Habenaria] oxi. oRoHmEx. (J. D. Hooker.) 151 
Dalz, in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1850), 263; Dalz. E Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 269 (excl. 
4yn.)—The Deccan Peninsula ; Malwan, Daizell, &c. 
6l. H. khasiana, Hook. f.; scapigerous, leaves linear not margined, 
2256 slender, raceme elongate, bracts much shorter than the ovary, sepals 
EN, dorsal nearly as long asthe rather narrower lateral, petals as 
Të ovate-lanceolate, lip much longer than the sepals, side segments much 
the longest filiform, spur as long as the beaked ovary rather stont slightly 
gie, H. graminea, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 318 (not of Sprengel). 
tanthera linifolia, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7041 (the Silhet plant). 
juu Bras; in grassy places, alt. 4—5000 ft., common. . 
val pd Sch in. acute or acuminate. Scape with elongate raceme 8-12 in. ; 
pedicelled and ew and bracts lanceolate; ovaries 4-3 in., suberect, curved, shortly 
eg de beaked; flowers sweet-scented, yellow, narrow; the strictly deflexed 
parallel jaw and erect dorsal sepal are in one line, 1 in. long ; anther broad, cells sub- 
processes x es short; caudicles of pollinia short stout, gland rather large ; stigmatic 
5 Cavate, adnate to the mouth of the spur; rostellum very short, broad. 
the tr dio absense, fusiform, not beaked.— Very near H. viridiflora, from which 
and erect er leaves, shorter pedicels, subequal sepals, of which the dorsal is narrower 
ct, and stout spur distinguish this. 
62. H. ditricha, 77. i i 
r s Hook. f.; scapigerous, leaves linear acute not mar- 
gued, spike few-fid., bracts as long as the ovary, sepals l-nerved dorsal 
capilla ate acute, lip much longer than the sepals 3-partite, side segments 
TY, Spur longer than the beaked curved ovary slender incurved. 
9 as in H, khasiana. Scape with few-fld. raceme 2-4 in. ; sheaths few, 
e $75 in., ovate-lanceolate ; flowers few, } in. broad ; ovary } 10., 
eee dorsal sepal obtuse obscurely 5-nerved ; mid segment of lip shorter 
short ; Lis, spur hardly thickened at the tip; anther-cells divaricate, tubes 
but the pe 'a and stigmatic processes as in H. khasiana.—Very near H. khasiana, 
sha Pe ìs very short, the bracts different, the ovary shorter, and the flowers 
"S Lobb’s specimens have all short scapes. f 
H L , l 
matesordate or 2 3, radical or opposite on the stem, sessile, broadly 
63. 
eave ny Crassifolia, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv.72, t. 3C; 
Baar 94 p orbieular or broadly ovate-cordate margined fleshy, raceme 
lip Subequ ih cts large exceeding the ovary, sepals and petals short broad, 
obtuse e ally 3-fid hardly longer than the sepals, lobes linear-oblong 
Trang: Léi equalling the beaked ovary. H. brachyphylla, Reichb. f. in 
$ Bp. deckt Soc, Ber. 2, iii. 113. Platanthera brachyphylla, Lindl. Gen. 
A 2935 Wight Te, t. 1694; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 269. 
ne PrNINSULA ; from the Concan to the Nilghiris, common. . 
Be 1-12 in. diam. Scape 6-12 in., stout ; sheaths many, finely acuminate, 
Breenish. «1: » harrow ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, sheathing; flowers 4 in. diam., 
Y Store M her fles € 3 “ved ; si le lobes of lip 
Da l Sprea ing EN hy > 8 pals -nerved ; petals l-nerved ; Su D! ` 
ti D ' ; ses Pe is t va very short spreading ; stig- 
d pn Ces; > es of anther cells distant, tubes very it take 
n, 5 ^ S e EH 
fro short ; rostellum small, erect.—The Khasian 
m Lindley’s Herbarium is an error. 
tadial e I Phylla, Dalz. i» Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1850) 262; leaves 
bicular cordate margined, raceme many-Ild., bracts much shorter 
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