Habenaría.] ` ostem, ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 159 
T Stem leafy, leaves scattered or subimbricate. 
85. H. breviloba, Hook. f. ; slender, leaves oblong-lanceolate acumi- 
nate, spike short dense-fld., bracts about equalling the ovary, lateral sepals 
lanceolate, petals broadly oblong, lip as long as the sepals obcordate sub- 
flabelliform, spur minute inflated incurved. Peristylus brevilobus, Thwaites 
Enum. 311. 
CEYLON; near Ratnapoora, Thwaites. . . 
Stem with spike 10-18 in., naked below. Leaves 2-3 by 2-1 in., bases sheathing, 
nerves very slender, Spike (young) 1 in.; bracts lanceolate, finely acuminate ; 
ovary + in.; lateral sepals linear-lanceolate, subacute, l-nerved ; petals oblong, 
obtuse, 3-nerved ; lip sessile at the base of the column; anther oblong, truncate, 
cells parallel, tubes 0; stigmatic processes 0; rostellum 3-fid, concealing the small 
polliniar glands.—A very anomalous species, the flowers are too young for satis- 
actory analysis. Thwaites describes the lip as having a minute midlobe. 
86. H. malabarica, Hook. f.; stem leafy, leaves many ovate or 
lanceolate acuminate upper passing into bracts longer than the flowers, 
‘pikes many-fld ovary very short, lateral sepals linear, petals obliquely 
ovate-oblong obtuse, lip as long as the sepals deeply trifid, lateral seg- 
ments subulate recurved, mid one straight, spur a small globose didymous 
2 Ke 2^ l Peristylus brachyphyllus, 4. Rich. in Ann. Se. Nat. Ser. 
Nizan, and Bababudan Hills in Canara, Heyne, Perrottet, Stocks. 
em rather stout, 6-12 in. Leaves 1-2} in., bases sheathing, nerves very 
l nder, Spike 2-4 in, rather dense-fld.; bracts herbaceous, lower j-i in. or 
"Rer, often twice as long as the flowers, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing ; 
tip gais lateral sepals as long, erect or spreading, l-nerved, apiculate below the 
jb dorsal elliptic obtuse faintly 3-nerved; base of lip 3-lobed above the concave 
W, contracted at the base of the segments; spur incurved or not; anther-cells 
da allel, glands of pollinia concealed by the 3-fid rostellum; stigmatic processes 
avate.— Habit of H, peristyloides & concinna. 
lat N.H. torta, Hook, f. ; small, slender, subbasal leaves linear-lanceo- 
b ` Upper Passing into narrow sheaths, spike very slender lax-fld. twisted, 
mg Onger than the very small secund flowers, lateral sepals linear 
midi’ Petals linear-oblong, lip equalling the sepals 3-cleft beyond the 
ma e, lobes short obtuse lateral spreading or incurved midlobe straig M 
lv 69 minute sac, Peristylus spiralis, A. Rich. in Ann..Se. Nat. Ser. 2, 
U^ t2B; Wight Te. 4. 1696. 
in dà the Wester Guats ; from the Concan to Travancore, Wight, yc. CEYLON, 
tem 7 Province, alt. 4-7000 ft. l be or 
acu eet a the spike 6-18 in., often flexuous. Leaves 1-24 in., obtuse acu r 
often fi ^ nerveless, passing into the sheaths of the scape. Spike 2-4 in., racl ` 
xuous ; bracts i-i in., lanceolate, acuminate; flowers decurved, greenis 
White . 
Varia) lateral Sepals reflexed, 35-4 in. long, dorsal liuear-oblong obtuse; Wé very 
concave” c1 eshy, broader or narrower than long, base truncate above the short 
tellu beten, anther minute, cells parallel; stigmatic processes clavate ; 
Peninsular. een the cells, 3-fid.—The Ceylon plant has larger flowers than the 
as | sheaths eav fe Look stem v with one or 
ng or] ; l ew oblong o ovate-obl ong acute, spike many-fid., bracts 
on 
ger than the ovary, lateral sepals linear-oblong obtuse, petals 
