100 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJS. (J. D. Hooker.) \_0dontochilus. 



6-8-fld. ; bracts ^ in. long, pubescent, laxly villous, ovary glabrous ; sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, 1-nerved, softly pubescent ; petals lanceolate, unequal sided, long pointed ; 

 sac of lip with 2 large caruncles ; column very short, with 2 ascending auricles in 

 front; rostellar arms long and broad; anther lanceolate; pollinia obovoid, much 

 shorter than their broad thick coherent caudicles. 



6. O. brevistylis, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaves towards the top 

 of the stern obliquely ovate-lanceolate acute, spike few-fld. pubescent, 

 bracts as long as the ovary, claw of lip slender with few curved spinous 

 teeth, sac globose, limb bipartite, segments semicircular, rostellar arms 

 very short. 



PEEAK ; on Gunong Batu Pateh, alt. 3400 ft., Wray. , 



A span high. Leaves 1^2 in., pale green ; petiole \ in. Spike short ; flowers 

 white ; ovary glabrous ; sepals i in. long, lateral broadly obliquely ovate, acute, 

 hairy, dorsal much smaller ; petals semicircular with long points ; sac of lip with 2 

 large caruncles, claw narrow, limb larger than the sepals ; column exceedingly 

 short, frontal appendages obscure ; rostellar arms triangular, subacute ; anther short, 

 ovate, obtuse ; pollinia subglobose, sessile on the truncate base of the united caudicles 

 which form a large fleshy triangular plate acute at the top, gland minute. The 

 pollinia and their caudicle are a good deal Ike those of 0. crispus. 



7. O. Elwesii, Clarke mss. ; stem above and few-fld. spike hirsute, 

 leaves ovate acute, flowers large, bracts as long as the hirsute ovary, sepals 

 hairy, claw of lip broad irregularly toothed, sac scrotiform, lobes of limb 

 subquadrate, rostellar arms subulate, pollen grains lamellate. Hook.f. Ic. 

 Plant, ined. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft., Clarke, King. KnASiA HILLS; on Shillong, 

 alt. 6100 ft., Clarice. MUNNIPORE ; on Kohima, Prain. 



Stem stout below, 6-8 in. high. Leaves l|-2 in., rather crowded, dark green 

 with 3 red nerves. Spike 2 4-fld. ; lateral sepals ovate, acuminate, 1-nerved, green 

 purple-tipped or white, dorsal much smaller ; petals semicircular, with long or short 

 points; sac of lip 2-lobed, claw dark purple, centre and subquadrate lobes white; 

 column very short, frontal appendages triangular ; anther short, apiculate, con- 

 nective very thick; pollinia broadly elavate, grains flat, caudicles 0, gland linear. 

 This and 0. grandiflorus have lamellate ecaudiculate pollen. 



8. O. grandiflorus, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 598 ; tall, leafy, leaves 

 3-5 in. obliquely elliptic acute, spike stout many-fld., rachis pubescent, 

 bracts about equalling the glabrous ovary, sepals glabrous, spur of lip 

 decurrent on the ovary, claw with 5-6 pair of long recurved spines, wings 

 large cuneate, anther lanceolate, pollinia clavate, grains lamellate. Anoecto- 

 chilus grandiflorus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 179. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4000 ft. 

 J. D. H. fr T. T. 



Stem with spike 12-15 in., as thick as a goose-quill below. Leaves 2-2^ in. 

 diam., base acute or rounded ; petiole 1^-2 in. Spike 4-6 in. ; bracts ^ in., pink, 

 slightly pubescent; lateral sepals in., falcately oblong-lanceolate, subacute, connate 

 at the base and with the sac of the lip, and dorsal and petals mottled with pinkish 

 white and green, dorsal much smaller, ovate ; sac of lip rather long, calli within 

 large crenate, limb \ -| in. diam. ; column longer than in its congeners, with 2 

 ascending frontal wings; rostellum very broad, 2-cuspidate; pollinia lamellate, 

 without caudicles, narrowed upwards, the narrowed portion lamellate down to the 

 small gland. 



9. O. Clarkei, Hook.f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; tall, leaves 2-2^ in. obliquely 

 elliptic acute, spike subtomentose many-fld., bracts longer than the 



