826 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJS. (J. D, Hooker.) [Ceralostylis. 



peduncled, bracts scarious sheathing, lip quadrate or very broadly 

 triangular. 



PEEAK ; on Batang Padung, alt. 4900 ft., Wray, Scortechini. 



Stems 2-3 in., rigid, branched. Leaves -1 in., recurved when dry, acute ; 

 sheaths appressed ; nerves beautifully reticulate in squares. Flowers about -^ in. 

 long, pale brownish ; bracts brown, acuminate ; lateral sepals triangular, 3-nerved ; 

 dorsal much narrower; mentum rounded; petals oblong-lanceolate, 1 -nerved ; lip 

 rather membranous and plaited ? top of column very broadly reniform. More 

 flowers are wanted for a satisfactory analysis. Scortechini figures the lip as with a 

 slender claw, aud the leaves as I terete. The reticulated sheaths are beautiful 

 objects. C. retisquama, Reichb. f., has similar sheaths, but much longer sepals and 

 petals. 



4. C. pendula, HooJc. f. Ic. Plant. ined.\ glabrous, stems tufted 

 slender creeping or pendulous loosely clothed with scarious brown ribbed 

 sheaths, leaves lin-ear fleshy, margins convolute when dry, flowers in clusters 

 of oblong scarious obtuse bracts, ovary hairy, lip ovate or ovate-oblong. 

 Trigonanthus pendulus, Korthals mss. (fid. Iteiclib.f. in Serb. Lindl.}. 



PEEAK, King's Collector. DJSTEIB. Borneo, Celebes. 



Stems 6-10 in., weak, rooting, as thick as a sparrow-quill; sheaths in., loose, 

 subacute, tips usually broken. Leaves 1-1 -3- in., obtuse. Flowering bracts forming 

 stellate tufts; flowers about -^ in. long, yellowish brown; sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 thick, glabrous, concave, 3-uerved ; petals linear, concave ; mentuni rounded, indis- 

 tinct ; lip abruptly clawed, very thick, concave, subacute, with narrow membranous 

 margins, base rounded or subcordate ; column very short, arms short obtuse. The 

 clawed lip resembles Bulb ophy Hum -, more flowers are wanted for a satisfactory 

 description. 



5. C. himalaica, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; stems densely tufted 

 prostrate branched clothed with scarious brown ribbed sheaths, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate thick fleshy, flowers pedicelled surrounded by acute mem- 

 branous bracts ; pedicel and sepals sparsely woolly. Eria ramosissima, 

 Wall. mss. 



EASTERN TEOPICAL HIMALAYA; E. Nepal, J. D. H.; Bhotan, Griffith (Keio 

 Distrib. 5214). KHASIA MTS., Gibson (Ic. in Herb. Calculi.}. 



Stem 4-6 in. Leaves 2-2o in., subacute, base narrowed. Floivers T V in. long ; 

 lateral sepals broadly ovate, acute, pale pink, 3-nerved; petals linear, acute, white 

 streaked with purple ; meutum rounded ; lip obovate-oblong, obscurely 3-lobcd, 

 coriaceous, concave, with a gibbosity on the back below the papillose yellow tip ; top 

 of column broadly reniform. Capsule % in. long, ellipsoid, pedicelled. The few 

 flowers I have analyzed are insufficient for a satisfactory description. 



Stem erect or ascending. Flowers solitary or feiu ; arms of column 



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6. C. lancifolia, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.\ stem simple slender, 

 sheaths few 1 in. long loose, leaf terminal membranous linear-lanceolate 

 acute, flower solitary long-pedicelled, mentum short spur-like. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Stem 2-4 in., tufted. Leaf 1^-4 in., rather membranous, shortly petiolcd. 

 Flower in. long ; pedicel erect, filiform, pubescent ; bract minute, tubular ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, subacute, 3-nerved; petals lanceolate, 3-nerved ; meutum broader 

 than long ; lip fleshy, claw short with incurved margins ; hypochilo narrowly oblong ; 

 cpichile as long but narrower, dagger-shaped, terete, obtuse. Near C. Grigas, Bl. 

 (ReicJib.f. Xen. t. 127), which has broader flattened steins, and a very different li|>. 

 Also near 0. braccata, B. f., which has a very fleshy leaf and long meutum. More 

 flowers are necessary for a reliable description. 



