154 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Habenaria. 
70. H. oligantha, Hook. f.; stem slender naked above the usually 
solitary oblong leaf, bracts lanceolate herbaceous much longer than the 
flower usually divaricate, sepals and petals subequal, spur stout about as 
long as the shortly beaked ovary incurved clavate. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA; in the interior valleys, alt. 10—12,000 ft., J. D. H. . 
Stem 5-10 in. Leaf sessile, 2-4 by 3-14 in., obtuse or subacute. Spike 1i-4in., 
lax-fld.; bracts spreading, lower $—1 in., green, upper gradually smaller, uppermost 
hardly exceeding the short sessile curved ovary; sepals } in. long, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, subacute, obscurely 3-nerved, subciliolate; petals as long, triangular- 
lanceolate, base of lower margin gibbous; lip linear-lanceolate, fleshy ; anther-cells 
parallel, tubes 0; pollinia pyriform, caudicles short, glands minute ; stigmatic processes 
short ; rostellum fleshy, triangular, obtuse. 
71. H. leptocaulon, Hook. f. ; stem slender, with 2-3 narrow distant 
sheaths above the linear-oblong acute leaf, spike slender few-fid., bracts 
equalling the erect curved ovary, sepals and petals subequal, spur slender 
as long as the ovary incurved. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lachen Valley, alt. 10-11,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stem 8-12 in. Leaf below the middle of the stem, 13—4 by 3 in.; sheaths above 
the leaves 1-1} in., linear-lanceolate, erect. Spike 3-8-fld., 1-2 in., rachis slender; 
bracts 4—} in., erect, slender; sepals } in. long, 1-nerved, lanceolate, acute ; petals 
broader than the sepals, triangular-lanceolate from a broad gibbous base, fleshy; 
anthers as in H. oligantha, but rostellum shorter, and glands of pollinia large, oblong, 
resting on the sides of the rostellum ; stigmatic processes short.—Near H. oligantha, 
but distinguished by the narrow leaves, the sheaths above them, small bracts, and 
long slender spur. 
72. H. pachycaulon, Hook. f.; stem short very stout with 2 or 3 
large herbaceous sheaths above the solitary oblong leaf, spike short 
dense-fld., bracts herbaceous much longer than the flowers, sepals an 
petals subequal, lip ovate-lanceolate, spur equalling the ovary incurve 
clavate. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen Valley, alt. 12,000 ft., J. D. H.; Nattong, King’s 
Collector. . 
Rootstock branched ; roots thick, fleshy. Stem 4-6 in., as thick as a goose-quill 
or less. Leaf 21-31 by $-1j in., thick, obtuse; sheaths 1-14 in., lanceolate. SP4 
14-2 in.; bracts ł-1 in., many-nerved ; flowers purple; ovary 4 in, hardy beaked ; 
sepals thick, linear-oblong, 1-nerved, ciliolate ; petals shorter, ovate-oblong, fleshy ; 
lip fleshy, subacute; anther-cells parallel; glands of pollinia oblong resting on the 
sides of the short acute rostellum ; stigmatie processes obscure. 
73. H. nematocaulon, Hook. f.; stem very slender naked or with 
one or two sheaths above the small oblong subacute leaf, spike very 
slender lax-fld., bracts half the length of the erect ovary, flowers minute. 
sepals erect and petals subequal, lip oblong-lanceolate, spur very short 
clavate. 
SıKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 10-12,000 ft. J. D. H., Clarke. 
Stem 3-8 in. Leaf towards the base of the stem, 1-1} in. ; sheaths usually very 
small, rarely green and leaf-like. Spike 2-4 in. long; bracts membranous; 091? 
1-4 in., hardly beaked ; flowers 4'; in. long; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1-nerved ; 
petals as broad as the dorsal sepal, triangular-ovate, acute, 1-nerved ; lip not fleshy; 
5-nerved, obtuse; spur not half the length of the sepals, neck contracted ; anther 
short, broad, cells parallel, glands of pollinia rather large, resting on the sides of the 
erect fleshy rostellum ; stigmatic processes globose. Capsule Ä in. long, sessile, erect 
fusiform, beaked.— The erect lateral sepals, minute flowers and short spur, are those 
