1902.] J. F. Duthie — Some new species of Orcliidese. 39 



free at its base from tlie lateral pair, ovate, eraai-ginate, concave and 

 embracing the column, pale yellow with three broad reddish-purple veins ; 

 lateral sepals 2'} m., cohering at tlieir base and adnate to the foot of 

 the column, twisted and constricted above their auricled base, linear-lan- 

 ceolate and with acuminate cucuUate tips, yellow witb three to four bright 

 red veins, which become indistinct upwards. Petals a little shorter than 

 the dorsal sepal, broadly and obliquely ovate, rounded at the apex, yellow- 

 tinged with reddish -purple at the base. Lip deflexed from about the 

 middle, oblong, with the margins incurved and forming a deep furrow 

 on the upper surface, very thick and fleshy, yellow with reddish-purple 

 blotches on the basal portion of the raised margins. Column thick, 

 with a long incurved foot; apical processes 2, triangular, seta- 

 ceous. 



Western Himalaya : in Tehri-Garhwal, east of Tehri, epiphytic 

 on Rhododendron arboreum, at elevations between 5 and 6,000 feet, 

 Mackinnon^s collector. 



This species is moat nearly related to 0. csespitosum of Wallich. 

 It differs by having almost globular pseudo-bulbs and much longer 

 scapes, the lateral sepals cohere at the base only ; the petals are obtuse 

 and quite entire; the shape of the lip is different, as is also the colouring 

 of the flower. I have dedicated the species to my friend and benefactor, 

 Sir Joseph D. Hooker, G.C.S.I., F.R.S. 



4. EuLOPHiA CAMPANDLATA Duthie, n. sp. 



Height of plant 9-15 dm., the leaves and scape I'ising from a 

 horizontal, oblong tuber. Pseudo-stem formed by the sheaths enclosing 

 the bases of the leaves and scape. Leaves few, linear, acuminate, 3-45 

 dm. long, and about 3 cm. broad ; veins sharply prominent. Scape 

 exceeding the leaves, with a few long tight-fitting acuminate sheaths 

 towards the base. Flowers 6-10, in a lax raceme, appearing with the 

 leaves, about 2*5 cm. in diam., erect in bud, drooping and campanulate 

 when open. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, less than half the length 

 of the ovary. Sepals and 'petals prominently veined on the back, bright 

 yellow outside and pale lemon-coloured within. Dorsal sepal obovate, 

 cuspidate, 2 cm. long ; lateral, rather shorter, falcately oblong, obtuse, or 

 mucronate, adnate to the base of the column. Petals obovate, obtuse, about 

 as long as the lateral sepals. Lip 3-lobed, longer than the sepals, with a 

 short subacute conical sac at the base ; side-lobes erect, large, rounded, pale 

 yellow tinged with purple ; mid-lobe bent upwards, and with reflexed 

 undulate margin, suborbicular when flattened out ; the disc with 5-8 

 prominent ridges terminating within the apex of the apical lobe in au 

 oblong grooved callus, and prolonged at the base into two sets of finger- 



