Spwthoglottis.'] CXLVIII. OKCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 815 



Mug. t. 7060. Pachystoma Joseph!, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 464, 

 Cymbidium ixioides, Don Prodr. 36. 



NEPAL, WallicTt, Scully. SIKEIM, alt. 8-10CO ft., J. D. H., Elves. 



Possibly only a small alpine form of 8. pubescens, which latter has not been 

 found in the Himalaya. The accessory teeth or auricles at the base of the midlobe 

 of the lip vary greatly in size, and are sometimes very obscure j the disk between 

 the side lobes is pubescent ; there are two short raised ridges on the disk at the base 

 of the midlobe. 



fc#* Petals narrower than the sepals, %-nerved. 



8. S. Handing iana, Par. Sf Reichb.f. in Ot. Hamburg, i. 45; scape 

 10 in. slender longer than the elliptic-lanceolate leaf, raceme many-fld. and 

 lanceolate bracts and ovary pubescent, sepals oblong-lanceolate 5-nerved, 

 petals linear acuminate 3-nerved, lip very slender, side lobes a mere 

 dilatation of the axis bearing two large erect falcate cuneate oblong calli, 

 midlobe very long filiform recurved. 



NORTH BURMA ; Bhamo, Herb. Parish. 



Pseudobulb small. Leaf solitary?, 5 by 1 in., acuminate. Raceme 4 in.; 

 bracts ^ in., slender; pedicel with ovary 1 in., capillary; flowers 1 in. diam., 

 membranous ; sepals and petals rose-purple, lip longer than the sepals, white with 

 yellow purple-spotted calli ; column as long as the sepals, narrowly winged above ; 

 anther narrow ; pollinia narrowly clavate. A very remarkable plant, one specimen 

 only seen. 



23. ACANTXX&PHXPPXU1K, Illume. 



Terrestrial ; pseudobulbs 3-9-leaved. Leaves broad, plaited, petioled. 

 flowers few, large, fleshy, in very short lateral raceme ; pedicels thickened 

 after flowering. Sepals broad, cohering in a ventricpse tube, with recurved 

 tips, lateral adnate to the foot of the column ; menturn very large, saccate. 

 Petals erect, narrow, included. Lip very small, stipitate on the foot of 

 the column, inflexed ; lateral lobes broad, erect ; midlobe recurved, entire ; 

 disk with a complex callus. Column short, stout ; foot very long, inflexed ; 

 anther 2-celled ; pollinia 8, erect, cohering by a granular mass. Species 

 3-4, Indian and Malayan. 



1. A. Tricolor, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. t. 1730; sepals and petals yellow 

 with blood-red tips, side lobes of lip hatchet-shaped, midlobe short tongue- 

 shaped, disk 3-lamellate. Thwaites Enum. 307; Maund. Bot. iv. t. 300; 

 Walp. Ann. vi. 461. 



CEYLON; Central region, ascending to 2000 ft. 



Pseudobulbs ovoid, 2-3 in. high, smooth, elongating into a stout short fleshy 

 stem. Leaves 9-18 by 2--4 in., bases sheathing. Scape 3-7-fld., sheathed ; bracts 

 1 in., ovate-lanceolate; flowers l- in., like broad gibbous- based Jugs. Liudley 

 figures the disk as a broad 2-lobed concave plate, Thwaites as of 3 lamelke of which 

 the outer are tubercled, the median slender and mucronate at both ends. 



2. A. sylhetense, Lindl. Gen. 4" Sp- 177; in Journ. Linn. Sac. iii. 21 ; 

 leaves long- petioled, sepals and petals white or straw-coloured freckled with 

 red towards the tips, side lobes of lip falcate acute, midlobe tongue-shaped, 

 disk with 3-5 fleshy toothed lamellae. A. ringiflorum, G-riff". Xutul. iii. 347 ; 

 Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 325. 



SYLHET and KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft., l} r aUlrh, J. D. H. $ T. T. UPPEB 

 ASSAM, in the Abor Mts. .Griffith 



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