846 OXLVIII. ORCHIDEJJ. (J. D. Hooker.; [Pholidota. 



circular, dorsal sepal orbicular 3-nerved, lateral cymbiform, keel winged, 

 petals linear-oblong falcate 1-nerved, lip with large broad rounded sides 

 and 2 smaller terminal lobes. Lodd. Sot. Gab. t. 1934 ; Wight Ic. t. 907 ; 

 Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 262. P. pallida, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. xxi. sub. 1. 1777'. 

 Coelogyne imbricata & pallida, Reickb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 238. Ptilocnema 

 bracteatum, Don Prodr. 33. Cymbidium imbricatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 460. 

 Ornithidium imbricatum, Wall. mss. Rlieede Hort. Mai. xii. t. 47. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon, alt. 3500 ft., Strachey Sf Winterbottom, 

 eastwards. The KHASIA MTS., CHITTAGONG, BURMA and the ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 

 The DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concaii southwards. CEYLON. 



Pseudobulbs 1-3 in. .long and narrow, or short and broad. Leaf solitary, 6-12 in., 

 elliptic-lanceolate, petioled, 3-nerved. Raceme long-peduncled, elongate, drooping, 

 3-8 in. long ; bracts in. broad ; sepals in. long, lateral connate at the base ; 

 lip 4-lobed, 5-nerved, 3 median nerves thickened at the base ; column circular when 

 spread out, rostellum truncate. Capsule f in., ellipsoid on a thickened (not zigzag) 

 rachis. 



VAR. ? sessilis', raceme sessile, rostellum 2-brachiate. Naga Hills, on Kohirna, 

 alt. 3500-5000 ft., Prain. 



VAK. ? coriacea ; leaf sessile coriaceous, flowers larger, 4 lobes of lip subequal in 

 length^ the lateral rather narrower. Perak, ScortecMni, King's Collector. 



7. P. advenaj Reiclib.f. Otia Hamburg. 47 ; bracts semicircular, dorsal 

 sepal elliptic obtuse strongly 5-nerved, lateral ovate, midrib very strong, 

 petals elliptic-lanceolate acute 3-nerved, lip with very broad rounded sides, 

 and 2 terminal lobes caruncled at their bases. 



TENASSERIM; at Moulmein, Heifer (Kew Distrib, 50i7), Parish. 



Pseudobulbs stout or slender, distant ou the stout rhizome. Leaves 1-2, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; nerves very slender, llaceme short, decurved, peduncled ; 

 bracts ^ iu. broad; sepals nearly ^ in. long; lip 5-uerved, 3 median nerves thickened 

 at the base, caruncled towards the apex which is produced between the terminal 

 lobes ; column very broad and short ; rostellum very large, 2-glandular or -tubercled 

 at the tip ; anther very large, long, truncate, very different from that of its congeners ; 

 polliiiia as in the genus. 



8. P. calceata, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 238; bracts ovate, 

 dorsal sepal orbicular 3-nerved, lateral ovate faintly 3-nerved, petals linear- 

 oblong or ovate-1 a.nceolate 1-nerved, lip with broad ascending subacute 

 side lobes and 2 smaller auricle-like terminal lobes. IIooTc. f. Ic. Plant. 

 t. 1876. Coelogyne calceata, ReicJib.f. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., Lobb, J. D. H. # T. T. 



Pseudobulbs crowded on a rather slender densely-rooting rhizome, l-l in., 

 slender, curved, rarely short and stout. Leaf solitary, 3-6 in., linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, petioled, 1-nerved. Raceme 2-4 in., long peduncle and drooping nichis 

 capillary ; bracts \ in., acute or obtuse ; sepals in. long, membranous; cliuaudriuiu 

 hippocrepiform. Capsule % in. Much the most slender species. 



ft Bracts narrow. Lip iviili a simple narrow terminal lobe or 0. 



9. P. Convallariae, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1880; leaf linear, bracts 

 linear, raceme stout suberect, scape sheathed to the tip, dorsal sepal oblong 

 5-nerved, lateral ovate acuminate, midrib thick, petals broadly ovate obtuse 

 3-nerved, lip cymbiform nearly orbicular broader than long 3-nerved, tip 

 emarginate. Coelogyne Convallarkc, Reiclib.f. in Flora 1872, 277. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. fy T. T. NAGA HILLS ; on Kohima, 

 alt. -1500 ft., Prain. TENASSERIM; at Moulmeiu, Parish. 



