Cleisosioma.'] cXLViii. oticHifiEai. (J. D. Hooker.) 73 



dull red witli a pale central band j lip yellowish flushed with red, midlobe incurved, 

 spur sometimes transversely septate towards the base, dorsal callus forked j column 

 very short, rostellum short ; anther beaked, strap of globose pollinia slender, dilated 

 upwards, gland small.— The spur is like that of Baceolab. bucoosum. 



7. C. tenerum, Hook. f. ; stem scandent, leaves 1-2 in. oblong, 

 bfl se cordate, raceme few-fld. on a short stout leaf-oppnsed peduncle, side lobes 

 of lip large truncate crenulate, midlobe ovate obtusely 3-lobed fleshy, spur 

 very short conical incurved. CEoeoclades tenera, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 

 2S6; Wicfht Ic. t. 1680; Thwaltes Enum. 306; Walp. Ann. vi. 895. 

 CEonia ? alata, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xv. 67, t. 7. Saccolabium 

 ? tenerum, Lindl. in Jbum. Linn. Sac. iii. 36. 



NiLGHiRi Hills ; in woods near Neddubetts, Ferrottet. Oetlon ; in the Central 

 Province, alt. 3-5000 ft., Macrae. &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., as thick as a duck's quill. Leaves scattered, fleshy, tip rounded 

 or notched. Peduncle ^| in., woody ; basal sheaths cupular ; bracts cymbiform ; 

 flowers f in. diam., fleshy, yellow or greenish, nerves red ; sepals and petals oblanceo- 

 late obtuse, lateral sepals decurved ; midlobe of lip wliite, dorsal callus flesliy ; 

 column rather long ; anther short broad acute, strap of globose poUinia slender, gland 

 small. Capsule 1 in., turgid, elliptic-oblong or p»riform. — Erronejusly referred to 

 Saccolab. brevifoUum in Gen. Plant, (iii. 579). I have seen no Nilghiri specimen, 



8. C. bipunctatum, SooJc.f.; stem slender scandent, leaves 4-6 

 by |-| in. subacute, peduncle very short, 1-2 fld. side lobes of lip small 

 subfalcate, midlobe large ovate-lanceolate, spur very small incurved 

 obtuse, saccate. Saccolabium bipunctatum, Par. & BeicAb. f. in Trans. 

 Linn. Sac. xxx. 145. 



Tenassbbim ; at Moulmein, Parish, 



Stem about as thick as a duck's quill. Leates lorate, laterally notched towards 

 the tip ; costa stout beneath. Flowers about ^ in. diam., yellow and purplish ; 

 bracts obscure ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-uerved, and linear-oblong 1-nerved 

 petals falcate J midlobe of lip longer than the sepals, white, 3-nerved with a basal 

 callus, dorsiil scale membranous toothed j column very short ; anther short, very 

 broad, strap of subglobose poUinia linear, gland small.— I have seen only a very small 

 specimen. Reichcubach; though describing the scale iu the spur, places this in 

 Saccolabium. 



9. C. brevipes, Soolc. f. ; stem elongate, leaves 4 in. disticbous 

 uniform linear-lanceolate acute fleshy, spike short sessile dense-fld., raohis 

 very thick, bracts short, flowers | in. diam., sepals and petals subsimilar 

 ovate-oblong obtuse orange-yellow with two purple bands, lip pale yellow, 

 side lobes falcate acute, midlobe short hastate with a membranous 2- 

 awned tip, disk thickened, spur a short sac tip rounded. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, {Ic. in Sort. Calcuit.); alt. 5000 ft. Gamhle. Assam, {SoH. 

 N. Company!) 



Stems tufted, 8-12 in., aa thick as a goose-quill, internodes J-i in., rugulose. 

 Leaves ereeto-patent, sessile, f in. diam., flat, hard, tip micronate. Spihe l-lj in. ; 

 basal sheaths short, annular, and bracts brown ; ovary i in., green striped with dull 

 purple; sac of lip shining, thi.keued disk extending backward to meet the thick 

 callus at the base of the column, thus closing the orifice of the sac j column short, 

 stout, poUinia subquadrate, strap compressed, gland large, 2-partite. Capsule 1-4 

 in., fusiform, terete, fleshy, striate.— Described from fresh cultivated specimens 

 sent to Kew. 



