TAINIA. 103 
Sikkim, on Mahalderam peak, elevation 6,000 feet; King, Clarke; Pantling No. 210; 
also at Choonthang; in flower during July. Bhutan; Biermann. | 
The sepals, petals, ovary and rachis of the raceme are of а purplish-brown, the two 
former being streaked with a darker shade; the lower half of the lip is white, speckled 
towards the sides with brownish-purple, the anterior part being yellow. The column and 
anther are green. Specimens of this are mixed with the species issued " Wallich as 
No. 7346 of his Catalogue under the name Culanthe plantaginea. 
Prate 141.—Tatnia minor, Hook. fil. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 sepals and petals separated, 
2 part of rachis, bract, stalked ovary, column and lip seen from the side, 3 lip, 4 column and anther, 
5 anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
9, Tama LATIFOLIA, Benth. ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 820. 
Rhizome stout, with woolly roots. Pseudo-bulbs narrowly fusiform, about 1 in. apart, 
often enveloped in membranous sheaths, oblique, 3 to 4 in. long, not more than '5 to 
‘75 in. thick. Leaf plicate, elliptic, acute, petiolate; length 9 to 12 in., breadth 2:25 
to 4 in.; petiole 3:5 to 5 in., channelled, Scape 18 to 36 in. long, bearing several long 
tubular sheaths in the lower part and at the apex a lax many-flowered raceme 6 to 
9 in. long. Flowers “6 or '7 in. long; floral bract small, linear-lanceolate, much shorter 
than the stalked ovary. Sepals and petals sub-equal, erecto-patent or spreading, linear- 
oblong, acute. .L/p narrowly oblong-panduriform, 3-lobed, not spurred; the lateral lobes 
small, tooth-like, divergent; the terminal lobe large, bluntly triangular, the upper surface 
with a narrow central and two broad lateral lamellz running from the base nearly to 
the apex. Mentum very short, blunt. Column narrow, curved, with a very short foot. 
Anther short, broad, with two crimson bosses. РоШтіа in fours, broad, unequal, 
compressed, each united to a granular membrane, Hook, fil, Fl. Br. Ind. V, 820. 
Тиина hastata, Hook. fil. Ic. Plant., 2091. Ania latifolia, Lindl. in Wall Cat., 3741; 
Gen. and Spec. Orch., 130. ria Ата, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 270. 7, cordifolia, 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 193; in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., V, 24, t. 36. 
Sikkim, in tropical valleys, ascending to elevations of 2,500 feet; many collectors, 
Pantling No. 106. Sylhet, Cachar and Khasia Hills; Wallich and others. Burma; 
Griffith, 
The sepals and petals, the pedicels of the ovaries and the rachis of the inflorescence 
are of a uniform dark brown, the lip and column are yellow, and the pseudo-bulbs 
olive green. 
Рглте 142.— Тана latifolia, Benth. Leaf, pseudo-bulb and scape with its raceme; of natural size. 
Fig. 1 a flower, 2 bract, stalked ovary, column with the anther іп situ and lip, side vicw, 3 lip, 
4 column and anther, front view, б anther, 6 and 7 pollinia; all enlarged. 
2. Tamia Hooxertana, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, 
LXIV, pt. II, 336. 
Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, tapering upwards, 2 to 3 in. long, rising close together from a 
stout rhizome, and enveloped in a bract which sheaths also the petiole nearly to Ив 
apex. Leaf plicate, oblong-lanceolate, tapering much to each end, the blade 12 to 18 in. 
long and about 3 іп, broad, its petiole somewhat shorter. Racemz about 10 in. long; 
its stalk about twice as long, glaucous, bearing two or three sheathing bracts near the 
