142 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM.HIMALAYA. 
A genus which forms a connecting link between Celogyne and Ofochilus, but differs from both 
in the curious sigmoid flexure of the base of the lip. ‘The lip, like that of Ofochilus, has no iamella, 
whereas in Celogyne a lamellated dise is the rule. There are two species—the following and another 
named P. apiculata. 
PANISEA PARVIFLORA, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. p. 1. 
Pseudo-bulbs narrowly ovoid, translucent, *6 to 1 in, long. Leaves narrowly elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute, tapering to the base, sub-sessile, 2 to 3 in. long. Scape filiform, 
decurved, about as long as the leaves, the base with membranous sheaths. Flowers "5 in. 
across; floral bract lanceolate, large, shorter than the stalked ovary, membranous. Sepals 
keeled, the dorsai linear-oblong; the lateral pair falcate, acute, gibbous at the base. 
Petals oblong, blunt. Jip above the sigmoid claw narrowly lanceolate, sub-acute, 3-nerved. 
Cupsule elliptic, turgid. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 783; in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale. 
V, 19, t. 29. Р. reflexa, Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1. Cælogyne parviflora, Lindl. Gen. and Spec, 
Orch., 44. Dendrodium demissum, Don Prod., 34. Aadrogyne sp., Griff. Notul. III; 279. 
Sikkim, at elevations of about 6,000 feet; Clarke, King, Pantling, No. 301; in 
flower about October. Nepal; Wallich. Khasia Hills; Griffith. 
The flowers are white with brown streaks, the column being entirely brown. 
Рглте 197.— Panísea parviflora, Lindl. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral bract, 
stalked ovary, column and lip seen from the side, 3 lip, 4 column, 5 anther, 6 pollinia ; all enlarged. 
23. Otochilus, Lindl, 
Epiphytal. Stems penduious, jointed, branched, formed of superposed elongate 
pseudo-bulb-like internodes, bearing roots at the nodes. Leaves in pairs from the apex of 
the terminal node, linear, elliptic or laeceolate, membranous, plieate. Raceme pendulous, 
from the pseudo-bulb just below the leaves, many-flowered, íhe flowers distichous, the 
peduncle sheathed. Flowers small, white; floral bract scarious. Sepals and petals sub- 
equal, spreading, free, narrow. Lip with a short two-horned sac at the base and a long 
narrow acute entire concave deflexed terminal lobe. Column very long, slender, clavate, 
erect, with no foot.  Anther-cedls distinct. Pollinia 4, ovoid or cuneate, flattened, 
attached to a single bilobed membrane. Species three; all Indian. 
Flowers l:l in. long from apex of dorsal sum to apex of lip. 
Leaves narrowly elliptic . . . Пт. 4, O o Pont 
Flowers “5 to ‘75 in. long from apex Y dimid dioe to apex aè lip. ' 
Leaves linear-oblong, sepals and petals obtuse . .^. . . . . 2. O. fusca. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong, sepals and petals acuto . . . . . e . 2. O. alba. 
1. OTOCHILUS porrecra, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 1968; Gen. and Spec. 
Oreh., 36. 
Internodes of the stem cylindric, 2 to 4 in. long, often sheathed. Leaves narrowly 
elliptic, acuminate, narrowed at the base to the short petiole, 5 to 10 in. long, and 1°5 
0 T5 in. broad. Raceme shorter than the leaves, very laxly-flowered, its peduncle 
about 1'5 in. long. Flowers 121 in. long; the floral bract broad, acute, caducous, the 
pedicelled ovary long and slender, Sepals sub-equal, narrowly oblong, the lateral 
pair sub-falcate. Petals as long as the sepals, linear, acute, spreading. Тір shorter 
