PHALJENOPSIS. 197 
1. Рнлтжкорвв Parisai, Reichb. fil. in Gard. Chron., 1865, 410; 1871, 802; 
var. 10000, Reichb. fil. in Saunders’ Refug. Bot., t. 85. 
Leste broadly-elliptic, minutely and obliquely notched at the apex, 3 to 5 in. 
long and 1:25 to 1:75 in. broad. Raceme shorter than the leaves, 4- to 6-flowered, erect. 
Flowers *8 to 1 in. across; bract elliptic, blunt, much shorter than the stalked ovary. 
Sepals sub-equal, адтае, sub-acute, Petals smaller than the sepals, oblong-obovate, 
very blunt. Lip as long as the sepals, jointed, mobile, reniform, its lateral margins 
inflexed, bearing on its base a semi-circular erose flat dise with two superposed processes 
on its surface, each divided from about the middle into two awns. Column short, the 
base much dilated and with two large oblong erect basal lobes; rostellum long and 
narrow. Anther depressed. Pollinia obovoid-elliptie, attached by an elongated tapering 
flattened caudicle to a small triangular gland. Reichb. fil. Xen. Orch. II, 144, t, 156, 
fig. 1; Bot. Mag., 5815; Rolfe in Gard, Chron., 1886, II, 276; Hook. fil, Fl, Br. 
Ind. ҮІ, 3L | 
Sikkim, in the valley of the 'Teesta, up to elevations of 1,200 feet, common; іп 
flower during March and April; Pantling, No. 74. Bhutan, Cachar and Tenasserim, also 
in some parts of the Malayan Archipelago. 
The form of this species which occurs in Sikkim is that which has been figured in 
Saunders’ Refugium, t. 85, as var. Lobbi, It differs from the typical form only in 
having & white lip with two chestnut bands, whereas the typical form has amethyst 
bands. The rest of the flower is pure white, with the exception of the column which 
1 a dash of yellow and two brown spots. 
Prate 268.—Phalenopsis Parishii, Reichb. fil. var. Горі, Reichb. fil. А plant, growing on а 
branch; of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 apex of ovary, bract, stalked ovary, column with anther in 
situ and lip, 3 the flat plate and 4-awned process from the base of the apical lobe of the lip, 
4 column showing its basal processes, the stigma, and the anther én situ, 5 lower surface of empty anther, 
6 apex of the column with the pollinia (е situ, the cap of the anther having been removed, 7 pollinia 
after removal; all enlarged. 
2, Рнліжхорвів Mannu, Reichb, fil. in Gard. Chron., 1871, 902 ; 1876, 503, 
Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, but with an abrupt minute apiculus, tapering to 
the sessile base, length 5 to 14 in., 2 to 4 in, wide at the widest part. Raceme about as 
long as the leaves, pendulous, sometimes branched, laxly many-flowered. Flowers 1 to 
1:95 іп, in diam.; órací ovate-lanceolate, acute, much shorter than the long-stalked ovary. 
Sepals unequal; the” dorsal oblong, acute ; ius” ыш broadly oblanceolate, sub-acute, 
Petals shorter than the sepals, oblong, acute, faleate. Lip shorter than the petals, adnate 
to the base and short foot of the column; the hypochile with two large erect truncate 
connivent lobes; mesochile with an erect 2-lobed callus situated at the base of the claw 
of the epichile; epichile broadly sagittate, the lobules wide-spreading, erose; the dise with 
а flattened sword-shaped appendage in front of the two awns, and the ACHTEN with a 
few backward-directed seta. Column with a short two-horned foot; rostellum much 
elongated. Anther broad.. Pollinia obovoid-elliptic, attached by a long flat tapering 
caudicle to a small oblong gland.  Cepsuie 4 in. long, narrowly clavate-ellipsoid, with six 
bold ridges. Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1886, II, 276; Hook. fil, Fl, Br, Ind, VI, 30; 
in Ann. Bot. Gard., Vy, 37, b 55, 
