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2.. Росомл PRAINIANA, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 
3 Vol. LXV, Pt. 2, 129. 
_ Tuber globular, warted, :5 to ‘6 in. in diam. Scape 3 to 6 in. high, 1-flowered, 
_ bearing five or six bracts, the lower four or five being unequal sheathing and blunt; 
the uppermost acuminate and about 1 in. long. Leaf orbieular, reniform and plicate, 
2:0 in. broad, its petiole 1 in. long. Floral bract triangular, minute, very much shorter 
than the ovary. Flower 1 in. in diam., nodding. Sepals narrowly oblong, blunt, 75 in. 
long. Petals linear-oblanceolate, blunt. Zip longer than the sepals, the lower part 
convolute round the column; the side lobes short, triangular; the terminal lobe shortly 
sub-orbicular, its margins fimbriate and its disc with about seven densely glandular- 
pubescent vertical lines. Column clavate, anther elongate. 
Sikkim, Lachoong Valley, at an elevation of about 6,500 feet; flowering in June; 
Pantling No. 372. 
The sepals and petals are very pale green, as is aleo the convolute part of the 
lp; the apical lobe or expanded part of the lip is pink. ! | 
Рглте 355.—Pogonia Prainiana, King and Pantling. Flowering and leaf-bearing plants, of natural 
sis. Гір. 1 а flower, 2 bract, ovary and lip, seen from the side, З lip 4 apex of ovary, column with 
anther in sifu,.5 anther, profile and front views; all enlarged. 
3. Poconra MaACROGLOSSA, Hook. fil Ic. Plantar. t. 2195A. 
` Tuber. sub-globose, faintly annulated and boldly warted, ‘75 in. in diam. Flowering 
stem 8 to 6 in. long, mostly enveloped in one or two long, tubular, lax sheaths; 
pedicel about 1 in. long, bearing a single nodding flower slightly over an inch in 
length; floral Мас} oblong, convolute, erect, shorter than the shortly-stalked elliptie 
truncate ovary. Sepals and petals sub-equal, linear-lanceolate, sub-acute, slightly spread- 
ing. Тір gibbous at the base, slightly longer than the sepals, narrowly oblong; the 
basal half convolute round the column, and with two slightly raised lines along its 
upper surface ; the apical half expanded, sub-acute, with two obscure side-lobes near its 
base. Column elongate, the apex slightly clavate, the lower part slightly curved. 
Anther broad, convex; pollinia narrowly clavate, conjoined, the lower ends very finely 
pointed. Leaf reniform, the apex bluntly apiculate, the edges sub-undulate, the petiole 
3 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind.. VI, 120. 
Sikkim, in tropical valleys, ascending to elevations of 4,000 feet; in flower during 
April; Pantling No. 261. 
'The sepals and petals are white, minutely streaked with rose-colour; the upper 
surface of the lip having, in addition to the rose-coloured streaks, deep rose-coloured 
spots. The flowering stems and sheaths are white flushed with rose, and the leaf 
is pale green flushed with pale brown, especially towards the centre, 
Prate 356.—Pogonia macroglossa, Hook. fil. Three flowering plants and one leaf-bearing, of natural 
size. Fig. 1 floral bract, ovary and lip, se from the side, 2 upper surface of lip, 3 apex of ovary 
and column with the anther in situ and the stigma, 4 anther, 5 pollinia; ай enlarged; 6 tuber of 
flowering stem, of natural size, | 
Axx. Roy. Вот. Garo., Олисоттл, Vor. VIII. 
