CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 769 



sheathed, spike lax-fld., bracts oblong-lanceolate as long or half as long as 

 the sessile flowers, sepals subequal narrowly lanceolate acute 3-nerved, 

 lateral with a broad gibbous base, mentum rounded, petals broadly oblong 

 obtuse 1-3-nerved, lip stipitate recurved, spurs of very minute column 

 slender. B. Clarkei, Reichb. f. in Jo urn. Linn. Soc. xxv. 72. Tribrachia 

 reptans, Lindl. Coll. Hot. t. 41 A. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alfc. 6-7000 ft., Griffith's 

 Collectors (Kew Distrib. 5129). KHASIA and NAGA HILLS, alt. 5-6000 ft., 

 Griffith (K. D. 1573). 



Pseudobitlbs i-f 'in., distant; rhizome slender. Leaf 4-6 in., narrowed into a 

 petiole. Scape and lax-fld. raceme together 2-4 in. ; bracts ^-^ in.; sepals yellow 

 green with pink nerves ; lip yellow. 



VAR. subracemosa ; bracts much shorter oblong obtuse, flowers often shortly 

 pedicelled. B. grandiflorum, Griff. It. Notes 146, n. 705; Notul. iii. 293; Ic. PI. 

 Asiat. t. 294, f. 1. Sikkim, Bhotan and the Khasia Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 5130), &c. Griffith's name grandiflorum must be a blunder of the Editor of his 

 works ; it does not occur in Griffith's mss. 



Sect. IV. IONE. Lateral sepals usually connate and placed under the 

 lip. Lip rather large, straight, rigid. Pollinia 4, attached in pairs to 

 two cartilaginous glands. 



* Flou-ers f-1 in. long. Lateral sepals 5-7-nerved. 



73. B. paleaceum, Benth. in Gen. PL iii. 503; scape tall much 

 longer than the leaf, bracts spathaceous much exceeding the ovary, 

 flowers large racemose, sepals many-nerved, lateral wholly connate, petals 

 broadly oblong 1-3-nerved, lip ovate-lanceolate. lone paleacea, Lindl. 

 Fol. Orchid. 2 ; Sot. Mag. t. 6344 (excl. syn. Griff.} ; Walp. Ann. vi. 636. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA at Dorjeeling, Griffith's Collectors (Kew Distrib. 5176). 

 DAMSONG, in Western Bhotan, alt. 5-6000 ft., Clarke, Gamble. 



Pseudobulbs 1-1^ in., obpyriform. Leaf 4-6 in., petioled, linear-oblong. Scape 

 with the 4-6-fld. erect raceme 8-14 in. ; bracts f-1 in., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; 

 flowers f-1 in. long, drooping ; sepals greenish, nerves pink ; petals spreading, 

 subserrate ; lip purple, entire or crenate, tip thickened or slender. 



74. B. mishmeense, Hook. f. ; scape tall much longer than the leaf, 

 bracts ovate imbricate equalling the ovary, flowers large racemose, lateral 

 sepals free, petals acute, lip ovate-cordate, tip elongate stout terete. lone 

 fusco-purpurea, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. lone 2; Walp. Ann. vi. 636. Dipo- 

 dium, Griff. Notul. iii. 405 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 327, left-hand figure. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Mishmee Mts., on Thumathya, Griffith. 



Habit and stature of B. paleaceum, but bracts and sepals much broader and 

 shorter ; lateral sepals free, light brown, purple-veined ; lip greenish brown, margin 

 purplish. I have seen only a mutilated specimen in Herb. Liiidl. 



75. B. cirrhatum, Hoolc.f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; scape equalling the leaf, 

 bracts cucullate exceeding the ovary, flowers large racemose, lateral sepals 

 connate, petals rounded quite entire, lip ovate-oblong entire with two 

 elevated lines which are clavate at the base. lone cirrhata, Lindl. Fol. 

 Orchid. 1 ; W^alp. Ann. vi. 635. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4000 ft. (Ic. Cathcart}. 



"Very similar to J5. virens, hut leaves longer; lip not serrate, but with 2 

 elevated white lines. Flowers dirty white, with purple streaks and a deep viobt lip. 

 Described from Cathcart's figure." Lindl. I. c. 



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