964 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Sikkim, in the valley ‘of the Rungeet, at an elevation of 1,500 "— in flower in 
June; Pantling No. 318; (only once collected). 
The flowers are yellow, the lip having red lines in its basal half. 
Prare 350.—Galeola Catheartii, Hook. fil. Parts of a plant. Fig. 1 the sepals and petals, separated 
and flattened out, of natural size. Fig. 2 a flower, 3 floral bract, ovary, column and lip, seen from 
the side, 4 the lip flattened out, 5 apex of ovary, column with anther in situ, 6 anther so as to show its 
interior, 7 pollinia; all enlarged. i 
2. Ga rota Hypra, Reichb. fil Xen. Orch. II, 77. 
An extensive climber with stout root-bearing furfuraceously puberulous branches; 
bracts few, scattered, fleshy, ovate, cymbiform, unequal, those on the flowering 
branches very small. Racemes 2 to 4 inches long, laxly-flowered. Flowers 1 in. in diam. ; 
Логаї bract fleshy, pointed, much shorter than the stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal in 
length; the dorsal oblong, sub-acute; the lateral pair obliquely ovate, sub-falcate, acute. 
Petals somewhat shorter than the sepals, the lower edge rounded; the upper undulate, 
rather straight. ip sub-orbicular, very concave, cordate at the base; the edges erose- 
fimbriate, not lobed; the upper surface papillose-pubescent, the dise with а smooth 
elongate callus towards the base. Column much curved. Anther irregularly ribbed ; 
pollinia broad, bifid, excavated. Capsule cylindric, 8 ог 9 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. V, 89. 6. altissima? Reichb. fil in Trans. Linn. бос. ХХХ, 135. Vanilla ptero- 
sperma, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7402. ?V. rubiginosa, Griff. Notul. III, 947. Zrythrorchis 
altissima, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 438 (in part, not of Blume). 
Sikkim, in the Rishap Valley, climbing on tall trees; King, Pantling No. 321; 
in flower during July: Tenasserim, Penang, Perak, Singapore, Malacca, Java and 
Sumatra. 
The colour of the flowers is yellow, with red markings at the base of the lip 
and on the anther. 
Prare 351.—Galeola Hydra, Reichb. fil. Parts of a flowering plant, and fig. 1 the sepals and 
petals, of natural візе. Fig. 2 stalked ovary and lip, seen from the side, З base of the lip, showing the 
callus on the dise, 4 apex of the ovary, column, anther and stigma, 5 anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged ; 
7 piece of the base of the stem and rhizome, 8 a mature capsule; of natural size. 
3. Garrora LINDLEYAXA, Reichb. fil. Xen. Orchid. II, 78. 
Rhizome an inch thick, reddish, clothed in large cordate fleshy scales. Stems 4 or 5 
feet high, bearing numerous short acute sheaths in the lower half, furfuraceous like the 
panicles and ovaries. Panicles with short, lax, few-flowered, drooping branches. Flowers 
sub-globose, thick and somewhat spongy in texture, 1:5 in. across;.dract ovate, sessile, 
withered when the flowers expand, shorter than the short stalk of the cylindric ovary. 
Sepals sub-equal, the dorsal elliptic oblong, the lateral pair wider, all with strong, toothed, 
wavy ribs externally. Petals broadly ovate, blunt, longer than the sepals, the margins 
ciliate. Zip cup-shaped with а very narrow obscurely 3-lobed border; the whole upper 
Surface papillose, but bearing at the base, just below the column, a small smooth glabrous 
chamber; the disc lamellate, the margins ciliolate. Column clavate, slightly curved for- 
wards and bearing two erect granular processes near its base. Anther boldly papillose, 
curved backwards. Pollinia boy! free, compressed, each cleft at the base. Capsuie ae 
