18 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
floral braet largest in the lower flowers of the spike, half as long as the upper, oblong- 
lanceolate, usually longer than the shortly-stalkged ovary. lowers "925 to “85 in. long, 
yellowish with purple spots. Sepals sub-equal, lanceolate, 3-nerved, spreading, the lateral 
pair with dilated bases, Petals much shorter than the sepals, oblong, blunt, 1-nerved, 
spreading. Lip about as long as the petals, stipitate, oblong, expanded and grooved at 
the base, the apex narrowed and sub-acute, the margins more or less winged, deflexed 
from the middle, Column with filiform apical processes and short lateral wings; the 
foot short, tumid near the stigma, slightly curved; pollinia sub-globose, the two inner 
small. Hook. fil, Fl. Br. Ind. V, 768. В. Clarkei, Reichb. fil. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. XXV, 72. гаса reptans, Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 414A. | 
Sikkim; common at altitudes between 5,000 and 7,000 feet, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 
5129); Pantling, No. 7; in flower from October to December. Distributed westwards to 
Nepal and eastwards to the Naga and Khasia Hills; a common plant; Griffith 
(No. 1573, Kew Distribution. 0 | 
Var. sub-racemosa, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 769. Bracts oblong, obtuse, much shorter 
than the longer pedicelled ovary.. В. grandiflorum, Griff. It. Notes, 146, No. 705; Notul. 
HL 295. lo PL Amat, L ЖЗА [| 
Sikkim, Bhotan and Khasia Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib., 5130); Clarke, No. 14814. 
The sepals of this are buff-coloured, flushed with brown and speckled slightly with 
red; the petals are buff, the lip buff at the base and yellow at the tip, the column green 
and white, the ovary green with red spots, 
Prats 106.—Bulbophyllum reptans, Lindl. А plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral 
bract, shortly stalked ovary, column with its foot and the lip, seem from the side, 8 lip, 4 the petals, 
5 column to show the apical processes and tumid foot, 6 anther, 7 pollinia; all enlarged. 
19. BULBOPHYLLUM EUBLEPHARUM, Reichb. fil. in Walp, Ann. VI, 252. ! 
Rhizome mone;  pseudo-bulbs close together, cylindric, slightly thickened at the 
base, dark brown in colour, "25 to "8 in. long. Leaf oblong, acute, much narrowed 
to the sessile base; length 4 to 7 in., breadth “75 to 1°5 in, Scape 10 to 18 in, long, 
decurved; the pedicel much longer than the raceme, spotted with brown and bearing 
two or three sheathing bracts about 1 in. long at intervals, and several shorter 
spreading near the apex. Raceme only 3 to 4 in. long, laxly-flowered; floral 
bract oblong-lanceolate, concave, acute, as long as the ovary. Flowers "6 in. long, 
green. Lateral sepals  ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; the dorsal slightly shorter, less 
acuminate and more concave. Petals half as long as the sepals, broadly elliptic, blunt, 
obscurely  5-nerved, the edges shortly  ciliolate, Lip thick, oblong-lanceolate, the 
apex blunt and emarginate, the upper surface deeply grooved in the lower half, the edges 
towards the base glandular-ciliolate. Column broad, with subulate apical teeth, much 
swollen below the stigma; its foot short, much curved. — Aníher hooded; pollinia 
oblong with oblique ends, the inner two much reduced. Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 
764; in Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. V, 16, t. 94, | 
Sikkim; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 5296); at Sureil, elevation about 6,000 feet; 
Pantling, No. 46, On Tongloo, at 7,000 feet; T. Anderson, King; in flower in August. 
Prate 107.— Bulbophyllum eublepharum, Reichb. fil. Part of a plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 flower 
with its ovary and bract, 2 column and lip, seen from the side, 3 lip, 4 apex of lip, showing the 
minute emargination, 5 column and its foot and anther, 6 anther, 7 and 8 pollinia, seen from above 
and from belor; all enlarged. Fig. 9 capsule, of natural size. 
