1895.] G. King & R. Pantling — New Orchids from Sikkim. 335 



CIRRHOPETALUM, Lindl. 



Cirrhopetalum Dyerianum, n. spec. Rhizome 1 inch thick. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovoid-globose, '35 to *5 in. long, touching or from '25 to # 5 in. apart. 

 Leaf fleshy, elliptic, blunt, sessile. Scape 2 - 5 in. long, filiform, pendu- 

 lous, bracteolate only at the base, bearing 3 or 4 rather distant racem- 

 ose flowers '65 in. long, each with a lanceolate acuminate basal bract 

 equally the slenderly pedicelled ovary. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, the 

 laterals two and a half times as long, linear-oblong, acuminate, slight- 

 ly oblique, and somewhat incurved at their apices but not cohering. 

 Petals equal to the dorsal sepal in length, ovate, acute, erose. Lip 

 narrowly triangular with a deep mesial groove to near the apex. Column 

 with short up-curved spurs ; mentitm twice as long as the column. 

 Anther minutely papillose. 



Sikkim : or the summit of Tendong, elevation 7,000 feet ; in. 

 flower in August. 



Cirrhopetalum sarcophtllum, n. spec. Rhizome "15 in. thick, 

 bearing at intervals of 3 or 4 inches small flat disc-like pseudo-bulbs, 

 •35 in. in diam. Leaf 4 to 9 in. long, pendulous, very coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, sub-falcate, without visible nerves, contracted at the base 

 to a thick cylindric petiole - 75 to 1 in. long. Scape 3 or 4 in. long, 

 pendulous, with a few equidistant ovate-lanceolate acute sheathing 

 bracts "25 in. long and bearing at its apes an umbel of 3 to 7 shortly 

 stalked flowers *75 in. long. Dorsal sepal ovate-acuminate '35 in. long, 

 the laterals narrower, and twice as long, cohering for one- third of their 

 length, free at the tips, glandular-puberulous. Petals oblong, falcate 

 acute "2 in. long. Lip tongue-shaped, channelled below. Column with 

 slender divergent spurs with a smaller tooth at the base of each : men- 

 turn stout with two parallel central raised lines. Lip of anther recurved. 

 Pollinia cuneate. 



Sikkim : at Rishap, elevation about 2,500 feet ; in flower in Sep- 

 tember. 



The flowers are purplish speckled with yellow. 



CHRYSOGLOSSUM, Blume. 



Chrtsoglossum macrophyllum, n. spec. Pseudo-bulb sub-cylindric, 

 thin, 6 in. long. Leaf plaited, oval, slightly narrowed at base and apex, 

 15 in. long and 7 in. broad : its petiole 8 in. long. Raceme about 6 in. 

 long, many-flowered, its stalk about 12 in. long, sparsely bracteolate : 

 Flowers *5 in. across, their ovaries *5 in. long, bracts lanceolate, reflexed, 

 shorter than the ovaries. Sepals sub-equal, the dorsal lanceolate, the 

 laterals falcate. Petals slightly broader than the sepals, falcate. Lip con- 

 tracted into a claw at the base, mobile, oblong, abruptly decurved from 



