1895.] G. King & R. Pantling — New Orchid s from Sikkim. 341 



near its union with the mentum. Stigma large. Rostellum small. 

 Pollinia ovoid, the caudicle oblanceolate ; the gland very small, ovoid. 

 Capsule 15 in. long, triquetrous. 



Sikkim: in the valley of the Teesta ; elevation about 1,500 feet : 

 flowering in July. 



The flowers are white, with two blotches of brown on the calli of 

 the lip. They open singly and smell of almonds. 



SACCOLABIUM, Blume. 



Saccolabium pskudo-distichdm, u. spec. Stems slender, 6 to 9 in. 

 long, slightly -branching. Leaves fleshy, lanceolate, the apex finely and 

 minutely bifid, '5 to "75 in. long, and "2 to "25 in. broad. Peduncle 

 •35 in. long, sub-umbellately 5- or 6-flowered. Flowers "3 in. in diam. 

 bracts minute. Sepals and petals sub-equal, oblanceolate-oblong. Lip 

 with a wide hemispheric spur; side lobes absent; terminal lobe 

 broadly cordate, blunt, entire, fleshy, concave, deflexed, quite without 

 callus. Column very short. Pollinia 2, entire, ovoid-globose; gland 

 deeply 2-lobed. 



Sikkim: at elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet : flowering time August 

 to October. 



This grows along with S. distichum Lindl. to which it is closely 

 allied. As in that species the sepals and petals are greenish or 

 yellowish with purple spots; the lip in this is yellow, except the 

 terminal lobe which is orange. The chief distinction between the two is 

 to be found in the lip which, in this, is entirely without calli of any kind ; 

 while, in S. distichum, the lip has two large calli situated at its base. 

 The times of flowering of the two are moreover separated by three 

 months. 



Neottiese. 



CHEIROSTYLIS, Blume. 



Cheirosttlis Fhanchetiana, n. spec. Hoots short tubercular. Stem 

 6 to 9 in. long, the nodes slightly swollen. Leaves few, scattered, 

 glabrous ; linear-lanceolate and much reduced in the flowering plant ; 

 in the young plant "25 to "35 in. long, ovate and shortly petiolate. 

 Raceme pubescent, 1- to 2-flowered. Flowers "25 to - 3 in. long, with 

 ovate bracts shorter than the ovary. S^ptds oblong, curved, con- 

 nate for one-third their length ; the dorsal concave, shorter than the 

 laterals. Petals broad, sub-quadrate, with an oblique central nerve. 

 Lip slightly exceeding the sepals, abruptly deflexed from a saccate base ; 

 the limb very shortly clawed, deeply divided into two linear obliquely 

 sub-acute rather divergent lobes. Column with two pyriform processes 



