144 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM.HIMALAYA. 
Raceme shorter than the leaves, laxly-flowered, its peduncle about 1:25 in. long, 
enveloped in large sheaths, Flowers "5 to “6 in. across (vertically); the floral bract large, 
ovate-lanceolate, longer than the stalked ovary, caducous. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
the dorsal rather smaller than the lateral pair, the petals narrower. Lip somewhat longer 
than the sepals; the saccate base with rather broad side lobes, the anterior lobe oblong, 
apiculate, deflexed from the base. Column very long and slender, winged and thickened 
towards the apex, bent downwards at its base. Pollinia sub-globose. Capsule elliptic, 
tapering to both ends, “5 in. long. Hook. fil Fl. Br. Ind. V, 843. Celogyne alba, 
Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 236. Broughtonia pendula, Wall. MSS. 
Sikkim, at elevations of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet; common; in flower during June. 
Pantling No. 35. Extending to Nepal on the west and to the Khasia and Naga Hills 
towards the east and south. The colour of the flowers is white, 
Ртлте 200.— Ofochilus alba, Lindl. Part of a plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 front view of a flower, 
2 lip, 8 stalked ovary, column and lip with the anther i» situ, showing also the bases of the cut-off 
petals, 4 upper part of column showing anther and stigma, 5 lower surface of anther, —— the 
pollinia, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
24. Pholidota, Lindl. 
Epiphytal with jointed often branching stems with internodes like pseudo-bulbs, or 
with tufted pseudo-bulbs. eaves usually in pairs (solitary in Р. imbricata), membranous, 
many-nerved. Racemes on ebracteate peduncles, terminal or from the base of a pseudo- 
bulb (from below the leaves in two species) usually drooping and distichous; forat 
bract large and persistent. Flowers small, sub-globose, expanding from above down- 
wards. Sepals concave, the lip usually without side lobes, more or less cymbiform and 
saccate. Petals narrower than the sepals. Column short, the apex shortly hooded or 
winged; anther cells more or less sub-globose. Pollinia 4, sub-globose or clavate, cohering 
by pairs to one or two membranes. Species about twenty; Indian, Malayan or Chinese. 
leaf solitary uuu 4 IR 2 OS Bes d Р, re 
Leaves in pairs. 
Rhizome fleshy, not jointed, more or less covered with fibrous 
sheaths and emitting pseudo-bulbs at intervals. | 
Rhizome short, raceme 8 to 10 in. long . e . . . . . 2. P. rubra. 
Rhizome 1 or 2 feet long, racemes 1 to 1:5 in. long . . 3. Р. protracta. 
Stems jointed, the internodes pseudo-bulb-like; racemes terminal 
from between the leaves, only one from each branch. 
Leaves narrowly elliptic. 
Bracts rhomboid-ovate, acute, deciduous « . | ‚ 4. P. articulata. 
Bracts oblong or sub-orbicular, obtuse, small, deidat . 4. P. articulata, var. 
Griffith. 
YLovie narrowly oblong. 
Bracts fan-shaped, with broad truncate apices, persistent . 5. Р. recurva. 
1, Pnorrora IMBRICATA, Lindl, in Hook, Fl. Exot., t. 138. 
Радий coespitose, cylindric, thickened at the base, 2 or 3 in. long and (at the 
middle) about *6 or ‘7 in. thick; or shorter and more ovoid, ‘furrowed, usually partly 
