182 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM.HIMALAYA. 
Flowers and leaves not contemporaneous, the latter de- 
ciduous, 
Pseudo-bulbs elongated, ovoid, leaf usually solitary . 14. О. humilis. 
Pseudo-bulbs more or less turbinate, umbonate, leaves 
in pairs. 
Flowers 2 to 8 in. across, white . . . . . 15. С. maculata. 
Flowers 3 to 4 in. across, rose-coloured . . . 16. С. precoz. 
1. CG@LOGYNE Fuscescens, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 1962; Gen. and Spec. Orch., 41. 
Pseudo-bulbs long, cylindric, furrowed, shortly sheathed at the base, about 1 in. 
apart on a stout rhizome 3 or 4 in. long, and about "75 in. in diam. Leaves in pairs, 
elliptic, plicate, acute, narrowed to the shortly petioled base, 6 to 9 in. long and 2 to 
4 in. broad. Zaceme rather shorter than the leaves (longer in fruit), drooping, 4- to 
10-flowered; the peduncle stout, rising from the rhizome, enveloped for more than 
half its length in imbricate sheaths. Flowers about 1°5 in. long, pale brown; foral 
bract broadly ovate, acute, longer than the stalked ovary, caducous. Sepals sub-equal, 
erecto-patent, oblong-lanceolate, acute, rather concave. Petals linear, acute, reflexed, 
about as long as the sepals. Jip oblong; the basal half concave, with two broad rounded 
_ recurved side lobes; the anterior part wider than the basal and not separated from it by 
any constriction, broadly ovate, elliptic, obtuse, the edges undulate; the disc between 
the side lobes with three bold smooth ridges. Column long, curved, erosely winged at 
the apex. Pollinia dimidiately obovoid. Capsule pyriform, 1:25 in. long. Lindl. Fol. 
Orchid., 11; Bot. Mag., t. 5494 (var. brunnea}; Walp. Ann. VI, 231; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. V, 833. (0. brunnea, Lindl. in Gard. Chron., 1848, 71, with fg. C. assamica, Lindl. 
ex Reichb. fil. in Koch Allgem, Gartenzeit, 1857, 503; Xen. Orchid. П, t. 134. 
Sikkim, at elevations of 3,000 to 5,000 feet; flowering from October to December; 
Pantling, No. 22. Nepal; Wallich, Maries. Bhutan; Griffith, No, 5198 (Kew Distrib.), 
Clarke; Khasia Hills, Simons. Burma; Parish. 
In the Sikkim plant the flowers are of a pale brown colour, the ridges on the 
disc of the lip being of a darker shade. There are also two spots of a still darker 
brown on the side lobes and two on the anterior lobe, besides some dark dots; the 
floral bract also is brown, In other provinces the colour varies to brownish-green or 
yellowish, the lip being spotted with brown. 
Prate 181.—Celogyne fuscescens, Lindl. A plant; fig. 2 bract, 6 capsule, 7 transverse section- of the 
ваше; of natural size. 1 lip, 3 column with the anther in situ, 4 anther, 5 pollinia; all enlarged. 
2, CcLocyne OCHRACEA, Lind]. in Bot. Reg., 1846, t. 69. 
Pseudo-bulbs on a stout rhizome, ovate-oblong to cylindric, furrowed, 3 to 4 in. 
long and :75 in. in diam. Leaves narrowly oblong, acute, narrowed to the channelled 
: petiole, 6 to 8 in. long and “8 io 1:25 in. broad; petiole 1:5 to 2:25 іп. long. 
Raceme from the base of the old pseudo-bulb, erect, shorter than the leaves (longer 
in fruit), 6- to 8-flowered ; its peduncle stout and with several large imbricating sheaths. 
Flowers white, 15 in. in diam.; the Jract oblong, convolute, sheathing, longer than 
the slender stalked ovary, caducous. Sepals sub-equal, oblong-lanceolate to ovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse, spreading, the petals narrower. Lip oblong, constricted about the 
