130 G. King & R. Pantling — New Orchids from Sikkim. [No. 2, 



equal, linear, acute, '3 to - 4 in. long. Lip oblong, convolute and em- 

 bracing the column, the upper surface with a single broad thickened 

 glandular-pubescent line from the non-saccate base to nearly the apex, 

 the disc pubescent, the lateral lobes falcate acute, the terminal lobe 

 obovate, very blunt. Column clavate, its anterior surface puberulous ; 

 the anther large and fleshy ; the pollinia narrowly clavate-ellipsoid. 



Western Dooar of Bhotan, East of the Jaldacca River ; flowering 

 in April. Pantling No. 439. 



A species near P. velutina, Par. and Reichb. fil. and P. moxroglossa, 

 Hook fil. Only three plants of it have as yet been collected, and the leaf 

 is still unknown. 



Ophrydese. 



HERMINIUM, Linn. 



Herminium quinquelobum, n. spec. Entire height of the plant 10 

 to 12 in. of which about two-thirds are stem ; tubers oblong, undivided, 

 about 1 in. long. Lower part of stem enveloped in two long con- 

 volute sheaths. Leaves two, 6 or 7 in. long by "5 to "6 in. broad, rising 

 from about the middle of the stem, linear-oblong, sub-acute, sheathing 

 at the base ; peduncle of the spike with a single linear bract 1*5 in. 

 long. Spike 3 or 4 in. long, rather laxly-flowered. Flowers "25 in. long, 

 green, the floral bract as long as the ovary. Sepals sab-equal, free 

 ovate-oblong, sub-acute, spreading. Petals linear, acute, spreading, and 

 like the the sepals, 1-nerved. Lip longer than the sepals, oblong with 

 small triangular basal and lateral lobes, and a contracted triaugular 

 acuminate terminal lobe. Pollinia globular-oblong, on short caudicles. 



Sikkim : At Tendong, elevation 7,000 feet : in flower in August. 

 Pantling No. 339. 



A species like H. avgustifolium, Benth. in general appearance, but 

 the flowers have a totally different lip and the sepals are spreading and 

 free, those of H. angustifolium being connivent. This has been named 

 from its 5-lobed lip. 



Herminium Jaffreyancjm, n. spec. Entire plant 6 to 8 in. high ; the 

 tuber ellipsoidal. Stem with one or two short convolute sheaths near 

 the base. Leaves two, about an inch apart, from near the middle of the 

 stem, narrowly oblong, acute, sheathing at the base, 4 to 4"5 in. long 

 and - 3 to "5 in broad, the peduncle of the spike with a linear acuminate 

 bract 15 in. long. Spike 3 in. long, densely flowered; the floral bracts 

 lanceolate, about as long as the ovaries. Flowers "15 in. long, green. 

 Sepals ovate-elliptic, blunt, concave, spreading slightly. Petals narrowly 

 oblong, obtuse, longer than the sepals, 1-nerved. Lip flat, triangular 

 from a broad base ; basal lobes very small, short, rounded ; the terminal 



