta;; sepala pollicaria, 

 interdum flavo-marginata ; labellam rubro-lineolatum, lobi laterales 

 plaga brunnea semilunai'i notatis, carinis brunneo-marginatis. Columva 

 apice dilatata, truncata, 



-The plate is from a coloured drawing in the Calcutta Herbarium, 

 vvliich has supplied some characters for the description, the specimens 

 beiug very incomplete.— J. D. H. 



T'ig. 1. Dorsal; and 2, lateral sepals. 3, Petal. 4. Lip. 5. Column. 6. Auther. 

 All enlarged. 



