Tlatk 21 G3. 



ODONTOCHILUS PUMILUS, IL>ok f. 



ORCTIIDEiE. Subtribe SPIRANTHh;.E. 



0. (Myrni'^chis) pumilus, Hook f. FL Brit, J/i^i. vi. 09 ; canlibus 



brevibus subrobustis Bexuosis paucifloris, fuliis {)arvi.s brevifer petio- 

 latis ovatis, labelli ungue e basi saccato in ungueru elongatnui 

 crenulatum sensini ancrnstato, laniinoe parvce alis oblongis v. quadratis 

 sinu acato. Cheirostylis pusilla, partim, Li/ulL in Joarii, Liiiv. Soc. i. 

 188 (^von Gen, and Sp* Urchid.). 



Hab. SikTvim Himalaya, alt. 8,000-10,000 feet, J D. IL aud 

 T. Thomson, King. 



CauUs 3~4-pollicarif^, ba?ii decnmbens, remote varrinatns, dein ascen- 

 den?. Folia ^-^ poll, loriga, crassiuscala, iier\'is obscuris, acuta 

 acnniinata v. aristata. Pedancalus brevis, 2-3.florus, vagina solitaria 

 ciliata ; bractege OA^ario breviores, oblonga}, cilia^a?. FJores ^ poll, lati, 

 albi, Sepala lateralia triangulari-ovata, obtusa, dorsdli aplce recnrva. 

 FetaJa obliqua, oblongo-lanceolata. L'dielUnn ^ poll, longnm ; saccns 

 intuscallis magnis instructus, lamina ungue brevior, aiffi ad angalum 

 45° couflaentes, crassiuscnlse. Cohimna brevis ; anthera magna. 



-As pointed out in tbe ' Flora of Briti.^h India,' this species so closely 

 Te&emhlei^ Cheirosfylis pusilla, that it is difficult to distinguish dried 

 specimens of each without analysis, when the differences are clear 



irostylis ptmlla the sepals are contiate to the middle, 

 the lobes of the lip toothed, its claw tiuely hairy toA'ards the tip, its 

 sac with bristles on tlie nerves within, and the two froutal fleshy 

 appendages are as long as the rostellar arms.--J. D. H. 



Fi^. 1. Flower Jind bract. 2. Dorsal sepal. 3. Petah 4. Column and lip with 

 the »ac laid open. All enlanjeiL 



enough. lu Chei) 



