Plate 21G7. 



OpONTOCHILUS ELWESII, Clarle. 



Orchide^. Subtribe SriRAMHE^. 



0. (Euodontocililus) Elwesii, Clarl-e ex Booh. /. FL Brit. Ltd, vi. 100 ; 

 caule crassiuscnlo paucitbliato, foliis ovatis 3-costatis breviter petio- 

 latis, pecluncnlo elongate et inflorescentia hirsutis, labelli ungue 

 dilatato pectinatim paucidentatOj laminse 2-aIatfe alis subsemicirculari- 

 bus sinu lato, 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 4,000-6,000 feet, ClarJcey King ; 

 Khasia tills, on Sliillocg, alt. 6,100 feet, Clarke; Munnejpore on 

 Kohima, Pratn, 



CauUs basi decambens, crassus, articulatns, ad nodos constrictus, 

 deia erectus, 3-4-poHicaris. Folia l|-2 poll, longa, crassiuscula, 

 Inride viridia, costis crassis rubris ; petiolas brevis, crassus. Pednncuhis 



2-4-florns, validns, nudns v. vaginis 1-2 tomentosis instructus ; bractete 

 •^ poll, longae, ovaria tomentosa ^quantes, Sepala viridia apicibuspnr- 

 pureis, lateralia ^ poll, longa, dorsali brevi latissima acuminata ; mentum 

 latum, 2-lobum. Petala dimidiato oi'bicularia, rostrata, alba. Lahelli 

 unguis sepala vlx superans, irregulariter spinuloso-dentata, alba, 

 spinnlis purpureis ; lamina majuscula, alis latis integerrimis v, obscure 

 crenatis albia, sinu lato; saccus scrotiformis, 2-lobus, intus semi- 

 septatus et callis 2 crassis delormibns instructus. Golumna brevis, 

 crassa, basi birostrata ; rostellum breve, 2-Hdum, segmentis subulatis ; 

 antlieraoblonga, rostrata; poUinia elongate- pyriformia, glandula parva 

 lineari-oblonga sessilia. — J. 1). H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Petal. 3. Column and claw and sac of lip. 4. Sac laid open, 

 sbowirg the septum :mJ carunelei. All en'argtd. 



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