Plate 2199. 



A. HEEMINIUM DUTHIEI, Tlooh. f. 

 B. H. ORBICULAEE, Hook. f. 



Okchide^, Sabtribe OPHRYDEiE. 



A. H. Duthiei, Kook f, FL Brit, hid, vi. 130; foliis basin versa?* 



caulis geminis linearibus oblongis oblanceolatisve, spica itmltiflora, 

 floribus sub.-^ecundis, bractels orario brevioribus, sepalis obtusin, 

 lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis quarn dorsale late oblongo brevioribas, 

 petalis carnosis acutis, labello ovato acuto v. ovato-cordato v. orbiculari- 

 ovato apice angustato, sacco subgloboso. 



HaT3. Western Himalaya; Garwhal, near the Khasi Pass, alt. 

 11,000-12,000 feet, Duthie. 



Oanlis unacum spica 2-6-pollicaris. FoUa 2-3^-pollicaria, acuta v. 

 acuminata, basi vagina inclusa, Scapiis validus, curvus, nudus ; spica 

 2-4-p-)lliearis ; ovaria turgida, curvula, subrostrata ; flores ^_ poll- 

 diam. Petala polymorplia, linearia oblonD:a v. ovata, carva, acuminata. 

 Anthera oblouga, loculis parallelis ; pollinia clavata, stipitibus ob- 

 conicis corneis sessilia; staminodia elongata, patentia; rostellum 

 parvum, subulatum, erectnm, 



Intbe *FIora of British India' (p. 128) T have alluded to the singular 

 forms which the glands of the pollinia take in several species of this 

 penns, from simple small glabrous or oblong glands to extinguisher- 

 shaped hollow coriaceous brown shining bodies, sometimes split down 

 one side into wldch the eaudicle of the poUinium descends, and into 

 the base of which this latter is inserted. This body is a develop- 

 nient of the gland itself, and, like it, lies exposed at the base of the 

 anther-cell. 



HooJc. f, 



foliato, foliis remotis parvis'oblanceoiatis, bracteis ovario brevioribus, 

 floribus minutis secundis, sepalls orbiculari-oblongis obtusis, petaiis 



Ki 



late oblongis, labello orbiculari carnoso basi saccato. 

 Hab. 



Collector. 



Caulis UDacnm spJca 4-6-pollicarIs. FoUa 1-H poll, longa. Scapus 



pauci-vaginatus ; flores A P^"- ^''^^- ^'^"i^' ^* ^^\^^^ ^-T'-'' 

 riembranacea. Anthera hve^^h, localis pauHo divergentibus ; polhma 



clavata, glandula; orbiculari inserta ; staminodia v. processus stigma- 

 tiferi sessilia; rostellum minutum. 



A curious little species, of wlncb more specimens are much ^-antcd 

 for satisfactory descriptiou. — J. D. H. 



Tl^te 2109 A, H. DMiei. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Lif, and column. 4 An- 

 other form of lip. 6. Poliiinum. AU tnlarcml. .„,i a 1o«-^r surface ot 

 Plate 2199 B,//. orhicvlarc. Fig. 6. Fluwt-r. 7. Upper, and 8. low, suriace ol 



lip. 9. Column. All enhinjfd. 



