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anther 2- or 4-celled; pollinia 8, cuneate or oblong, attached to a single gland. Species 
2, both. Himalayan. : 
In his Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, Lindley referred this genus to Vandeae ; but 
in the Botanical Register for 1838 (sub t. 28) he suggested its transference to Epidendreae in the 
neighbourhood of Phajus and Acanthephippium. Examination of living flowers of the plants as they 
grow in Sikkim shows that Lindley's first view was the correct one, and that the pollinia are con- 
nected to a gland which, prior to its removal from the flower, forms an integral part of the stigma. 
In C. lutea this gland is very large, while in C. sanguinea it is small. 
Bepaline tube scarlet; pollinia préén- - 5o... . v. v V Д О. sanguinea. 
Whole flower yellow, pollinia yellow . s . . . . « «© © . . . & C. lutea. 
1. CRYPTOCHILUS SANGUINEA, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 36, t. 26; Cat. 7530. 
Pseudo-bulbs ovoid to elliptic, crowded, the adult sheathed at the base and bearing at 
the apex two linear-oblong acute thickly inembranous leaves narrowed at the base to 
a short stout petiole; length 3:5 to 8 in., breadth :85 to 1'5 in., petiole about °5 in. 
Racemes from an undeveloped pseudo-bulb, on a stout erect peduncle longer than the 
leaves. Flowers ‘8 in. long, scarlet, secund in two rows; foral bract nearly as long ав 
the flower, erect. Sepaline tube slightly gibbous at the base, puberulous; its free apices 
divergent, triangular, acute. Petals oblanceolate, obtuse. Zip oblong, entire, slightly 
broader at the apex, somewhat deflexed from the curved base, smooth. Column stout, 
short, puberulous in front, the foot short. Anther short, 4-celled; pollinia 8, cuneate, 
sub-equal, attached to a rotund gland. Capsule oblong, erect, “5 in. long. Lindl. Gen. 
and Spec. Orch., 193; in Journ. Linn. Soc. III, 21; in Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 23; Wight 
Ic. t. 1757; Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 461; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 827. 
Sikkim, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet, common; Pantling, No. 36; in flower 
from June to August. Distributed westward to Nepal and eastward to the Khasia and 
Naga Hills, at alt. 4,000 to 5,000 feet; Griffith, Prain and others, 
The sepaline tube is scarlet with scattered white hairs, the free apices being dull: 
dirty white to very dark purple; the petals, lip and column are bright yellow and the 
pollinia green. 
Piare 220.—Cryptochilus sanguinea, Wall. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 front view of the 
mouth of а flower, 2 petals, 9 lip, 4 column with its foot and anther in situ, 5 floral bract, ovary, 
column, anther and lip, in profile, 6 anther, 7 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
2, CORYPTOCHILUS LUTEA, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III, 20. 
Pseudo-bulbs crowded, cylindric, 1*5 to 3 in. long, bearing at the apex two narrowly 
elliptie, acute, fleshy leaves tapering into petioles, length 4 to 6 in., breadth `65 to 
1 in.; petioles "65 to 1 in., sometimes much less. aceme from a young pseudo-bulb, 
shorter than the adult leaves, its peduncle short or long. lowers numerous, in two 
rows, sub-globular, glabrous, yellow, nearly :25 in. long; floral bract much longer, 
linear-lanceolate, ovary pubescent.  Sepaline tube urceolate, the triangular apices of the 
component sepals alone free. Petals narrowly and obliquely rhomboid, much narrowed 
at the base. Zip oblong, slightly expanded, grooved and thickened towards the apex, 
Axx. Roy. Bor. GARD., Слтсстта, Vor. VIII. 
