292 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
sub-rotund, inserted at the sides of the gland of the pollinia; pollinia obovoid-clavate, 
sessile on the pentagonal gland. Odontochilus pumilus, Hook, fil. Ic. Plant. t. 2163; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Вг. Ind. VI, 99. Cheiroséylis pusilla, (in part) Lindl. in Journ. Linn, 
Soc. I, 188 (nof of Gen. and Spec. Orch.). 
Sikkim, at Tendong, at elevations of about 6,000 feet; in flower during July; 
Thomson, Hooker, King, Pantling No. 162. 
The flowers are pure white with a tinge of green on the claw of the lip. 
Prats 389.—Zeurine pumila, King and Pantling. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 bract, ovary 
and flower, 2 the petals, 3 the column and lip, as seen from above, also the stigmas (s), 4 the foregoing 
in profile, a stigma (s), 5 section of the base of the lip, showing one of the calli on its side within, 
6 column showing anther (a), gland of pollinia (g), stigmas (s), and columnar processes (c p), 7 anther, 
8 роШша; ай enlarged. 
11. — FnRANcHETIANA, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 
Vol. LXIV, Pt. 2, 341. 
Height of the whole plant 6 to 9 in. Roots short, tubercular. Stem 6 to 9 in. 
long, the nodes slightly swollen. Leaves few, scattered, glabrous, linear-lanceolate and 
much reduced in the flowering plant; in the young plant :25 to :35 in. long, ovate 
and shortly petiolate. Raceme less than 1 m. long, pubescent, l- to 2-flowered. Flowers 
"25 to °З in. long; floral bract ovate, shorter than the ovary. Sepals oblong, curved, 
connate for one-third their length; the dorsal concave, shorter than the lateral pair. 
Peíals broad, sub-quadrate, with ап oblique midrib. Lip slightly exceeding the sepals, 
abruptly deflexed from the saccate base ; the limb very shortly clawed, deeply divided 
- into two linear obliquely sub-acute divergent lobules separated by a wide sinus. Column 
with two pyriform processes immediately beneath the rostellum. Anther-beak decurved. 
Ройтіа sub-ovate, divergent when released from the anther; the caudicle acuminate 
and the gland oblong. 
Sikkim, above Sureil; elevation 6,500 feet; flowering in August; Pantling No. 338. 
. А very distinct species named in honour of M. Franchet, the distinguished French 
botanist who has so successfully elaborated the extraordinarily rich collections made by 
the Abbé Delavay in the highlands of south-western China. This species is inter- 
mediate between Cheirostylis and Zeuxine. It resembles Cheirostylis in having a connate 
perianth, but the column is rather that of Zeuzine. | 
The flowers are white with а dash of green near the base of the lip. 
Pirate 398.—Zeurine Franchetiana, King and Pantling. Two plants in flower, and the upper part 
of the stems of two in leaf, of natural size. Fig. 1 floral bract, ovary and flower, 4 apex of ovary, 
column with anther ín situ, stigma (s) and lip, seen from the side, 3 the petals, 4 lip, 5 section of lip 
to show the interior of the basal sac, 6 and 7 side and front views of the column with the columnar 
processes (с p), stigma (s) and rostellum (r), 8 anther, 9 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
83. Anosctochilus, Blume. 
Terrestrial herbs with succulent stems decumbent at the base and with stout hairy 
roots. Leaves thick, ovate or lanceolate, with petioles sheathed at the base; peduncle 
and rachis of spike or raceme glandular-puhescent. Szpals free, unequal ; tho dorsal 
smaller, ovate, and with the beaked ` ке EM а hood over the column; the 
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