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Habenaria.) CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J.D. Hooker.) 143 
dorsal sepal oblong; lobes of strongly nerved lip very short, obtuse, equal or the 
nidlobe longest and broadest; anther short, broad, cells parallel contiguous, tu vi 
0, pollinia clavate almost sessile on the large oblong gland, grains very large anc 
j stigmatic processes very large, globose, placed close under the anther, an 
ing up after fertilization so as almost to cover it ; rostellum minute. Capsule 
Sessile, 2 in. long, broadly ellipsoid or subglobose.—A very anomalous member 
of the section, 
34. H. monophylla, Collett & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. ; 
leaf solitary subradical stem and many-fid. raceme scurfily pubescent, 
as long as the ovary or shorter, sepals and petals subequal oblong 
obtuse glabrous, lip much larger than the sepals clawed cuneately obovate 
?lobed, lateral lobes broad erose, midlobe smaller ovate obtuse, spur as 
ng as the lip incurved obtuse. 
UPPER Burma, Collett. 
A foot high, rather slender. Leaf 2 in., oblong, obtuse, sheathing the base of 
m. Stem flexuous ; sheaths 2-3, } in., and bracts lanceolate, acuminate. 
* 2 in., rather dense-fld.; bracts 4 in.; flowers about as broad as long ; side 
of lip as broad as long, diverging, disk puberulous, speckled; anther ovoid or 
» Cells parallel contiguous, tubes 0, glands of pollinia contiguous orbicular.— 
Closely allied to H. Orchidis. Described from a single indifferent specimen. 
Sect. III. Trrerogtossa. (See p. 132.). 
* Tubes of the anther-cells long. 
oar erianth membranous; lateral sepals with deeply looped or arched 
wi) Æ COmmelinifolia, Wall. in Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 325; 
lai i leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, bracts longer than the long- 
wei ovary slender, dorsal sepal orbicular much smaller than the gib- 
divide, tchet-shaped beaked lateral, petals oblong, lip with a linear } a o 
ii 979° into 3 very long filiform segments, spur very long. Griff. Notul. 
; Ie. Plant: Asiat. t. 339. Platanthera commelinifolia, Lindl. in 
Orchis commelinifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 451; Grah. 
1. Q. stylosanthes, Herb. Ham. 
Fee Wastery HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 3500 ft, Royle, Strachey d 
Eër The Coxcax and Canara, Stocks, Law, Ee, . ror 
Aë ft. ; tubers ellipsoid (2-9 in. long, Rowd.). Leaves 3-6 in., uppe r 
flowers jay late, Spike 4-8 in. ; ovary 1-1} in., upper two-thirds MR 
lateral wo m. diam., white, incdorous; mid segment of lip deflexed, sca eru ous 
her Kai spreading ; Spur 1-23 in., incurved, green, mouth funne -s apea? 
mn. aed, tubes long straight erect ; staminodes seated on the long anms of th 
Caprule stigmatic processes large, clavate, iucurved; rostellum short, triangular. 
M., sessile, fusiform, beak twice as long as the body. 
ei: malleifera, Hook. f; tall, stout, leaves clustered large ob- 
culla te acute, Spike long many-fld. furfuraceous, dorsal sepal orbicu ar 
ip lon . much smaller than the large deformed lateral, petals very ema 1 
COND the sepals tripartite to the base, segments filiform subequa 
i -beak , tip involute 
Blobose op clavate spur half as long as the long-beaked ovary, tip 
Six - 
lin, E MALAYA ; at Senadah, alt. 6000 ft., King (Herb. Calcutf.). Knasta 
? at Myrung, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. H. § T. T. 
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