IS96.] Gr. King & R. Pantling — Neiv Orchids from Sikkim. 131 



lobe elongate, snb-acnte, its edges entire. Pollinia wedge-shaped, with- 

 out candicles. Stigma transversely oblong, column very short. 



Sikkim : Near the top of Sinchal, elevation 8,600 feet : Pantling 

 No. 237. 



In externals this resembles H. angustifolium, Benth., with which 

 indeed it has been confounded. It has, however, very different sepals 

 and lip. This also resembles H. graminium, Lindl. which, however, 

 has only a single leaf; the lip of H. graminium moreover is ovate-acumin- 

 ate and concave, and its flowers have longer more subulate bracts. 



Herminium gkacile, n. spec. Height of entire plant 4 to 7 inches. 

 Stem angled, with one or two sheaths near its base. Leaf solitary, 

 from the lower part of the stem, ovate, obovate, oblanceolate or elliptic 

 with a short sheathing petiole; length - 5 to 1*5 in., breadth '5 to "65 

 in., petiole T in. Spike about 1'5 in. long, sparsely flowered. Flowers 

 '1 in. long : their bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicel of the tumid 

 ovary. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, concave ; the lateral pair 

 concave at the apex, oblong, blunt, deflected. Petals broadly oblong, 

 very concave, as large as' the dorsal sepal and with it forming a hood 

 over the column. Lip narrowly triangular, its base continuous with 

 the column, not lobed, the apex sub-acute ; bent about the middle, the 

 basal half directed downwards and the apical half forwards. Column 

 cucullate, the -transversely oblong stigma situated above the anther 

 cells ; the arms of the rostellum incurved, each arm having a small 

 transversely oblong staminode on its lower margin. Cells of anther 

 separated, each with an oblong depression on its inner side. Pollinia 

 broadly ovoid, the caudicles bent at a right angle and attached to a 

 small brown gland. 



Sikkim : in the Lachen Valley, at an elevation of about 11,000 feet, 

 in flower in July. Pantling No. 397. 



This species has a superficial resemblance to H. orbieulare, Hook, 

 fil. The flower in that species has, however, a lip with a short spur, 

 and the column is very simple ; whereas in this plant there is no trace 

 of spur, and the structure of the column is very complicated. 



Hermlntum angdstilabre, n. spec. Height of the whole plant 3 or 

 4 inches. Stem angled. Leaf solitary near the base of the stem, sessile, 

 elliptic, obtuse, '65 in. long and "35 to "45 in. broad, the part of the 

 stem above the leaf with two linear acuminate bracts - 5 in. long. Spike 

 '75 to 1 in. long, scarcely "1 in. thick; the bracts acuminate, longer than 

 the sessile beaked ovaries. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, concave, curved 

 forwards ; lateral sepals and petals sub-equal, narrowly oblong. Lip 

 slightly exceeding the lateral sepals, linear, deflexed, sub-acute, entire. 

 Column broad ; anther cells distant. 



