338 Gr. King & R. Pantling — Neto Orchids from Sikkim. {Eo. 3, 



Petals oblong, blunt, shorter than the sepals, connivent over the 

 column. Lip oblong, with long shallow side-lobes, its body as far 

 as the end of the side lobes with three to five parallel thickened 

 nerves which end beyond the extremities of the side-lobes in a carun- 

 culate area on the truncate apical lobe : spur geniculate, short. An- 

 ther with a small 2-lobed lip. 



Sikkim: in the valley of the Teesta : elevation about 1,000 feet: 

 flowering in August. 



The sepals of this are brown, the petals and lip pale yellow. The 

 petioles of the two leaves form a pseudo-stem rather shorter than the 

 scape, and they are enclosed within two sheaths about 9 inches long. 

 This pseudo-stem is bound to the scape near its base by two short 

 broad sheaths which originate from the tuber. The nearest ally of 

 the species is E. lachnocheila, Hook. fil. 



CYMBIDIUM, Swartz. 



CraiMPiCM MUNRONIANDM, n. spec. Terrestrial. Leaves stiff, erect, 

 cnsiform, 16 to 20 in. long and "75 in. broad, tapered into a petiole or 

 not. Racemes stout, erect, about one foot long, about half being stalk, 

 with two or three distant closely embracing sheaths 1 in. long. 

 Flowers about 7 or 8, distant, 1 in. in diam., their bracts *25 to - 35 in. long, 

 lanceolate. Sejwls and petals sub-equal, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Lip 

 lanceolate (when flattened out), everywhere concave on the upper surface ; 

 the lateral lobes elongate and shallow, the body with two parallel 

 smooth lamella? in its centre ending with the side-lobes, the 

 apical lobe narrow and reflexed. Pollinia 4, plano-convex, the gland 

 narrow. 



Sikkim : in the Teesta Valley on dry knolls : at an elevation of 

 1,500 feet : flowering in May. 



The flowers of this species are sweetly-scented : the sepals and 

 petals are straw-coloured and each has 5 dotted or streaked lines : the 

 lip is white except its apical lobe, which is pale yellow transversely 

 blotched with red. Its nearest ally is G. ensifolium, Swartz, under 

 which it appears to be included by Lindley and other authorities. This 

 Sikkim plant appears to us to differ very materially from the true 

 Chinese G. ensifolium. We have dedicated the species to the late 

 Mr. James Munro, for many years resident in Sikkim, and well-known, 

 not only as a lover of plants, but as a man of great sincerity, and of 

 unlimited kindness and hospitality. 



Cymbidicm SlMONSIANDM, n. spec. Leaves linear, sessile, the apex 

 acute and sub-oblique : length 3 feet or more : breadth "4 in. Raceme 

 8 in. long, pendulous, shortly stalked, sheathed at the base by large 



