A CENTURY OF INDIAN ORCHIDS; (J. D. HOOKER). 19 
petalis rubris ovato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis ciliatis et pubescentibus sepalo dorsali 
minoribus, labello minuto oblongo hispidulo v. glabrato, columnz calcaribus elongatis 
decurvis. Zollinger in Flora 1847, 457; Walp. Ann. i, 776; Hook. f. Pl. Brit. Ind. +. 
779. С. Wallichü, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1980 et in Bot. Rey. 1839, Misc. 71 et 1843 
sub. 1. 49 (non Wall. Pl. As. Rar.) C. tripudians, Par. and Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 
1876, 817. Bulbophyllum tripudians, ejusd. in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxx. 154. В. refractum, 
Reichb. f. in Walp, Ann. vi. 259. 
Нав.--бсвтворісат, HIMALAYA; from Kumaon alt, 3,700 ft., Strachey and Winterbottom, 
to Sikkim, alt. 4—5,000 ft., J. D. H., «с. Texasserım, Parish. DISTRIB. JAVA. 
Pseudobulls very variable, $—1 in. diam., young often nearly globose, old deeply 
lobed at the sides. Leaves 2 on young pseudobulbs, 4—5 in. long, rather flaccid. Scape 
4—6 in., stout or slender, often red-brown, sheaths few, appressed; spike usually in- 
clined or nodding, with 3—10 spreading or drooping flowers; bracts cymbiform, broadly 
ovate; ovary about $ in. long. Dorsal sepal $ in., yellow streaked with red; 
lateral remote at their bases, margins glabrous or ciliate; petals purplish red; lip sub- 
cylindric, streaked and speckled with red-purple, tip thickened incurved. 
A very singular species, quite unlike any other, remarkable also for its wide distribution, being 
one of the few epiphytic orchids that inhabit both the Himalayas and Java. The specimen and figures 
from native specimens, of which I have seen several, show a good deal of variation in the form and 
colouring of the bracts and perianth segments. The drawing here reproduced is of a Sikkim specimen 
inscribed “ Bolb. above Kurseong, 5,500 ft., 4th October 1876, G. King." 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, lateral sepals; 3, dorsal sepal; 4 end 6, petals; 6, column and lip; 7, lip; 8, front view of column 
9, anther; 10, pollinia:—all enlarged, 
PLATE 29. 
PANISIA PARVIFLORA, Lindl. 
P. parviflora; pseudobulbis ovoideis reticulatis diphyllis, foliis subpetiolatis elliptico. 
lanceolatis acutis, scapo brevi gracile decurvo, racemo pendulo, floribus albis, sepalis later- 
alibus lanceolatis acutis 5-nerviis, dorsali lineari-oblongo, petalis ovato-lanceolatis 8-nerviis 
basi gibbis, labello lanceolato ungue elongata gracili geniculata apice 2-tuberculata, Lindl. 
Fol. Orchid. 1; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 788. P. reflexa, Lindl. Lc. Coelogyne parviflora, 
Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orchid. 44. Dendrobium demissum Don Prodr. 94.—Androgyne, Grif" 
Notul. iii. 279. 
Has.—SusrroricaL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; біккім, alt. 4—10,000 ft, Clarke. 
Kuasia HILLS, Griffh, 46. | 
Pseudobulbs broad or narrow, $—2 inch long, pale green, with slender, pubescent, 
branching roots from the base. Leaves 2—3 in. Scape 1—2 in.; raceme laxly few or 
many-fid.; bracts 4 in, lanceolate, shorter than the ovary, brown, membranous, 
deciduous; pedicel with ovary % in. Sepals and petals pure white; lip very narrow, 
3-nerved, acute; claw variable in length, sometimes more than half as long as the 
blade. Column as long as the sepals, slender below, gradually dilating upwards into 
Ann. Вот. Вот. Garp. Carc, Vor. V. 
