Odontochilus.] oxlviii. orohidbj:. (J. D. Hooker.) 101 



pubescent ovary, sepals glabrous lateral free at the base, sac of lip small 

 globose didymous, claw with broad round auricles at the base and 2-3 

 pair of spines, wings hatohet-shaped, anther elongate, poliinia subglobose 

 with a long flexuous thick caudicle, grains cuneiform. 



SiKKiM HiMAlATA ; Mongpo, alt. 3000 ft., Clarice. 



A foot high including the spike. I/eaves as in grandiflorus, but much smaller. 

 Spike 5 in., very many-fld. ; bracts i in., pink, pubescent ; lateral sepals ^ in., 

 broadly ovate-oblong, pink, 1-nerved, dorsal and petals coherent in a small deeply 

 cordate pink cuspidate hood; sac of lip with 2 caruncles, claw expanding just 

 beyond the sac into an orbicular or oboordate plate, wings as large as the sepals ; 

 column with 2 ascending frontal appendages ; rostellum broad, bifid ; long caudicle 

 of the poliinia rather stout golden, gland small. — The only species with a dilated 

 base of the claw of the lip. The specimen is a solitary one. 



10. O. lanceolatus, Benih. in Gen. Plant, iii. 598 ; leaves 2-3 in. 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute, spike many-fld., raohis pubescent, bracts as 

 long or longer than the glabrous ovaries, flowers small glabrous, sac of lip 

 globose didymous, claw with 3-4 pairs of recurved spines, wings subquad- 

 rate, anther very short, poliinia globose sessile on a broad fleshy triangular 

 caudicle. 0. flavus, (error for luteus), Senth. I. c. Anoectoohilus lanceo- 

 latus, lAndl. Gen. & 8p. Orchid. 499; in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 179. A. 

 luteus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. I. c. i 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 5-6000 ft., Griffith's Collectors {Kew Bistrib. 5345, 

 5354), &c. Khasia Mts., Maok, Griffith (Kew Bistrib. 5352), &c. 



Stem with the spike 6^ in., few or many-leaved. Leaves green. Spilie 2-3 in. ; 

 bracts ^i in. , usually broader and whiter than in other species, nearly glabrous ; 

 lateral sepals i in., ovate, obtuse, green, 1-nerved ; dorsal and petals connate in an 

 obtuse hood broader than long ; lip golden yellow, sac with a pair of curved spurs 

 within, claw not dilated at the base, limb i in. diam. ; column very short indeed, 

 frontal appendages obscure ; rostellum broad, 2-cuspidate ; anther short, thick, with a 

 recurved beak, grains of pollen cuneiform. — The pollen is like that of 0. Iremstylis 

 & crispus. I cannot distinguish dried specimens of Lindley's An. luteus from his 

 lanceolatus. According to native drawings A. luteus should have much the largest 

 flowers. 



85. KAEMiLItXA, Lindl. 



Terrestrial herbs ; caudex creeping. Leaves petioled. Flowers racemed. 

 Sepals subequal, free ; dorsal erect forming a hood with the petals ; lateral 

 broad, widely spreading. Lip adnate to the base and sides of the column, 

 elongate with a small basal sac which is concealed by the sepals ; sides 

 winged or auricled, blade of two spreading lobes, sac with 2 large internal 

 calli. Column very large, clavate, stigma anticous; anther large, sub- 

 horizontal, cells distinct ; poliinia 2, clavate, sulcate, granular, attached 

 by a fleshy gland to the forked rostellum.— Species 4, Malayan and 

 Chinese. 



K. discolor; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 490; Miq. Choix. PI. t. 16. 

 Ludisia discolor ; A. Rich, in Bid. Glass. Mist. Nat. vii. 467; Slume 

 Orchid. Archip. Ind. 113, 114, t. 34, f. 2, 3, and t. 42. Goodyera discolor, 

 Xer in Bot. Reg. t. 271 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2055 ; Lodd. Bat. Cab. t. 143. 

 Myoda rufescens, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 7390 ; Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 489. 



Maiat PEKiNSTri,A ; at Johore, BiMey. Pbnang, Wallich — Distbib. Hong 

 Eong, Cochin China. 



