GALEOLA. | HA 263 
нё, the side lobes broad, rounded; the apical lobe ‘broadly oblong, sub-undulate, the 
edges minutely erose, the whole of the upper surface minutely carunculate. Column 
slender, much eurved forwards, the apex not thickened. Anther erect; pollinia - four, 
oblong, united in pairs. Hook. fil Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 116. Apaturia montana, Thwaites 
Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 301 (not of Lindl), 
Sikkim, at Guru Bathan; elevation 9 ,000 feet ; ‘Griffith; ` Pantling No 344; in 
flower during August. ? Khasia Hills. Ceylon; Thwaites. 2 
The whole plant is of a pale brown colour, the only o biog the sollan 
which are yellow. "Тһе roots are very thick. 
.. PLATE 349.—Aphyllorchis montana, Reichb. fil. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 а flower, 2 floral 
bract, stalked ovary, eolumn with anther in situ, and lip, іп profile, 3 lip, 4 column showing tho 
фы, pollinis (9) and eap of the anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. - 
71. Galeola, Lour. 
Leafless, yellow or brown, climbing or erect herbs. Flowers rather large, in 
racemes or panicles on the ends of the branches and stem. Sepals sub-equal, concave, 
free, connivent or spreading, Petals as large as the sepals, or narrower or broader. 
Lip adnate to the base of the column and conyolute round it, broad, concave, with 
or without lateral Iobes; apical lobe large, broad. Column dilated towards the apex. 
Anther conical, 2-celled; ро та two, broad, often commpremed, powdery. Species 12; 
Indian, Malayan and Australian. 
Btems seandent; flowers not exeeeding l in. in diam. 
All the sepals linear-oblong, lip cuneate at the base . . . . . . 1. 6. Catheartii, 
Dorsal sepal oblong; the lateral pair obliquely ovate, sub-falcate, 
saito; lip cordate at the base ............, 2. G. Hydra, 
Stems erect, not scandent; flowers 1:5 іп, or more in diam. 
Flowers 15 in. in diam., anther papillose; capsule sub-trigonous, 
6 an lng; dmhieme:luinothkki 42.010. оь 3. 6. Lindleyana. 
Flowers 2 in. in diam., anther smooth; capsule sharply 3-angled, 
faleate, 9 in. ИТИ er em. errr oe «oe 4. @. Falconeri. 
1. GALEOLA annt Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 89. 
Stem scandent, smooth, scurfy, branching and bearing roots at intervals, 20 to 30 
` feof in length and :5 in. in thickness, rising from a rhizome *5 to ‘75 in. thick. Ралісіе 
3 to 6 in. long, lateral, spreading or drooping, pubescent, sheathed at the base by 
one or two broad oblong blunt glabrous coriaceous bracts. Flowers (exclusive of the 
ovary) 775 to ‘90 in. long; floral bract minute, triangular, much shorter than the pubes- 
cent sub-cylindrie ovary. Sepals linear-oblong, sub-acute, recurved, furfuraceous outside. 
Petals of the same shape but smaller than the sepals, both recurved. Lip shorter than 
the. petals, obovate (when spread. out), very concave, entire in its basal third, erose-lacin- 
jate in its upper two-thirds, its upper surface papillose and with a small oblong callus 
near the rounded apex. Colwnn half as long as the lip, bent forwards from the middle; 
{he clinandrium with dentate margins. Anther fleshy, conical, its apex directed back- 
wards; pollinia mealy, broadly and obliquely elliptic. ee cylindric, — 
probably 6 or 8 in. long when ripe. 
