253 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
two, opposite, at the very apex of the stem and at the base of the peduncle, 
orbicular-cordate, acute, 1 to 1:5 in. long and about the same in breadth. Peduncle 
about "5 in. long, pubescent. Racem2 3 to 4 in. long, many-flowered, its rachis 
pubescent. Flowers "25 in. across; floral bract ovate-lanceolate, acute, concave, equal- 
ling or exceeding in length the pedicelled ovary. Szpals sub-equal, ovate, acute, the 
dorsal recurved, the lateral pair spreading. Petals elliptic-oblong, sub-acute, recurved. 
Lip fleshy, clawed, reniform in outline, its edges dentate-pectinate, the disc with a 
thickened mesial line from base to apex, (becoming thicker near the apex), the claw with 
two antrorse teeth. Column short, stout, the rostellum blunt. Anther very fleshy; 
pollinia two, pyriform, with a small abortive pair on the under surface. 
Sikkim, at Jongri, elevation 13,000 feet; in fuwer during July; Pantling No. 452. 
The flowers are green in colour throughout. 
PLATE 349.— Lis'era dentata, King and Pantling. A plant, ote natural size. . Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral 
bract, stalked ovary, column with anther іл situ and lip, seen from the side, 9 column showing anther, 
rostellum and stigma, 4 anther, 5 and 6 the pollinia, seen from the front and the back; all enlarged. 
..$. Listers LINDLEYANA, King and Pantling. 
Whole dient 8 to 14 in. high, stout or slender. Stem slightly longer than the 
raceme and bearing three or four loose convolute rather blunt sheaths about 1 in. 
long; sub-glabrous in its lower, glandular-pubescent in its upper part like the raceme. 
Flowers from- ‘З to “5 іп, long, lax; floral bract oblong, as long as or longer than 
the pubescent stalked ovary. Sepals elliptic-ovate, somewhat falcate, concave, sub-acute. 
Petals much smaller, linear, blunt. Lip two or three times as loag as the sepals, 
narrowly oblong; the apex deeply cleft into two oblong, lanceolate, acute lobules; 
the sinus broad, with a small triangular process at its apex; upper surface minutely 
puberulous, the midrib thickened. Columz much curved, expanded at base and apex. 
‘Capsule turgid; ridged, -3 in. long, its pedicel about as long. Ne sotbia listeroides, Lindl. 
ain Royle lll. Him. Воё., p. 368; Gen. and Spec. Orch., £58; in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
J, 176; Hook. fil. Fi. Br. Ind. ҮІ, 103. AN Lindleya: ia, Do ene. іп eet Voy. 
Bot, p. 163, t: 163. 
Эй, in the Lachen Valley; elevation 10,000 feet; Рана No. 393; in flower 
during July. Westward along the range to weis at тше of Hom $ 000 to 
10, 000 feet. pe | | | 
"The flowers are probably of a reddish-brown colour when fresh, The specimens 
from which the drawing was made were not quite fresh, -— we are doubtful" about 
the colour of their flowers being normal. | 
Рглте 343.—Listera Lindleyana, King and Pantling. А Mani, of natural size. Fig. la фе 
2 floral bract, ovary, column with anther in situ, and lip, 3 lip, 4 anther ; ; all enlarged. 
67. Pantlitigia, Prai 
A small terrestrial saprophytic aphyllous rhizomatous het. Stems 3 tọ 4 in. high, 
cach with a small solitary ovate bract about its middle. Flowers minute, fəw, racemose. 
Sepals sub-equal, free, narrow. Petals linear. Lip adnate to the base of the column, 
transversely elliptic, slightly concave, entire; thé upper surface with two elongated parallel 
calli extending from the base to about the middle. Column slightly curved forwards, with 
