Eemiorchis.] cxLix. scitaminej;. (J. G. Baker.) 207 



Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 3, parietal; style filiform; stigma small, sub- 

 globose. Capsule small, 1-oelled, 3-valved. Seeds conical, aril white. 



K. Iiurinaiiica, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. 8oc. Beng. xlii. pt. ii. 108, 

 t. 8 ; BaJcer in Bot. Mag. t. 7120. 



Khasia Huls, Matin. Pe&d, Mabtaban and Tenasseeim, Kwrx. 



Habit of Oastrochilus. Rhizome white, hypogoeous. Leaves few, oblong, acute. 

 Peduncle with spike J-l ft., very pubescent, as are the rachis and calyz.' Spike 

 dense upwards ; bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous: Calyx funnel-shaped, reddish- 

 brown, i in., cleft below the middle. Corolla-lobes reddish-brown ; staminodes 

 about i in., greenish-whice ; lip whitish, minutely dotted with red-brown ; stamen 

 half as long as the corolla-segments. Capsule globose, lO-grooved, crowned by the 

 persistent acute calyx-lobes. 



4. ROSCOEA; Smith. 



Boot fibi'es tbick, fleshy, fascicled ; rootstock 0. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong. Flowers in terminal spike.s ; bracts persistent, 1-fld. Calyx 

 long, tubular, slit down one side. Corolla-tube slender, as long as or 

 longer than the calyx ; lateral segments spreading ; upper broad, oucullate, 

 erect, hiding the staminodes and stamen. Lateral staminodes oblanceolate, 

 petaloid, erect ; lip large, cuneate, deflexed, 2-fid or emarginate ; filament 

 -shertr erect ; anther-cells linear, contiguous, connective j)roduced at the 

 base into a forked appendage. Ovary 3-celled, oylindric or oblong ; ovules 

 very numerous, superposed ; style erect ; stigma turbinate, margins ciliate. 

 Capsule cylindric or clavate, membranous, tardily 3-valTed. Seeds ovoid, 

 minute, arillate. — One species in Cochin China, and the following. 



1. ll._ alpina; Royle, III. 361, t. 89 ; stem short, produced leaves 2-3 

 sessile oljlong-lanceolate, spike sessile 1-2-fld., corolla-tube much longer 

 than the calyx, limb dark purple, upper segment orbicular, lip broad 

 deeply bifid. Wight Ic. t. 2013 ; Soran. Prodr. 20. K. purpurea, Boyle 

 I. c, t. 89, f. 3. R. purpurea var. minor. Wall. Cat. 6528 D, E. 



Tempbeate Centbal and Westeen Himalayas ; from Kashmie to Nepal, 

 ascending to 11,000 ft. 



Whole plant 4-6 in. high. Leaves 3-4, in., under and not fully developed at the 

 flowering time. Calyx-tube green, 1 in. or more, slit nearly to the base. Corolla- 

 tube white, 1 in., longer than the calyx ; upper segment orbicular-cuspidate, erect, 

 J-J in. long and broad; lateral § in., linear-oblong, deflexed. Staminode oblong- 

 spathttlate, half as long as the upper segment ; fertile stamen as long as the stami- 

 node ; lip obovate-cuneate, J-J in., bifid about one-third of its length. 



2. R. purpurea, SmithUxot. Bot. ii. 97, 1. 108; leafy stem elongate, 

 produced leaves 5-6 lanceolate, flowers few in a sessile spike, corolla- 

 tube not longer than the calyx, limb purple rarely pale lilac or white, 

 upper segment obovate-cuneate, lip broad deeply bifid. BooJc. JExot. Fl. 

 1. 144; Bot. Mag. t. 4630; Eosc. Scit. t. 64; Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 1404; 

 Moran. Prodr. 20 ; Wall. Cat. 6528 A, B. 



Cehteal and EASiERif Himalaya; from Kumaon to Sikkim, ascending to 

 10,000 ft. Assam, the Khasia Hills, and Bukma. 



Leafy stem i-1 ft. long. Leaves 6 by J-l in. at flowering time ; sheaths broad, 

 imbricated. Bracts oblong, hidden in the sheaths of the upper leaves. OaZya; green, 

 IJ in., slit deeply down one side as the flower expands. Corolla-tube, rather dilated 

 upwards; upper segment about 1 in., very cucullate ; lower lanceolate, decurvcd, 

 about as long. Staminode oblauceolnte unguiculate, half as long as the upper 



