198 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Sikkim, in the valley of the Teesta, at low elevations, common; in flower during 
May; Pantling, No. 263. Assam. 7 | 
The sepals and petals are yellow with bold horizontal and . vertical brown markings, 
the lip is paler, more ochraceous than yellow, and the lobes of the mesochile are pink; 
the column is yellow, boldly marked with purple near the base. 
Рглте 264.—Phalenopsis Mannii, Reichb. fil. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 apex of 
ovary, column with its foot, anther їз situ and lip, seen from the side, 3 lip, 4 longitudinal section 
of lip 5 column, front view, 6 lower surface of empty anther, 7 apex of column, showing the rostellum 
and the pollinia in situ, the cap of the anther having been removed, 8 pollinia; ай enlarged. 9 a 
capsule, 10 section of capsule; of natural size. | 
40. Doritis, Lindl. 
Epiphytic, with short stems and no pseudo-bulbs. Leaves flat, coriaceous. Inflorescence 
and flowers as in Phalenopsis, but the column narrowly winged and the foot long and 
forming, with the sides of the lip, a conical sac bearing the lateral and apical lobes at 
its mouth. Species 5; Indian and Malayan. 
Lip with a short wide spur; leaves oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse . . . . . 1. JD. Wighti. 
Lip with а long sub-cylindric spur, leaves narrowly elliptic-oblong, acute . 2, D. tæniatis. 
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1. Dorrris ентп, Benth. in Gen. Plant. ПІ, 574. 
Roots flat, much shorter than the leaves. Stem 1 in. long. Leaves about three, 
pendulous, oblong, slightly oblanceolate, the edges sub-undulate; the apex blunt, minutely 
and obliquely notched, gradually tapered to the sessile shortly sheathed base; length 6 
to 8 in., breadth 1:35 to 2 in. Inflorescence pendulous from the stem beneath the leaves 
and shorter than them, slender below, somewhat thickened upwards, sometimes with 
a short branch. Flowers “5 or '6 in. long; floral bract ovate, acute, minute. Sepals 
unequal; the dorsal oblong-obtuse, blunt; the lateral pair shorter but broader, falcate, 
their apices obliquely truncate. Petals as long as the lateral sepals, oblong, blunt. Lip 
adnate to the foot of the column, the hypochile forming a conical sac with two erect 
` very broad ridged fleshy truncate lobes; epichile obovate, narrow at the base, the apex 
broad and emarginate, its dise with a forked appendage. Column stout, shortly winged, 
the foot short. Anther depressed; rostellum long, narrow. Pollinia ovoid, attached by 
a curved flat tapering caudicle to a small triangular gland. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
VI, 32. Phakenopsis Wighti, Reichb. fil in Bot. Zeit., 1862, 214. ZErides latifolium, 
Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl, 429. 
Sikkim, in the valley of the Teesta, at low elevations; in flower during July; 
Pantling, No. 94. Assam; Jenkins. Bhutan; Lister. Burma ; ; Parish. Сосо Islands ; 
Prain; also in Malabar and Ceylon. 
The ground colour of the flowers is pale ochraceous yellow with purple markings on 
the lip and column. The bases of the petals and sepals are slightly mottled with pink. 
= Рглте 265.—Doritis Wightii, Benth. А plant ; of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 bract, stalked 
ovary, column with anther іп situ, and lip, seen from the side, 3 section of flower, 4 lip, 
5 column with its foot, anther and stigma, 6 anther with the pollinia in situ, from below, 7 apex 
of column with the pollinia in situ, oot фы ш neg ben ect а. side 
view; all enlarged. ۰ 
