OrchidaceceJ] ceylon plants. 



309 



Subsect. Gtmnadenid^, Lindl. 



44. ATE, Lindl. 



^ c.p. 3200. 



W 



Hab. Maturatte District, at an elevation of 4000 



Petala oLlata, obliqna, laciniis ffiqualibus. 



2. A. acuminata, TIiw. ; /c>Z/25 anguste lanceolatis Imcteisqae rotun- 

 dato-ovatis, setaceo-aeuminatis ; petalis linearibus, obliquis lacinia an- 

 teriore longiore, an-uste lineari ; lahello trifido, lobis linearibus, obtusis, 

 lateralibus dirergentibus, longioribus i calcare clayato, obtuso, 

 lere a)quilongo.-— c,p, 514. 



Hab. Rambodde and above Galagama, at an elevation of 4000 to 



ovaxio 



5000 feet. 



Catdis 1-3-pedalis, sparse foliosus. Folia 2-4 poll. longa. Flores secundi. Sepala 

 rotundata;3^/^/^que pallide viridia. Lahellum glabrum, fulvum. 



This bears a considerable general resemblance to Hahenaria Eeyneana, liudl.. 



but IS totally distinct from it. if ^ * 



45. HABENARIA, WiUd. 



1. H. macrostachya, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 307.— C.p. 3197. 

 Hab. Hantani, Gardner, 



Sepala loDgiuscule acuminata. Petala fere ad basin divaricato-bifida. 



2. H. dichopetalaj Thw. ;/(;?/?> ovatis velovato-lanceolatis, acutis ; se- 

 palis lateralibus ovatis, acutis, c^or^a?/ rotunda to, concdiYO; pet alls bipar- 

 titis,sinu lato, laciniis elongatis, setaceis, anteriore angustiore, parum 

 longiore; lahello tripartito, laciniis elongatis, setaceis, sequalibus; calcare 

 cylindrico, parum clavato, subacuto, ovario sequilongo. — c.p. 3564. 



Hab. Bintenne District, at no great elevation. 



Caulis bipedalis, medio foliosus, dimidio iaferiore squamatus. Spica pauciflora. 

 Sejpala circiter 3 liu, lon^a. 



^\ ^' dolichostachya, TW. ; foliis ovatis, gradatim aeuminatis, 

 acutis, basi rotundatis ; spica elongata; hracteis ovato-acuminatis, flori- 

 bus sequilongis ; sepalis lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, dorsali 

 parum breviore, rotundato, mucronato ; petalis subaequilongis, falcatis, 

 bifidis, lacinia anteriore nana; lahello tripartite, laciniis linearibus an* 

 gustissirais, lateralibus divergentibus, petalis sequilongis, intermedia 

 parum longiore.— c.p. 3199. 



Hab. Bambodde, Gardner, 



Caulis S-pedalis, medio foliosus, dimidio infcriore squamatus. Folia 2-3-poll. 

 longa, snperiora minora. Sj)ica pedalis, laxiflora. Sepala circiter^S lin. longa. 



Ic. t. 1705.)— o.r. 2372. 

 Hab. Common in the 

 7000 feet. 



Wight 

 5000 tc 



6. H. pterocarpa, Thw, ; foliis lanceolatis ; Jlorihus majusculis ; SC' 



pairs lateralibus deflexis, oblique lanceolatis, acutis, dorsali parum bre- 

 viore, rotundato, subacuto, petala sequilonga, falcato-linearia, obtusa 



