PHOLIDOTA. 145 
enveloped in large fibrous sheaths. caf solitary, elliptic-oblanceolate or lanceolate, 
acute, much tapered to the stout petiole; length 6 to 12 in., breadth 1:25 to 25 in, 
petiole 1*5 in. Inflorescence from the base of а pseudo-bulb, drooping, 8 or 10 in. long 
(longer in fruit); the peduncle slender, as long as or longer than the dense many-flowered 
raceme. Flowers distichous, "25 in. long; floral bract large, convolute, sub-rotund, minutely 
apiculate, the edges irregularly infolded, many-nerved, longer than the slender stalked 
ovary, persistent. Dorsal sepal orbicular; the lateral pair connate at the base, cymbiform, 
with a winged keel.. Petals oblong, sub-acute, Тір 3-lobed; the lateral lobes large, broad, 
rounded; the terminal lobe divided at the apex into two small oblong lobules separated 
by a broad sinus. Column broad and winged in its upper half; pollinia clavate, attached 
by pairs to two small membranes. Capsule ellipsoid, ^75 in. long. Lindl. in Wall. Cat, 
1991; Gen. and Spec. Orch., 37; in Bot. Reg., t. 1213 and 1777; Lodd. Bot. Cab., 
t. 1934; Wight. Ic. t. 907; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 262; Hook. fil Fi. Br. Ind. 
V, 845. Р. pallida, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. ХХІ, sub t. 1777. Celogyne imbricata and 
C. pallida, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 238. Péiloenema bracteatum, Don Prodr. 33. 
Cymbidium imbricatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ПІ, 460. Ornithidium imbricatum, Wall. MSS. 
Sikkim, from the foot of the range to elevations of 5,000 feet; common; in 
flower from May to August; Pantling No. 30. Westward to Kumaon and east-ward 
and southward to Bhutan, the Assam hill ranges, Chittagong, Burma, and the Andaman 
Islands, Also in the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon, and in the Malayan Peninsula. 
The flowers, ovaries and bracts are of an almost uniform pale brown colour, 
Рглте 201.—Pholidota imbricata, Lindl. А plant; of natural sise. Тір. 1 a flower, 2 ovary, column 
and lip in profile, 3 bract, 4 lip, 5 petals, 6 front view of column, stigma and anther im situ, 7 an 
empty anther, 8 pollinia; all enlarged. 
2. PHOLIDOTA RUBRA, Lindl., Gen. and Spee. Orch., 37. 
Rhizome thick, covered with fibrous sheaths; pseudo-bulbs fusiform, furrowed, about 3 
in. long, usually sheathed at the base, about “75 in. in diam. at the middle. Leaves 
two, narrowly elliptic, acuminate, tapering to the sessile base, 4 to 10 in. long, and "85 
to 1:5 in. broad. Васете from the base of a pseudo-bulb, almost sessile, 6 to 9 in. 
long, drooping. Flowers very numerous, distichous, not crowded, "2 in. long, embraced 
while in bud by the bract. Ovary short, stalked, slender, only half as long as the 
cymbiform, acute, persistent bract. Sepals ovate, with broad bases and acute apices, 
spreading, the midrib thick. Petals linear, obtuse, spreading. Jip oblong; the lower 
part cymbiform and with two small rounded lateral lobes; the anterior lobe small, 
broadly ovate, acute, decurved; the disc 3- to 5-nerved, the nerves slender. Column 
broadly winged at the apex; pollinia clavate, attached in pairs to two small membranes. 
Capsule broadly elliptic, °5 in. long. Wall. Pl. As, Rar. ІП, 21, t. 239; Hook. fil. Ic. 
Plant., t. 1879; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 847. Р. undulata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XIV, 
sub t. 1213 and XXVII, Misc. 6.  Celogyne rubra and C. undulata, Reichb. fil. in 
Walp. Ann. VI, 238. : 
Sikkim, at elevations of from 3,000 to 6,000 feet; in flower during November and 
December; Pantling, No. 58. Khasia Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib.) No. 5044, Clarke, 
Mann, 
Any. Rox. Bor. Gard., CALCUTTA, Vor. VIII. 
