Pl.ATK 2117. 



CYMBIDIUM SIKKIMENSE, Tlnol:. f. 



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Orchide.e. Subtribe Cymbidie.?;. 



C. sikkimense, ITook.f. Fl, Brit Ind, vl, 9; epipliyticum, follis post 

 inflorescen tiara bene evolatis ensiformibus, scapo vacriuato, racemo 

 Tnultiflcro, bracteis minntisj sepalis patentibns lateraHbas lanceolatis 

 subfalcatisj dorsali lineari-oblongo erecto, petaHs elliptico-ovatis acatis, 

 labello rhombeo-ovato pateiite integro v. obscure o-lobo, disco callis 2 

 parvis instructo ceteruni ecarinato et inappendiciilato. 



Hab. Sikkira Himalaya; Lachen Tallej, alt. 6,000 feet, J, B. H, 



Rhizoma crassura. Scapits UDacura racemo pedalis, decurvus ; vaginis 

 compressis basalibus brevibus, saperioribus elongatis foliaceis ; bractese 

 ^ poll, longse, ovatflB, acuta? j ovarium unacum pedicello |-§ poll, longo. 

 F lores \^ poll, diara. 



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This species I found only twice, on both occasions in full flower in 

 the month of May, with the leaves (as represented) in a very young 

 state. It is the only plant of the genus known to me in which the 

 flowers precede the foliage, except the very curious C, macrorhizon^ 

 Lindl., a terrestrial parasitic species with an underground rootstock, 

 of which the foliage is unknown, if indeed it bears any other than sub- 

 foliaceous sheaths at the base of the scape, — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Dorsal; and 2, lateral sopal. 3. Petal. 4. Column and lip. 6. Column. 

 6. Anrher. All enlarged^ 



SER. IV, TOL. II. PART I. 



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