76 CxlViiI. oECHlDEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) ICleisosioma. 



C. LOEATTJM, Seichb.f. in Flora, 1872, 273; stem short, leaves euneately lorate 

 obliquely acuminate, racemes stout strict, flowers small, bracts small triangular 

 persistent, sepals and petals ligulate obtusely acute, side lobes of lip transverse 

 retuse with a minute callus at each internal angle, spur short hemispheric, scale 

 under column sharply 2-fid to the middle, limb ovate obtusely acute. — Assam. 



EoHioaTiOssuM STRIATUM, Reiokb. f. in Qard. Chron. 1879, 390 j stem erect 

 strict branched, sheaths very rough (arpopbyllaceous), leaves linear-ligulate un- 

 equally acute very coriaceous keeled towards the tip, racemes short drooping, 

 flowers small dense yellow streaked with red, sepals and narrower petals oblong 

 obtusely acute, lip obtusely conic, side lobes triangular erect, midlobe hastately 

 triangular, tip acutely 2-toothed, callus below the column ligulate, strap of poUeu 

 linear, gland very large, bippocrepiform. Sikkim Himalaya (Sort. Mackay) — (lEchiq- 

 glossum is reduced to Cleisostoma in Gen. Fiant.) 



67. ORNXTKOCBZZiVS, TFall. 



Epiphytes : Stem very short, pseudobulb 0. Leaves few, broad, flat. 

 Scapes lateral, slender; flowers small, racemed or panicled. Sepals spread- 

 ing, subequal, lateral obliquely obovate. Petals linear. Lip much larger 

 than the sepals, clawed, side lobes subquadrate, midlobe clawed inflexed 

 lobulate and fimbriate, with a velvety flap over the mouth of the 

 short incurved spur, which is distant from the base. Column short, foot 0, 

 rostellum forcipate ; anther low 2-oelled, pollinia 2, snbglobose or oblong, 

 grooved, strap obcuueate. — Species 1 or 2, Indian and Chinese. 



0. fViscus, Wall, in Lindl. Gen. S/" Sp. Orchid. 242. O. cnblepharum, 

 Samce in Journ. Bot. xxii. (1884), 364. Aerides difi'orme, Wall, in Lindl. 

 I. c. 242, Serf. Orchid. Frontisp. t.7; Beichb.f. in Qard. Ohron. 1865, 698 ; 

 Lindl. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. iii. 41 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 899 ; A. Hystrix. lAndl. 

 in J. L, S. 42 (not of Qen. S^ Sp. Orchid.). 



Tbofical Hiualata ; from Garwhal P Falconer, to Sikeim:, and the Khabia 

 Hills, alt. 4-5000 rt. Tenassbuim ; at Moulmein, Farish. — Distbib. China. 



Stem J-i in., 2-3-leaved. Leaves 3-7 by 1-li in., obliquely elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, many nerved, base narrowed. Racemes simple or sparingly branched, 6-12 in., 

 lax-flJ. ; bracts small, subulate; flowers \-\ in. broad; sepals and petals yellow 

 streaked witli red ; side lobes of lip striped with brown, midlube variable in breadth, 

 red, its lobules reflezed, the mid-one entire or fimbriate. Capsule 1 in., fusiform, 

 pedicelled. 



68. TSIMIOFKYXiliVnX, Blwme. 



Small stemless epiphytes, leafless when flowering, roots flattenedi 

 pseudobulbs 0. Leaves linear or few or 0. Peduncle very short, filiform, 

 simple, flowers very minute, spicate. Sepals and petals subequal, free or 

 connate at the base. Lip sessile, saccate or spurred; side lobes short, 

 broad, midlobe small fleshy. Column short, broad, foot 0; anther 2- 

 celled ; pollinia 4, in superposed pairs, strap linear, gland small. — Species 

 about 6, Indian, Malayan, Australian and Pacific. 



There are several Perak plants in Scortechini collections that are probablv Ttenio- 

 phi/lla; but the species are obscure, minute, and very imperfectly known, and there 

 are no doubt many to be discovered. 



1. T. Alwisll, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 8oc. iii. 42; peduncle glabrous, 

 sepals and petals connate, lip cymbiform. Thwaites Ewim. 305. Eeichb 



f. Xen. Orchid. &l, t. 116. " , 



