Plate 2T97 



A. ORCHIS SPATHULATA, EeicU. f. 

 B. ORCHIS STRACHEYI, Hool: f. 



Orchide.!:. Subtribe Ophryde.!;. 



A. 0. spathulata, Retchb. f. mss. ; folio solitario radical! longe 

 peiiolato elliptico, scapo nuclo, spica pauciflara, bracteis niagnis ovato- 

 obloncris obtnsis, sepalis petalisque patcntibus, labello late rhombeo- 

 caneato v. elliptico integro v. obscure 3-fido, calcare recto ovano 

 breviore fusiforrai. HooL /. FL Brit. Ind, vi. 127. Gynuiaduula 

 spathulata, LindL Gen, Sf Sp. Orchid. 280. 



Hab. Alpine Himalaya, alt. 11,000-13,000 feet, from Garwlial, 

 Boyle, ^c.jto Sikkim, J. D. Hooker. 



Caulis brevis, crassiusciilus, basi decumbens radices crassas emittens, 



Ruperne unacum folio vaginis cylitidraceis truncatisinvolntua. Folium 

 l-3.pollicare, obtnsnm, crassiusculum, iu petiolum validum laminae 

 Eequilongum angustatum. Scapus 3-5-pollicaris, validus, apice 2-4- 

 Horas; bractese foliacese flores superantes; flores ^ poll, diam., 

 purpurei. Sepala ovato-oblonga, obtusa v. lateralia subacuta. Petala 

 elliptico-oblonga, obtusa- Lahellam forma varium,crenulatum, calcare 

 plus minusve elongato. Anthera ellipsoidea, locnlis parallelis. — J. D. H, 



B. 0. Stracheyi, Hook. f. Fl Brit Ind. vI. 128; folio solitario 

 radicali petiolato elliptico v. obovato, scapo nudo paucifloro, bracteis 

 mao'nis ovato-oblongis obtusis, sepalis petalisque patentibus, labello 

 sepalis longiore late cuneato ad medium trindo lobis obtusis, calcare 

 ovario longiore incurvo obtuso. 



Hab. Western Himalaya; Garwhal, near Rogile, alt. 11,000 feet, 

 Stracley and Winterhottom (No. 35, Gymyiadenia puherula). 



Closely allied to 0. spathulata (Pig. A), differing in the broadly 

 3-lobed lip and long incurved spur. In the * Flora of British India' I 

 have sncro^ested the possibility of its being a hybrid between 0. 

 spaihulaia ^^di 0. Ghnsua, Don, from its having the leaf of the first- 

 named species and the lip and spur of the second. Unfortunately 

 tnbers of both spathulata and Stracheyi are wanting, and the appear- 

 ance of the dried specimens suggests their having had subterranean 

 rhizomes. The tubers of 0, Chnsua are oblong, entire, and the leaves 

 linear or linear-lanceolate. A good series of specimenn of these three 

 species is wanted to clear up their relations to one another.— J D. H. 



Plate 2197 A, 0. spathulata. Fig. 1. Lateral and 2 dorsal, sepal. 3. Lip. 



4 Column and spur. 5. Front view of column. Allmlarged 

 'Plate2197B, 0. 5/rac%^ Fig. 6. Sepal. 7. Petal. 8. Lip. 0. Anther. Ml 



enlarged. 



