784 CXLVIII. OROHIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) \Cliry soglossum- 



Leaf 6-12 in. , broadly elliptic or ovate ; petiole 1-2 in. Scape with raceme 

 1-2 ft., and flowers villonsj bracts ^-f in., shorter than the ovary; flowers J in. 

 diain., yellow, banded with purple ; dorsal sepal linear, lateral decurved ; petals up- 

 curved ; lip clawed, side lobes truncate, midlobe panduriform; lamellae undulate or 

 crisped. Columnar arms long, ascending, truncate. 



2. C. erraticum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; glabrous, leaf long- 

 petioled, scape slender, pedicels long slender, lip hastately 3-lobed, base 

 2-auricled, mentum very short. 



TROPICAL SIKKIM HIMALAYA; atKishep, alt. 4000ft., Clarice. 



Leaf\Q by 2^ in., 5-7-nerved ; petiole 3 in., ending below in a narrow pseudo- 

 bulb. Scape with raceme 2 ft.; bracts '% in.; pedicel with ovary 1 in.; flower 

 green speckled brown ; sepals and petals falcately oblong-lanceolate, acute ; side 

 lobes of lip broad, recurved, midlobe orbicular ; disk 3-laraellate ; auricles of column 

 rounded. Only one specimen seen. 



3. C. assamicum s Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; glabrous, leaf long- 

 petioled, scape slender, lip cuneately 3-lobed, lobes rounded, base obscurely 

 auricled, mentum spurred. 



ASSAM, Griffith. 



Leaf 10 by 2 in. ; nerves 5, strong; petiole 4 in.; base not thickened. Scape 

 with raceme 1^-2 ft. ; bracts in., as long as the pedicel and ovary ; flowers $- 

 in. diam. ; sepals and petals 3 -nerved, obtuse; lip with a broadly cuneate base 

 above the rounded auricles, disk 3-lamellate; spur horn-like, free of the lateral sepals, 

 as long as the lip, incurved, subacute ; auricles of column rounded. Only one specimen 

 seen. 



4. C* maculatum* Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; glabrous, leaf short- 

 petioled, scape stout, lip cuneately 3-lobed, base 2-auricled, mentum minute. 

 Ania maculata, Thwaites Enum. 301. 



CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 5000 ft., Thwaites. 



Leaf7-\.2i by 3-4 in., elliptic-lanceolate, 5-7-nerved; petiole 1-4 in., thickening 

 into a conical elongate pseudobulb. Scape with raceme as long as the leaf or longer ; 

 bracts \-% in., shorter than the ovary; sepals in., 5-nerved and 3 -nerved petals 

 obtuse, pale green with lines of purple specks ; lip white, base purple-spotted, side 

 lobes and short auricles rounded ; midlobe concave j column with rounded side 

 auricles and two small basal ones. 



18/2. COLLABIUIM, Blume. 



Terrestrial ? ; rhizome creeping ; pseudobulbs narrow, 1-leaved. Leaf 

 plicate. Scape from the base of the pseudobulb ; flowers in a long raceme. 

 Lateral sepals adnate to the trumpet-shaped foot of the column. Petals 

 ovate or linear. Lip short, articulate with the mentum or foot of the 

 column ; side lobes ear-shaped, erect ; midlobe very broadly obcordate, 

 pubescent. Column long, incurved, sides at top angled or with, two sub- 

 terminal incurved arms ; anther small, hemispheric, 2-celled ; pollinia 2, 

 double, united by a viscus. 



C. Wrayi* Hook.f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaf lanceolate, bracts short ovate 

 acute, rnentum not spur-like, column with 2 incurved arms. 



PERAK ; on Waterfall Hill, Wray, Scortechini. 



Pseudobulb 3 in., narrowly oblong, curved. Leaf 12 by 2 in., subacute. Scape 

 with raceme 16 in , slender, flexuous, with many scattered bract-like sheaths ; flowers 

 i in. diam. ; sepals acute, 5-nerved, united to the base only of the upcurved trumpet- 

 shaped hollow foot of the column, which rises in front in 2 obtuse horns, and is open 

 in front just over the insertion of the lip. This species requires a modification of 



