Ucelogyne.] CXLVIII. OROHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 843 



C. (Pholidota) CORNICTJLATA, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1865, 746; raceme 

 pendulous many-fld., sheaths large, bracts oblong cucullate apiculate exceeding the 

 ovaries, flowers honey-coloured sweet, sepals oblong acute obtusely keeled iu the 

 lower half, petals narrowly lanceolate acute, lip deep yellow angled and saccate in 

 the middle, side lobes bordered with brown semi-ovate acute, midlobe transverse 

 rounded retuse obsoletely acute or minutely lobulate, (column ?) slender dilated on 

 each side near the stigma, side wings subacute, dorsal wing erect subquadrate emar- 

 giuate, rostellum ascending. Very curious in the angular centre of the lip. India, 

 probably Assam (Hort. Day). (The word " column " is omitted in the text; its slender- 

 ness is quite at variance with Pholidota, J. D. H.) 



C. GOWERI, Ueichl>. f. in Q-ard. Chron. 1869, 443 ; pseudobulbs and leaves of 

 C. ocellata (nitida, L.), raceme flexuous erect lax-fld., bracts equalling the ovary 

 deciduous, flowers white as large as those of C. fimbriata, sepals cuneate oblong 

 acute, petals lanceolate, lip trifid, side lobes obtuse-angled serrulate in front, midlobe 

 oblong with an iuflexed tip and a tumor on each side near the base, disk ochreous 

 with 3 entire keels the median shorter, top of column serrulate. Assam (Hort. 

 Williams}. 



C. LACTEA, ReicM. f. in Gard. Chron. 1888, i. 521 ; pseudobulb short thick 

 fusiform, leaves very thick petioled cuneate oblong acuminate, raceme porrect 6-8-fld., 

 bracts deciduous, flowers cream-white, sepals oblong obtusely acute, petals linear- 

 lanceolate, side lobes of lip obtuse, midlobe porrect, disk with 3 crenulate keels from 

 the base between the side lobes, top of column 2-3-fid. Burma (Hort. Lendy). 

 (Perhaps C. lutea, Parish mss., of which the specimens are very imperfect.) 



C. PLANTAGINEA, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1855, 20; pseudobulbs 6 in. elongate 

 terete 2-leaved, sheaths acuminate scorched, leaves 1 ft. petioled oblong-lanceolate 

 firm waved 5-ribbed, raceme long pendulous many-fid., bracts small brown acute 

 very deciduous, flowers greenish yellow, petals linear-lanceolate, sepals rather broader 

 keeled, lip ovate-oblong acuminate 3-lobed white streaked with brown, disk with 

 3 fimbriate Iamella3 between the side lobes and 4 on the midlobe. India ? (Hort. 

 Farnliain Cistle). Approaches nearest to C.flaccida. 



C. (Erectse) KOSSTANA, Reiclib. f. in Gard. Qhron. 1834, ii. 808 ; pseudobulbs 

 obpyriform 4-ribbed, leaves 12 by 1^ in. long-petioled oblong-lanceolate, scape from 

 the base of the old bulbs very short sheathed 4-fld., flowers secund cream-white, 

 bracts linear acuminate deciduous, sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, lip 3-fid, side 

 lobes ochreous obtuse-angled, midlobe triangular dilated, disk with 3 plaited ridges 

 produced into the mlllobe where there is an additional plaited keel on each side, 

 column white. Burma (Hort. Ross). Apparently near C.flaccida, J. D. H. 



35. OTOCXXXXiUS, Lindl. 



Stem articulate, branched, formed of superposed elongate pseudobulbous 

 inteniodes. Leases in pairs at the nodes, elliptic or lanceolate, plaited. 

 Scape subtcrminal on the internodes, slender, bases sheathed ; flowers 

 small, racemose ; bracts scarious, sides convolute. Sepals and petals sub- 

 equal, free, narrow, spreading, Lip sessile at the base of the column, basi- 

 saccate, side lobes erect, midlobe narrow, entire. Column very long, 

 slender, erect, foot ; anther-cells distinct, subglobose ; pollinia 4, ovoid 

 or subglobose, cohering in pairs or all together by a viscus. Species 3 or 4, 

 Indian. 



1. O. alba, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1967; Gen. $ Sp. OrcJnd 35; 



sepals and petals acute, side lobes of lip very small obtuse, midlobe linear- 

 oblong acuminate. Coelogyne alba, Reichb. f. in Wai p. Ann. vi. 236. 

 Broughtonia pendula, Wall. mss. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. The KHASIA 

 HILLS and MUNNIPORE. 



Pseudobulbs 1-3 in., subcylindric. Leaves 4-6 by l-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate. 



