132 YANDEE. 
subcompressed. Collett Fl. Siml. 493.  Corallorhiza indica Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
ii, 26 (not of Dene.). 
Hattu near Simla 7,000 feet, 7. Thomson Хо. 1724, Gamble; Chachpur Valley 
the Simla Hills 6,000 feet, Duthie No. 21074; Jaunsar 8-9,000 feet, Edgeworth 
No. 61; 6-7,000 feet, Duthie No. 14592; Garhwal 8-9,000 feet, Royle. Flowers 
in August. 
The shape of the pollinia in this species and the absence of а caudicle are remarkable. The 
claw of the lip and the lamella are pale yellow, the side lobes are marked with purple lines and 
spots, and the apical lobe is white and often tinged with pale purple. 
Pirate 112. Oreorchis indica Hook, f—A plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, single 
flower; 2, ditto with lip removed; 3, flower with sepals and petals removed; 4, lip spread 
out; 5, anther; 6, pollinia;—all enlarged. 
3. OREORCHIS MICRANTHA Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 27. 
Pseuao-bulb about 2 cm. long, ovoid-conic, the base with a few fibres. Leaves two 
or three, 155 to З dm. long, linear, prominently 1- or 2-nerved. Scape from the side 
of the pseudo-bulb, the peduncle with two or three tubular sheaths; raceme few-flowered, 
lax, 5 to 10 cm, long; foral bract minute, subulate, hairy, much shorter than the 
ovary. Flowers almost sessile, 1 ста. in length, pale yellow, the lip being white spotted 
with purple. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly spreading, the lateral pair a little 
shorter and broader than the dorsal and subfaleate. Petals shorter than the lateral sepals, 
sometimes spotted with purple. Jip obovate-oblong, not saccate at the base, deflexed 
from the top of the very short claw; side lobes narrowly oblong, erect; terminal lobe 
broadly obovate, 2-lobulate; disk with a thick, linear channelled callus. Column much 
curved, the base dilated and concave. Pollinia globular, united to а short thick caudicle. 
Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 709; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale. 188, t. 
138; Collett Fl. Siml. 493. 
Simla Hills 7 to 8,000 feet, Gamble Nos. 4427, 6250, Lace 2159, Babington-Smith ; 
Jaunsar, Osmaston; Mussoorie Hills 5 to 6,000 feet, King, Mackinnon; Kumaon, 7. 
Thomson No. 214, Strachey & Winterbottom No. 56. Flowers during June. 
4. Овковсніз Roure Duthie in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxi, part 2, 38 
Pseudo-bulb globose. Leaves two or three, about 2 dm. long, linear-lanceolate, deflexec 
at the tips, 3—d-nerved, plicate. Scape about as long as the leaves, rising from near the 
top of the pseudo-bulb; peduncle firm, clothed with three or four closely-fitting tubular 
sheaths. Raceme many-flowered, 6 to 7 cm. long. Flowers sessile, rather crowded, about 
1:4 cm. across; floral бғасі minute, less than half the length of the ovary. Sepals 
about equal, 144 em. long, lanceolate, subacute, pale yellowish-green, slightly spreading 
Petals as long as the sepals but narrower, oblanceolate, subacute, pure white with a few 
dark purple blotches. Zip obovate-oblong (when spread out), narrowed at the base into 
а sac-like claw; side lobes linear, fleshy, white, half the length of the midlobe and free 
almost to their bases; midlobe deflexed, white and blotched like the petals with dark 
