256 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
3. LisrERA PINETORUM, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. I, 175. 
Slender, erect, whole height, 4 to 8 in., of which three-fourths are stem below the 
leaves. ı The stent naked. . Leaves very broadly cordate or reniform, acute, sessile, from 
“5 to 1 in. long and about equally broad. Peduncle about :5 in. long, covered with 
coarse ` glandular hairs ; raceme: 2- to 10-flowered, puberulous. .Fjowers .:35 to ‘5 in. long; 
floral bract ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, herbaceous, convolute, shorter than the pedicelled 
ovary. Sepals sub- equal, spreadiug, ovate- oblong, sub-acute. Petals somewhat shorter than 
the sepals, linear oblong, sub-acute. Zip much longer than the sepals, obovate-oblong, 
narrowed to the base, flat, the apex divided into two blunt slightly oblique lobules by 
a narrow blunt sinus with almost parallel sides; the upper surface with two small erect 
triangular calli near the base whence runs a broad raised dark line throughout its entire 
length. Column rather long, cylindric, much curved forwards; rostellum and anther blunt, 
pollinia clavate. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 104; Ic. Plantar. t. 2170. 
Sikkim, in the Lachen Valley, Hooker.  Bhotan, in the Chumbi Valley; King's 
Collector; at elevations of from 10,000 to 11,000 feet; in flower during July; Pantling 
No. 310. 
The sepals and petals are of rather pale olivaceous green, slightly flushed with 
brown; the lip is pale brown with a broad dark band along the central ridge; 
the column is warm reddish-brown below, but green near the summit. 
PLATE 338. —Listera pinetorum, Lindl, A plant, of natural size. Fig. l-a flower, 2 bract, ovary, 
column with anther and lip, 84е view, 3 apex of ovary, column with anther and pollinia in situ, 
4 anther, 5 pollinia; all enlarged. 
4. Lisrera LoNGICAULIS, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 
VoL LAV, pt. 2, 126. 
Length of the whole plant 6.to 14 in., of which half is the raceme and its 
peduncle. Stem rather stout, glabrous. Leaves at the apex of the stem, orbicular- 
ovate to reniform, sub-acute or blunt, from 1:25 to 15 in. long and about as broad. 
Касете longer than the peduncle, puberulous, with 8 to 14 distant flowers `6 in. 
long. Ovary with its pedicel “4 in. long; floral bract lanceolate, about as long as 
the slender pedicel. Dorsal sepa! ovate-lanceolate, erect; lateral sepals and petals 
linear-lanceolate, sub-faleate, all slightly reflexed. Zip large, three times as long as 
the lateral sepals, flat, ovate-elliptic, the apex blunt and rather deeply bifid, the 
margins minutely ciliolate, the upper surface with a thickened mesial line from base 
to apex from which diverge genesi paese branching nerves. Column rather long, 
sharply curved at the apex. 
Lachen Valley, elevation about 7,000 feet; in flower in July; Pantling No. 391. 
A species resembling Г. japonica, BL, which however is a smaller, more slender 
plant, with a much more deeply bifid lip. 
The flowers are of a es uniform green colour, veined with a darker shade | 
| of the same. | 
~- Prate 339.—Liparis longicaulis, King and Pantling. A. plant, of natural size. Fig. la мо 
front view, 2 a flower, side view, 3 lower surface of anther, 4 pollinia; all enlarged. | : 
