Plate 2142. 



CLEISOSTOMA BREVIPES, Tlooh. f. 

 Orchide^. Sub tribe Sakcanthe^. 



C. brevipes, Hooh, f, FL Brit, hid, vi. 73 ; caule crasso elongato basi 

 radfcaute, foliis lineain-lanceolatis acutis rigide carnosis, spica brevi, 

 rachi crassa, bractels minntis ovativS, sepalis petalisque consimilibns 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis, labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus falcatis acuti.^, 

 terminali brevi hastato apice membranaceo disco incrassato, calcare 

 saccato basi rotundato. 



,Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alfc. 5,000 feet, Gamble (ic. in Herh. Col- 

 cidL) ; Assam (cult,'), 



Caules ca^spitosi, 8-12-pollicares, crassitie pcnnfe anserinoe ; inter- 

 nodiis ^|-pollicaribus, exsiccatis rngulosis. Folia reniformia, 3-4- 

 pollicaria, erecto-patentia, plana, apicibus mticroniformibus, costa in- 

 conspicua. Spica unacnm pedancalo 1-1^ poll, longa, crassitie pennae 

 anatinee, vaginis infimis annularibus, superioribus sparsis ovatis acutis 

 brunneis; ovariis ^-polllcaribus, viridibus purpureo striatis; flores |-§ 

 polL diam. Sepala oi petala aui^antiaca, purpureo bivittata. Labellitm 

 pallide flavum, callis calcaris orem claudentibus, Columna brevis. 

 Follinia 2, subquadrata, apice stipitis acgnsti medio dilatati sessilia, 

 sulcata ; glandula magna, membranacea, bipartita, segmentis auricnlte- 

 formibus. Capsid(B 1^ poll, longse, sessiles, fusiform es, teretes, stria ti. 



The materials for tlie plate bere given are, a drawing in tbe Calcutta 

 Herbarium, a dried fruiting specimen, from Mr. Gamble, and a living 

 plant wliicb flowered at Kew. 



Fig:. 1. Column, and section of lip. 2. Pullinia. BotJi enlarged. 



