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1895.] G. King & R. Pantling — New Orchids from Sikkim. 
and stouter tlian 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 1 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. alcicorne , Par. & Reichb. fil. 
Bulbophyllum Clarkeanum, n. 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 in. 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 Bliotan ; 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. 
Bulbophyllum cylindricum, n. spec. Rhizome long, creeping, *1 in. 
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. 
Flowers 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 j pollinia divergent. 
