detection, and when examining the species of Habenaria 

 for the Flora of British India, it appeared to me that in some 

 of the minuter Indian species, the glands, which are nor- 

 mally naked in the genus, were really hidden under a fold of 

 the rostellum. Except in wanting a spur, I should regard 

 btenogloths as referable rather to Habenaria than to Her- 

 minium; but as the latter genus passes by insensible gra- 

 dations into Habenaria, it may be a question whether, 

 except from difference of habit, all these might not be 

 combined. 



The column and its appendages are not accurately 

 described either by Lindley or in the " Genera Plant arum." 

 1 hey are very difficult of examination in dried specimens, 

 but the analyses in Tabs. 5872 and 7186 of this work may, 

 1 think be depended on, agreeing as they do in all essential 

 points though made by different artists. The column is 

 exceedingly short, with two parallel anther cells separated 

 at the base by a very short triangular erect rostellum. On 

 either s lde of the anther is a short adnate staminode, with 



iher U ^L aP f e ^' and ?t g from the base of &* column on 

 fo ^hotf l ] G r ° Stell r there P r °3 ecfc two erect styli- 

 bHtt™ f ^ ° Dg aS the anther itself > *U°h I assume to 

 someSf^n P1 T SS !?' maSmuch as I fi »* them to be 

 IZeZT.Z T lth adberent P° llen 8™™' Similar 



Kl 8 ™ P f re f nt ln man ^ Habenarias, varying greatly 

 IniatPrr fr^^Ple tubercles on the column to 



^et^iS^ ^ ° f ^ * - ™ 



KewTfS* \ ngi £ li £ WaS Sent t0 tne Eoyal Gardens of 

 BoHnionl f / ^ W ° od > Cu ™tor °* the Durban 



It flowerorl^ ^ Nata1 ' alon £ with P lants of S. fimbriate. 

 it nowered m September, 1889.—/. £. H. 



thf stami L°de S 0f a nd a 8ti!iS a a ^ d C ° lumn ; 2 ' U P i 3 > side view of column showing 

 cesses spread ont »l5 , Processes ; 4, front view of do., with the pro- 

 ?^%LSr^T gal8 ° the «wtdlnm; 5, pollinium and gland -.all 



