136 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
pseudo-proliferous, one flower appearing at a time and being accompanied by an axillary 
bud which ultimately developes into a second flower. 
Pirate 187.—Celogyne ovalis, Lindl. А plant; Fig. 1 floral bract, of natural size; 2 lip, 3 
upper part of column with the anther, 4 empty anther, 5 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
8. С‹тосүхЕ ELATA, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 1959. 
Pseudo-bulbs ovlong-cylindrie, polished, sheathed at the base, 3 to 5 in. long and 
1 to 2 in. in diam., rising at distances of about 2 in. from a very stout sheathed 
rhizome. Leaves in pairs, thinly coriaceous, narrowly elliptic-oblong, acute, narrowed 
at the base to the long petiole; length of blade 7 to 14 in., breadth 1'5 to 275 
in. of petiole 1:25 to 3 іп. Pednncle from the apex of the adult pseudo-bulb 
between the leaves and rather shorter than them, naked below, bearing many short 
imbricate sheaths just under the raceme. Raceme 4 to 6 in. long, distichous, laxly many- 
flowered. Flowers 1:25 in. across ; floral bract sub-rhomboid, acute, conduplieate, slightly- 
longer than the stalked ovary, caducous. Sepals sub-equal, oblong, sub-acute, spreading, 
Petals as long as the sepals but much narrower, sub-acute. Lip elongate, the lower 
part oblong and with narrow entire side lobes, separated from the sub-orbicular anterior 
lobe by an erose-edged sinus; anterior lobe irregularly erose, undulate, obtuse; the disc 
with two erose-crenulate lamella from the base to near the apex. Column winged in © 
its upper half, the wing erose at the apex; pollinia dimidiately ovate. Capsule clavate, 
15 in. long. Lindl., Gen. and Spec. Urch., 40; in Wall. Pl. As. Rar, III, 12, t. 218; 
in Bot. Reg., 1839, Mise. 92; Fol. Orchid. 9; Bot. Mag., t. 5001; Walp. Ann. VI, 230; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 838. Cælgyne sp. Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat., t, 990. - 
Sikkim, at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet; Lister, Gammie; in flower during 
May and June; Pantling, No. 123. Westward along the range to Nepal and Gharwal. 
Bhutan and upper Burma; Griffith. | T 
The flowers are in colour ochraceous white, the lip having a broad spot of yellow 
and pink on the lamelle on its anterior lobe, the lower part of the lamelle being 
yellow; the column is white and the ovary pinkish-brown. The flowers have rather 
an unpleasant smell. | 
Puare 188,—Celogyne elata, Lindl. A raceme and part of its peduncle, fig. 5 bract; of natural 
‘size, Outline of a plant; reduced in size. Fig. 1 а flower, 2 apex of ovary, column and lip in profile, 
3 lip, 4 apex of ovary and column with anther in situ, 6 empty anther, 7 pollinia ; a// enlarged. 
9. CG@LOGYXE томар, Lindl. Fol. Orch., 10. 
Pseudo-bulbs slender, cylindric, tapering to each end, slightly sheathed at the base, 
25 to 4 in. long and “4 ог °5 in. in diam., obliquely attached at distances of 2 to 
3.inches to a rather slender rhizome ‘clothed with imbricate sheaths. Leaves narrowly 
elliptic, acute, narrowed to. the petiole, З to 6 in. long and 1 to 1:5 in. broad. 
Peduncle erect, terminal, as long as or longer than the leaves, naked below, but clothed 
near the flowers with numerous small distichous imbricate bracts. Raceme about 2 in. 
i: long, its rachis slightly sinuous. Flowers 775 to 1 in. across; floral bract leathery, 
oblong, acute, convolute, almost as long as the flower, caducous. Sepals sub-equal, 
spreading, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute. Petals linear, twisted, reflexed, Zip oblong, 
