PholidotaJ] OXLVIII. ORCHIDEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 845 



truncate, dorsal sepal suborbicular, lateral ovate obtuse faintly 3-nerved 

 not keeled, petals oblong-ovate 1-nerved, lip cymbiform with 2 auricle-like 

 terminal lobes. HooJc.f. Ic. Plant, t. 1878. Coelogyne recurva, Reichb.f. 

 in Walp. Ann. vi. 238. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkira, Griffith's Collectors. 



Internodes 1-2 in., as thick as a swan's quill, deeply 3-5-winged. Leaves 2, 

 2-3 in., elliptic- or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, subsessile. Raceme 2-3 in., 

 recurved ; bracts J- in., secund, flabelliform, persistent ; flowers very small ; sepals 

 % in. long ; base of column narrow ; rostellum short, transverse ; lip with 5 lamellate 

 basal nerves. Capsules i in., tumid; rachis stout uot flexuous. 



3. P. Griffith!!, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1881 ; bracts oblong, dorsal 

 sepal broadly ovate or suborbicular, lateral ovate-lanceolate acute 5-nerved 

 keeled, petals elliptic-lanceolate 3-5-nerved, lip cymbiform with a didy mo us 

 terminal lobe, no side lobes. 



TROPICAL SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffith's Collectors, J. D. H. KHASIA MTS. ; on 

 Kollong, alt. 5000 ft., Clarke. 



Internodes 3-5 in., as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves 2, 3-5 in., oblong-lanceolate. 

 Racemes 1-2 in., decurved, rachis flexuous; bracts i in., oblong, obtuse ; sepals 

 f in.; lip with 5 basal lamellate nerves; column suborbicular; rostellum ovate, 

 acuminate. 



4. P. obovata^ Hook. f. ; leaves obovate retuse or apiculate, bracts 

 oblong acute, dorsal sepal oblong, lateral ovate acute, petals obovate, lip 

 cymbiform with a didymous terminal lobe. 



BIIOTAN, Griffith. KHASIA HILLS (fc. in Herb. Calcutt.}. 



Internodes 2^-4 in., cylindric. Leaves 2^-3^ by l|-2 in., sessile, 5-7-nerved. 

 Scape very short ; raceme 3 in., many-flit., fruiting recurved; flowers | in. diam. 

 Capsule ^ ^ in., ellipsoid, turgid, angles acute. The materials for this very distinct 

 species, which may be known at first sight by the short broad leaves, consist of 

 fruiting specimens collected by Griffith, and a very rude drawing of a flowering 

 specimen marked as from the Khasia by Mr. Simons of Assam. The description of the 

 flower may not be very accurate. 



** Rhizome elongate ; internodes terete, clothed with membranous 

 sheaths and bearing slender 1-2-leaved pseudobulbs at the nodes. Scape 

 from the sheaths of the internodes. 



5. P. protracta, HooJc. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1877 ; bracts broadly ovate 

 acute, sepals ovate obtuse 3-nerved not keeled, petals elliptic obtuse 3-nerved, 

 lip cymbiform, terminal lobe suborbicular. 



TEMPERATE SIKKIM: HIMALAYA, Griffith's Collectors (Kew Distrib. '5012) ; at 

 Neeboug, alt. 7100 ft., CUcrlce. NAGA HILLS, Praia. 



Rhizome flexuous, as thick as a goose-quill ; internodes 1^-3 in.; sheaths long, 

 appressed ; pseud )bulbs 2-1 in., subcylindric. Leaves 5-6 in., elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Racemes 1-1 r in., subsessile, flexuous ; bracts in., membranous ; sepals 

 g- in. long, very concave ; lip gibbous above the base, 5-nerved, nerves simple. 

 Capsule in. long, ellipsoid. 



*** Pseudobulbs uuinodal, seated on a very stout creeping rhizome. 

 Scape from the top of the pseudobulb. 



f Bracts very broad. Lip with 2 free or connate terminal lobes. 



6. P. imbricata, Lidl. in Hook. Fl. Exot. t. 138; in Wall. Cat. 

 1991 ; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 37 ; in Hot. Reg. t. 1213 aud 1777 ; bracts- semi- 



