Pi-ate 2144. 



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CLEISOSTOMA BICUSPIDATUM, Jtuolc. f. 



Oechide^. Subtribe Sarcantiieje. 

 C. bicuspidatum, Hook. f. FL BnL Lid. vi. 75 ; and in King, Ann. 



BoL GarcL Calcutt. t. Ixxxvii. ; caule brevi robasto basi radicante, 

 foliis loriformibus profunde 2-Iobis Jobia aciitis, racemo loi^ge pednn- 

 cnlato slmpllci v. parce raraoso, bracteis parris ovatis, sepali;* late 

 obovatis obtusis, petalis oblongo^obovatis, labelli lobis lateralibus 

 parvis trnncatis intermedio o\ato acuto incurvo, calcare sepalis lono-iore 

 cylindraceo obtuso- . ^ 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaja, near Darjeeling, Anderson {in Herb, Cal- 



cutt.) ; Khasia Hills, alt. 2,000 feet, Mann 5 Tenasserim, Parish (ic. in 

 Herb. Calcutt.). 



Catilis l~2-pollicaris^ crassitie pennse olorinas, pa^pius curvus, radi- 

 clbus ralidis elongatis. Folia 3-7 poll, longa, -i-l poll, lata, coriacea, 

 ciirva, lobis termiaalibas erectis v. inciirvis,"sinu acnto v, s^pius 

 rotundato apiculo interpoaito, vaginis J-poUicaribus. Bacemi foliis 

 breviores, multi- r. pauciflori ; Acres parri r. majusculi, pat entea v. 

 reflesi. Sepala efc petala flavo-viridia, fascia media rosea. Lahellum 

 album, roseo maculatum v. irroratum; calcare recto, ore aninilo in- 

 crassato circumdatoj callo infracoluninari 2-lobo. Coliimna breris- 

 sima, rostello elongato decnrro; autbera triaugularis, subrostrata ; 

 pollinia rriajuscula, globosa, sulcata, infra apicem stipitis angusti 

 superue dilatati inserta ; glandula minuta. 



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In King*8 " Annals of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens " I have figured 

 and described several varieties of this plant differing much i7iter se and 

 froni that here given, which is a copy of a drawing of a Darjeeling 

 specimen in the Calcutta Herbarium, and has much smaller flowers 

 than the others. The acute apical teeth of the leaves are like no other 

 species of the genus known to me. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Anther. 3. Pollinia. All tyilarged* 



