184 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
base into а sheath, boldly 1- or 2-nerved; length 6 to 12 іп, breadth :25 to 4 in. 
(occasionally broader). Scape 12 to 18 in. long, rising from the side of the pseudo-bulb, 
the peduncle with two or three tubular sheaths ; raceme 2 to 4 in. long, lax, few-flowered ; 
floral bract minute, shorter than the pedicel of the ovary. Flowers *4 in. long Sepals 
elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acute, slightly spreading. Petals narrower than the sepals, oblan- 
ceolate, sub-acute. Lip obovate-oblong; the base narrowed to a very short claw, not 
saccate; side lobes long, narrowly oblong, horizontal, entire, sub-acute; the terminal lobe 
deflexed from its base, broadly obovate, with a deep sinus in the middle and two broad 
lobules; the disc with a thick linear channelled fleshy callus. Column much curved, the 
base dilated and concave. Pollinia globular, united to a short thick caudicle. Hook. fil. 
FL Be. tnd. V, 709. 
Sikkim, in the Lachen Valley, altitude 10,000 feet; Pantling, No. 400. Western 
Himalaya, altitude 8,000 to 10,000 feet; Strachey and Winterbotham, (Orchid No. 56). 
` Тһе colour of the flowers is pale yellow, the lip being spotted with red. 
PLATE 188.—Orecorchis micrantha, Lindl. А plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 flower, front view, 2 floral 
bract, pedicelled — — (without anther) and lip, side view, 3 lip, 4 column, 5 pollinia; ай 
enlarged. 
38. Cymbidium, Swartz. 
"Epiphytal with a short stout pseudo-stem ; rarely terrestrial or with an elongated 
leaf-bearing stem. Leaves coriaceous, very long and narrow, rarely elliptic. Inflorescence 
from the side of the pseudo-stem; its peduncle usually with numerous sheaths; the 
raceme many- or few-flowered, erect or drooping; the floral bract various. Flowers usually 
large and handsome. Sepals and petals sub-equal, free-spreading or erect. Lip adnate to 
the base of the column and embracing it more or less by its convolute side lobes; the 
apical lobe decurved, often with undulate edges, the disc usually with two ridges or 
lamelle. Column long, without a foot. Anther 1- or imperfectly 2-celled. Рота 2, 
ovoid, pyriform, euneiform or globular, more or less partite, sessile, on а small or large 
often strap-shaped gland. Species about 60; tropical or sub-tropical, on mountains in 
Asia with a few from Africa and Australia. 
1.—Ессүмвпиом. Sepals and petals spreading; pollinia transversely ovoid or pyriform, шабыз дсй 
їп No. 8), their points divergent ; rostellum not beaked. 
pe. "Terrestrial ; inflorescense ani, eapsules fusiform and alio erect. 
. C. lancifolium. 
Leaves elliptic, borne on a stem . . . . . TF 
Leaves linear, their bases forming a short E ые 
flat. 
Flowers green, the lip will purple markings; pollinia 
horizontal, ovoid or obovoid, with divergent points. 2, С, cyperifolium. | 
Flowers pale yellow marked with broken vertical que | a 
. < lines; pollinia globular. .. .. ii. 2, С. Munronianum. 
Epiphytal; inflorescence decurved. 7 iod oe 
Flowers not more — im across — кИ in any 
ырымы ine ШЫ heal ds ee ШЕ | : 
Sepals and petals purple, broly edged with whites : А 
. ridges of the lip two, glandular-pubeseent .: . 2. б. Simonsianum. 7 
