1895.] G. King & R. Pantling — New Orchids from Sikkim. 333 



and stouter than itself and bearing at intervals a few minute bracteoles. 

 Flowers rather distant, about "25 in. long. Dorsal sepal oblong, blunt, 

 lying parallel to the column ; the laterals broader, flat, with involute 

 margins. Petals half as long as the sepals, lanceolate, l-nerved (in 

 fresh flowers). Lip fleshy, sub-rotund with lateral sinuses ; the basal 

 portion thick concave ; the anterior portion thinner and much deflexed 

 so that its upper surface is convex, the edges entire. Column very 

 short, with stout 2-3-fid arms variable in shape ; mentum flat, narrow- 

 ing outwards, with a stout raised mesial line which begins as a hook 

 at the lower margin of the stigma. Anther flat ; pollinia small. 



Sikkim : near the base of the Engo ridge at an elevation of pro- 

 bably about 2,500 feet : flowering in July. 



The sepals of this are green with reddish-brown margins ; the lip 

 is yellow with a touch of dull red at the base. The nearest ally of 

 this seems to be D. alcicome, Par. & Reichb. fil. 



Bcjlbophtllum Clarkeanum, d. spec. Rhizome long, about the 

 thickness of a crow-quill, sending up at intervals of about an inch and 

 a half, ovoid-globose obtuse pseudo-bulbs '35 to - 6 in. long. Leaf nar- 

 rowly elliptic, slightly notched at the apex, sessile, about 1 in. long and 

 •5 iu. broad. Scape - 5 to 1 in. long, slender, with 3 to 5 small sheaths 

 2-3-flowered. Flowers "3 in. long, their pedicels '2 in. long, borne 

 at the apex of the scape. Sepals sub-equal, lanceolate-acuminate, their 

 apices thickened. Petals about one-third of the length of the sepals, 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved. Lip ovate, acute, decurved, the upper 

 surface convex with an elongated central pit ; the edges thin erose. 

 Column with long projecting spurs. 



Western Dooar of Bhotan ; in the Kumai Forest near the Jaldacca 

 River, at an elevation of about 1,500 feet : flowering in June. 



This is allied to B. stenobulbon, Par. & Reichb. fil., but has different 

 pseudo-bulbs and leaves. 



BuLBOPHYLLUMCYLiNDRicrjM, n. spec. Rhizome long, creeping -1 i n . 

 thick, with numerous sheaths towards the apex, bearing at distances 

 of about two inches cylindric pseudo-bulbs truncate at the apex 

 and 1 to 1-25 in. long. Leaf narrowly oblong, sessile, blunt, faintly 

 notched at the apex, 2 - 5 to 3 in. long, and *4 to - 5 in. broad. 

 Scape about as long as the pseudo-bulb, slender, minutely bracteolate. 

 Flouiers 3 to 5, sub-umbellate, about - 25 in. long. Sepals lanceolate 

 caudate-accuminate, the dorsal shorter than the laterals. Petals about 

 one-fourth of the length of the lateral sepals, ovate, sub-acute 1- 

 nerved. Lip oval, blunt, flat, its margins thin, entire, much reflexed. 

 Column very stout, with short spurs ; mentum conical. Anther with 

 a raised fleshy mid-area, its lip truncate; pollinia divergent. 



