1895.] Gr. King & R. Pantling— New Orchids from Sikkim. 
335 
CIRRHOPETALUM, Lindl. 
Cirrhopetalum Dyerianum, n. spec. Rhizome T 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 ; mentum twice as long as the column. 
Anther minutely papillose. 
Sikkim: or the summit of Tendong, elevation 7,000 feet; in. 
flower in August. 
Cirrhopetalum sarcophyllum, n. spec. Rhizome T5 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 apex 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¬ 
tum 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. 
Chrysoglossum 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 
