92 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Smaller in all its parts than the typical form, and found close to the plains 
at elevations of 1,000 fcet; not connected with the type by transition forms. 
Рглте 126.— Cirrhopetalum sarcophyllum, King and Pantling. A plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 
a flower, seen from the side, 2 the same, from the front, 3, front of ovary, column with anther i 
situ, foot and lip, side view, 4 lip, 5 column with its apical processes, anther in situ and foot, 
6 anther, seen from below, 7 pollinia; ай enlarged; 8 transverse section of leaf, of natural size. 
10. CrRRHOPETALUM COESPITOSUM, Wall. in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 35. 
Coespitose, pseudo-bulbs much crowded, ovoid, :35 to '5 in. long. Leaf linear- 
lanceolate, acute, the base narrowed to the petiole; length 2 to 4 in., petiole:25 to 
‘75 in. Scape much shorter than the leaves, slender, erect, minutely bracteate, bearing 
at the apex an umbel of three to five flowers ‘5 to ‘7 in. long; floral bract lanceolate, 
much shorter than the long-stalked ovary. Dorsal sepa] free at its base from the 
lateral pair, very concave, vaulted over the column, ovate, shortly acuminate; lateral 
sepals much longer than the dorsal (‘75 in. or more), linear-lanceolate, obtusely 
acuminate, partly coherent, the bases and apices free, the edges erose. Petals broadly 
ovate, acute, the edges erose-dentate. Гір oblong, sub-acute, entire, fleshy, very concave 
near the base. Column thick, with minute sharp triangular apical processes; the foot 
rather long, much curved; pollinia laterally compressed, unequal, the inner two minute. 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, under t. 49; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 775; in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc., Vol. V, pt. 18, t. 27. B. confertum, Hook. fil Ic, Plant., t. 2035; Fl. Br. 
Ind. V, 757. Bulbophyllum scabraium, Reicbh. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI. 959. 
Sikkim; at elevations of about 4,000 feet; Pantling, No. 110; 
April. Khasia Hills; Gibson, Griffith, G. Gammie. 
The flowers are of a pale ochreous yellow; the nerves of the sepals and petals 
being coloured and flexuous. 
in flower during 
PrarE 127.—-Cirrhopetalum coespitosum, Wall. A plant; of natural size, Fig. 1 a flower, 
2 bract, stalked ovary, column with anther in situ, the foot and the lip, 8 lip, 4 column and its 
foot, 5 anther, 6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
11. CIRRHOPETALUM PARVULUM, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 2060 A. 
Rhizome slender, annvlated, “1 in. thick; pseudo-bulbs ovoid, °35 to °75 in. ens 
sometimes touching, sometimes ‘25 to “5 in. apart. Leaf narrowly elliptic, sub-acute, 
narrowed at the base, sessile, 1 to 1°25 in. long. Scape as long as the leaf or longer, 
erect, slender, sheathed only at the base, bearing at the apex three or four flowers in a 
short raceme. Flowers “6 in. long, drooping; floral bract lanceolate, acuminate, equalling 
the stalked ovary. Dorsal sepa! oblong-ovate, acute, free at its base; the lateral pair 
two and a half times as long as the dorsal, linear-oblong, somewhat faleate, acuminate, 
diverging. Petals ovate, acute, obscurely erose. Lip oblong, tapering to the sub-acute 
apex, decurved from below the middle, the upper surface with a deep mesial groove 
from the base to near the apex. Column with short triangular erect teeth; the foot 
much curved, elongate. Anther minutely papillose; the pollinia elliptic, the inner two 
small. Capsule nearly “5 in. long, fusiform, ellipsoid, smooth, stalked. Hook. fil.’ Fl. 
Br. Ind. V, 778. С. Dyerianum, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 
LXIV, рь 2, 83%: 
