' PHAJUS.. 7 wee 107 
Т к ete ы ЫЫ aD. AGUA DOR к боконо mdi Aa d e RM. 
Raceme from the axil of a leaf half way up the 315 flowers rose- 
ИИИ VU. S o. у уьу. + кв „узе ae е RC 5. Р. mishmensis. 
-` Raceme on the apex of the stem, flowers white فو ا ا‎ 6. P. albus. 
Spur only “25 in. long, anterior portion of ы СРЯ triilo- 
bulate 
1. Рнллв манов, Hook. fil in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 2088. 
Rhizome stout, pseudo-bulbs none. Stems only an inch or two long. Leaves narrowly 
elliptic or oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the long petiole, the lower one 
often sheath-like; length 12 to 15 in. breadth 15 to 3 in.; petiole winged, 2 to 
5 in. long. Scape from the base of the stem, erect, 6 to 9 in. long, bearing several 
wide scattered» sheaths about 1 in. in length, and at its apex a 2- to 3-flowered raceme. 
Flowers 9:5 in. long; the dbracé large, lanceolate, cymbiform, about as long as the 
stalked ovary. Sepals and petals sub-equal, narrowly oblong, acuminate, spreading. Lip 
nearly orbicular when spread out, obscurely 3-lobed, the base with a slender spur only 
about “25 in. long; the side lobes small, rounded; the middle lobe plicate, its terminal 
lobule broad and emarginate, its upper surface faintly nerved, puberulous. Column 
short, puberulous. Antier short, broad. Pollinia 8. 
In the Western Duars of Bhutan, east of the Jaldacca river, at an elevation of 
500 feet; Pantling No. 433; in flower in February. 
A species at once recognised by its dwarf habit. 
Prats 148.—Phajus nanus, Hook. fil. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 floral bract, ovary and lip 
with its spur, side view, 2 lip, 3 front view of the column showing the anther í» situ, the spur, and 
the apex of the ovary, 4 lower surface of empty anther, 5 pollinia ; ай enlarged. 
9, PnHAJUS MACULATUS, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 3748. 
Pseudo-bulbs ovoid-eylindrie, naked, 4 to 5 in. long, and 2 to 2°75 in. in diam. 
near the base. Stem 16 to 24 in. high. Leaves four to six, stoutly membranous, elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminate, many-nerved, plicate, tapering to the petiole, 14 to 20 in. long 
and 3 to 4 in. broad, often spotted with yellowish-white. Scape from the base of the 
pseudo-bulb, 12 to 18 in. long, bearing several sub-tubular broadly lanceolate sheaths; 
the raceme many-flowered, rather crowded. Flowers 2:25 in. long; Uract rather large, 
broadly lanceolate, longer than the shortly pedicelled ovary. Sepals sub-equal, oblong, 
obtuse, concave. Petals oblong-oblanceolate, Lip erect, oblong, concave, with a sharp 
spur at the base, side lobes narrow; terminal lobe deflexed, conchiform, its edges 
corrugated. ^ Column without a foot, sparsely hairy in front. Pollinia 8, broad, com- 
pressed, attached in groups of four to two membranes, Capsule globose-ovoid, ribbed, 
1:25 in. long, Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1803; Bot. Mag., t. 3960; Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. 
Bat. II, 180; Orchid. Archip. ПД, 9; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. fud. V, 817. Bletia flava, 
Wall. MSS, В. Woodfordii, Hook. in Bot. Mag., t. 2719; Reichb, fil. Fl. Exot, t. 63. 
Sikkim, in tropical valleys; Hooker, Pantling No. 207; in flower during April, 
Nepal; Wallich. Khasia Hills; Griffith. Distrib., China, Japan. 
In Sikkim the flowers àre of a dull yellow with faint stripes of a darker shade, the 
terminal lobe of the lip being brown. Figure 3960 in the Botanical Magazine, however, 
shows the flowers as of a bright yellow, the sepals and petals tipped with green and 
Ann. Бот, Bor. GARD., Carcurra, Vor. VIII. 
