OREORCHIS. 131 
united to а short common caudicle ending in a gland derived from the stigma 
(sessile in 0. indica)—Species 5; all inhabiting Northern Asia. 
Leaf solitary, flowers reddish :— 
Flowers stalked, lip saccate at the base eee Fe Ü; JOE, 
Flowers larger and sessile, lip not saccate at the base 2 0. indica. 
Leaves 2 or 3, flowers white or pale yellow :— 
Lip not васоаќе at the base, basal callus linear . . 3. О. micrantha. 
Lip saccate at the base, basal callus oval . . . . 2, О. Rolfei. 
1. OREORCHIS FOLIOSA Lindl, in Journ. Linn, Soc. iii, 27. 
Pseudo-bulb about 1:5 cm. long, broad-based and bearing a few lax root-fibres. 
Leaf solitary, terminal 1 to 2:3 dm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed at 
the base to a short petiole, with two or three prominent nerves and a few slender ones 
between. Scape 3 to 41 dm. long, the peduncle with two or three tubular closely-fitting 
sheaths 2% to 5 сш, long. „Васете 7:5 to 20 cm. long, laxly few-flowered ; floral bract 
small, equalling the short pedicel of the ovary. Flowers 13 mm. across, subsecund, 
yellowish tinged with red. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, subacute, the lateral pair produced at 
the base on to the sac of the lip. Petals shorter but broader than the sepals, all more 
or less connivent. Jp longer than the sepals, deflexed from below the middle, clawed 
and shortly saccate at the base; side lobes broadly and obliquely oblong, obtuse, entire, 
3-nerved, terminal lobe subreniform (when flattened out), shortly bifid, the margin 
thickened and erose; disk with five stout branching nerves, but not lamellate. Column 
slightly curved; the sides thickened, especially towards the base and passing into the 
short sac of the lip. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 709; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. 
Gard. Cale. viii, 183, t. 137; Collett Fi. Siml. 493; Rolfe in Journ, Linn. Soc. 
xxxvi, 9. Corallorhiza sp. Lindl. in Royle Ill. Him. Bot. 362. 
Simla Hills 7—9,000 feet, Stoliczka, Gamble Nos. 4499, 6251; Lace No. 2160, 
Collett; Jaunsar, Csmaston (Duthie’s No. 24188), Gleadow; Garhwal, Royle; flowering in 
July, It extends eastwards to Sikkim, and occurs also in China, in Western Szechuen 
and on the Tibetan frontier. 
9. Овкокснів INDICA Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 709. 
Rhizome bearing one or two ovoid annulated pseudo-bulbs from the bases of which 
several stout fibrous roots are given off. Leaf solitary, narrowly lanceolate, about 5 
em, broad, developing later than the flowers. Scape about 2 dm. long, rather stout, the 
peduncle bearing a few loose acuminate sheaths; floral bract lanceolate, acuminate, 
shorter than the ovary. Flowers many, sessile, about 17 mm. long. Sepals and petals 
yellow veined and blotched with reddish-purple. Dorsal sepa! linear-lanceolate, 11 mm. 
long, lateral subfalcately lanceolate, 10 mm, long. Petals a little shorter than the 
sepals, subfa cately blong, obtuse. Jap deflexed from the middle, clawed, not saccats 
at the base; side lobes ear-shaped, incurved, obtuse; midlobe rounded, entire or 2. 
lobed; the disk with a raised lamella midway between the side lobes. Column dilated 
at the base and apex, curved, shorter than the lip, yellow with reddish-purple spots. 
Lip of anther with two projecting teeth; pollinia sessile on the gland, obovoid, 
Ах». Roy. Bor. Garp, Caro, Vor. IX. 
