20 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
two entire or toothed wings, pale yellow brown. Anther notched at the tip; pollinia 
4, connected by a viscus. Capsule i in. long, turgidly obovoid. 
Though known for upwards of 70 years—for Wallich sent specimens to England early in the 
century—this interesting little orchid has never yet been cultivated in England, nor has a figure of 
it been published in Europe. That here given is from a Sikkim specimen collected by Dr. King 
at 6,000 feet elevation, 25th October 1876. The analyses A 1—5 are by myself from a specimen sent 
by Dr. Wallich to Sir James Smith about 1821, and given by the latter to Sir W. Hooker. 
Fig. 1, flower with the lateral sepals and lip turned down; 2, flower with the sepals and petals detached; 
3, ovary and column; 4, lip; 5 and 6, anther; 7, pollinia, enlarged :—all from the Sikkim drawing. 
Al, dorsal and A2, lateral sepal; АЗ, petal, A4, column and lip; رقشا‎ enlarged:—all from Wallich’s Nepal 
specimen. 
B, lip of Panisia apiculata, Lindl., from Moolyet, Tenasserim, Parisk, from a drawing of my own. It is the 
Only other species of the genus, and differs remarkably in the form of the lip from P. parviflora. 
PLATE 30. 
Erra (Hymeneria) oBESA, Lindl. 
E. obesa; pseudobulbis dense congestis crassis fusiformibvs basi attenuatis vaginis 
hyalinis tectis, foliis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, racemis lateralibus sessilibus v. 
breviter pedunculatis paucifloris pubescentibus, bracteis patulis ovatis herbaceis, floribus 
albis roseo-striatis, sepalis lateralibus falcato-decurvis lanceolatis acuminatis, mento 
breve, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis, labello lineari-oblongo lobis lateralibus parvis v. 
obsoletis, disco 3-carinato. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 1976 et Gen. and Sp. Orchid 608 et Bot. 
Reg. 1844 sub, 1. 29 её in Journ. Linn. Soc. їй. 53; Walp. Rep. vi. 277.; Hook. г Fi. 
Brit. Ind. у. 791. E. Lindleyana, Grif. Лош, iii. 300. 
Has.—Marrasan, Wallich “'TENASSERIM; at Mergui, Grifith, Parish. 
Pseudobulös 2—3 in. by 3—8 in. diam., curved, spindle-shaped, narrowed at the base 
of 4—6 principal nodes and a few very short small basal ones, pale silvery green 
from the transparent hyaline reticulate sheaths. Scapes several from each pseudo- 
bulb, with the sub-corymbose raceme 2 in. long; bracts 4—4 in. green; pedicel with 
ovary $—$ in. slender. Sepals 4 in. long, lateral spreading and decurved, more 
or less pubescent, very acuminate, dorsal recurved; mentum green, pubescent; petals 
4 shorter than the sepals; lip nearly as long as the sepals, Capsule 2 in. very 
slender, straight. 
A singular species, remarkable for the pale sausage-shaped crowded glistening green pseudobulbs. 
‘There is no indication on the drawing of the locality whence the specimen was procured or of the 
collector, it being simply inscribed © E. obesa, Falo.," implying that the drawing was made during Dr. 
_ Faleoners superintendence of the Calcutta garden. | 
Fig. 1, side and 2, back views of flower with the lip removed; 4, dorsal sepal; 5, lip; 6 and 7, anther; 
8, pollinia:—all enlarged. 
2. oe Tig. Al, lip, enlarged. A2 fruit of the natural size, from Mr. Parish’s spceimen in Herb. Kew. 
