148 Cetcnt, omonrpEE. (J. D. Hooker.) (Habenaria. 
51. H. trifurcata, Hook. f.; leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate 
acuminate, spike many-fld., bracts equalling the ovary, sepals subequal 
ovate-lanceolate acute, petals narrowly linear, lip as long as the sepais 3- 
partite to near the base segments subulate, spur as long as the ovary 0r 
longer slender. 
Kuasta Hinrs ; at Nowgong (Herb. Calcutt.). 
Stem 10-12 in., rather slender, leafless below. Leaves 3-4 in., alternate, mem- 
branous, not margined, upper or sheaths lanceolate. Spike many-fld.; bracts 
slender, lanceolate; ovary j—j in., slightly curved; sepals 4 in. long, membranous, 
3-nerved ; petals as long, l-nerved; anther oblong, cells contiguous, tubes short 
divaricate ; stigmatic processes elongate, clavate, adnate to the sides of the lip; ros 
tellum narrow, erect.—The petioled scattered leaves and petals distinguish this at 
once from H. furcifera, and the petals and spurs from fusifera, 
52. H. avana, Hook. f.; leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate, spike 
many-fid., bracts longer than the flowers, dorsal sepal very broad, lateral 
oblong acute, petals as long triangular, lip longer than the sepals tripartite 
from beyond the base, segments linear-subulate lateral incurved, spur 83 
long as the short not beaked ovary. 
Burma; at Ava, Mrs. Burney (Herb. Calcutt.). 
Stem 6-10 in. Leaves, lower 2 in., with long tubular sheaths, upper many erect 
very narrow. Spike dense-fld.; lower bracts $ in.; ovary } in., curved; se 
rather shorter, dorsal broadly ovate obtuse 5-nerved, lateral deflexed 3-nerved ; 
petals 2-nerved ; lip hardly twice as long as the sepals, linear before forking ; anther 
short, rather broad, tips of cells recurved hardly tubular ; caudicles of pollinia very 
short, glands large; stigmatic processes long, clavate, adnate to the lip; rostellum 
broad, acute, flat.—The specimens are indifferent. 
§§ Bracts large, cucullate. Flowers secund. 
53. H. Heyneana, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 320; stem stout, leaves 
subimbricate short sheathing acute, bracts cymbiform acuminate sheathing 
the flowers, sepals subequal obtuse, petals as long narrow, lip equalling 
the sepals 3-partite side lobes linear obtuse midlobe longer and broader, 
spur as long as the ovary or shorter straight subclavate. Wight Ic. t. 923, 
1703-4; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 268. H. glabra, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. 
Nat, Ser. 2, xv. 75, t. 5 A. Platanthera Heyneana, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 
7044. 
The DECCAN PENINSULA; on the Ghats, from the Concan southwards, ascending 
to 7500 ft. on the Nilghiris. 
Stem 6-10 in. Leaves 1-1} in., ovate, erect or recurved, rarely scattered and 
narrower, Spike 2—4 in. ; bracts imbricating, lower 1 in. long; ovary } in.» no 
beaked ; flowers greenish-yellow ; sepals }—} in., thick, nerves obscure, dorsal ovate- 
obleng, lateral narrower ; petals linear-oblong ; lip thick, variable, midlobe oblong 
or ovate-lanceolate ; anther short, cells rather spreading, tubes 0; caudicles of Di 
linia very short stout, glands very close together, large, orbicular ; stigmatic pro" 
cesses very large, spreading, clavate; rostellum short, triangular, acute. — Turns 
black in drying. ; 
54. H. subpubens, 4. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 75, t 
4 C; leaves linear or linear-oblong scattered, bracts narrowly boat-sha ed 
acuminate, sepals subequal, petals as loug falcate, lip spathulate claw 
3-fid, as long as the sepals, side lobes linear midlobe broader, spur as long 
as the ovary acute. H. candida, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1890), 262; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 267. 
