1895.] G. King & R. Pantling — New Orchids from Sikkim. 339 



imbricate bracts 1 to 2 '5 in. long. Floivers about 10 to 12, sparse, tbeir 

 bracteoles very short. Sepals sub-equal, linear, slightly wider near 

 the apex, about I in. long. Petals rather shorter than the sepals, con- 

 nivent round the column. Lip with long shallow erect blunt entire 

 side-lobes parallel with, and as long as, the column; the apical lobe 

 ovate, apiculate, deflexed ; larnellas of the lip 2, stout, parallel, clothed 

 with glandular hairs, ending abruptly with the basal lobes but conti- 

 nued partly into the apical lobe as thickened lines. Pollinia falcately 

 ovoid, compressed ; the gland large. 



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

 Assam : locality unknown ; flowers in August. 



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

 petals are white with a crimson central line ; the lip is also white, but 

 has oblique crimson lines on the lateral lobes, with large blotches of the 

 same colour on the apical lube : the column is of a very dark crimson, 

 and the anther of a pale yellow colour. Specimens of this plant were 

 sent many years ago from Assam by the late Dr. J. 0. Simons, to whom 

 the Calcutta Herbarium is indebted for numerous contributions of 

 plants, and for a large number of drawings of orchids. The species is 

 now dedicated to his memory. 



Cymbidium Gammieanum, ii. spec. Leaves linear, slightly narrowed 

 to the base, the apex acute, 2 to 3 feet long and about '75 in. broad. 

 Raceme pendulous, about 12 in. long with a stalk about three-fourths 

 as long, laxly or densely-flowered, the bracteoles minute, the stalk 

 enveloped in large imbricate sheaths 3 to 4 in. long. Sepals linear- 

 lanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, 7-nerved, 1*5 to T75 in. long and 

 about - 45 in. broad. Petals linear-oblong, sub-falcate, slightly shorter 

 than the sepals, 7-nerved. Lip about as long as the sepals, oblong, the 

 side lobes shallow, elongate, acute, the apical lobe sub-orbicular undu- 

 late, puberulous, separated from the lateral lobes by a sinus ; lamellae 

 of the lip 2, pubescent, parallel, but meeting and ending abruptly with 

 the side lobes opposite the ciliolate sinus. Column slender, slightly 

 winged. Capsule 2 in. long'. 



Sikkim : at elevations of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet : flowering in 

 September and October. 



The colour of the flowers in this species is a dirty yellow : the lip 

 is of a brighter yellow and has brown lines on its side lobes. Indivi- 

 duals with flowers of a paler yellow are however very common, and 

 these have usually densely-flowered racemes like C. elegans, Blume ; 

 while the plants with dirty yellow flowers have las racemes suggestive 

 of those of G. longifolium, Don. This species, although common in 

 Sikkim ; has hitherto remained un-named. We dedicate it to Mr. 

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