844 OXLVIII. OROHIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Otochilus. 



Racemes cernuous ; flowers in diam., white with a pink or green column ; bracts 

 oblong 1 , acuminate, caducous ; side lobes of lip yellow or white. 



2. O. fusca, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1969 ; Gen. ft Sp. Orchid. 35 

 sepals and petals obtuse, side lobes of lip reduced to small teeth, midlobe 

 linear-oblong. Bot. Mag. t. 3921. O. lancifolia, Griff. Notul. iii. 278; Ic. 



, Plant. Asiat. t. 289. Coelogyne fusca, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 236. 

 Broughtonia ? fusca, Wall. mss. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. ASSAM, the 

 KHASIA HFLLS and MUNNIPORE. 



Pseudobulbs 1-2 in., cylindric, fusiform or clavate. Leaves 2-5 in., linear- 

 lanceolate, shortly petioled. Racemes short or long ; bracts ^ in., subtruncate ; 

 flowers larger than in O. alba, pale pink; sepals in., linear-oblong ; petals narrower, 

 dilated upwards ; lip concave; column red; pollinia subglobose. Capsule $ in. 

 The name is inappropriate. 



3. O. porrecta, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1968; G-en. fy Sp. Orchid. 36 ; 

 sepals acuminate, side lobes of lip falcate obtuse, midlobe lanceolate. O. 

 latifolia, Griff. Notul iii. 279; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 289. Coelogyne 

 porrecta, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 236. Tetrapeltis fragrans, Wall. 

 mss. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards, alt. 3-6000 ft. The KHASIA 

 HILLS and MUNNIPORE. TENASSERIM, alt. 5000 ft., Parish. 



Pseudobulbs 2-4 in., subcylindric or clavate. Leaves 5-10 by 1^-2^ in., elliptic- 

 lanceolate, rather long-petioled. Racemes decurved ; bracts broad, acute, caducous ; 

 flowers white or pale flesh-cold. ; sepals |-| in., linear ; petals linear ; lip with larger 

 side lobes than in the two other species ; pollinia globose. Capsule f-1 in. 



36. PHOLIDOTA, Lindl. 



Perennial herbs with the habit of Otocliilus, or with sessile 2-leaved 

 pseudobulbs. Scape or rachis of raceme often flexuous ; bracts distichous, 

 rigid; flowers small, globose. Sepals concave. Petals flat, broad or 

 narrow. Lip sessile on the base of the column, erect, saccate, subentire or 

 3-4-lobed. Column very short, hooded or winged ; anther-cells subglobose, 

 rarely elongate ; pollinia 4, subglobose, free or cohering in pairs by a viscus. 

 Species about 20, Indian, Malayan and Chinese. 



* Stems elongate, branched, formed of .pseudobulbous internodes. 

 Scape from the top of the pseudobulb between the leaves. 



1. P. articulata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1992 ; Gen. &f Sp. Orchid. 38 ; 

 in Sot. Reg. 1839, Misc. 44; bracts rhombic-ovate, dorsal sepal suborbi- 

 cular, lateral ovate keeled, lip cymbiform with a didymous midlobe. P. 

 khasiana, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 238 ; in Bonpland. 1856, 329. 

 Coelogyne articulata, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 238. C. khasiana, 

 Reichb. f. I. c. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-1000 ft., from Kumaon eastwards, and the 

 KHASIA MTS., common. 



Internodes 2-4 in., as thick as the little finger, terete. Leaves 2, 4-6 in., sessile 

 or petioled, elliptic-lanceolate, acute. Racemes 2-4 in., drooping; bracts -f in., 

 rhombic-ovate; pedicel with ovary -.J in. ; sepals I in.; lip with 5 basal lamellate 

 nerves; column narrow, rostellum acuminate. Capsule f-f in., rachis not 

 flexuous. 



2. P. recurva, Lindl. Gen. <Sf Sp. Orchid. 37 ; bracts very broad 



