ORCHIDEJE. 



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Near P. obcordata (Orch. Western Himalayas in Ann. Roy. Bot. Garcl. 

 Calc. IX. p. 144) ; but differs from it by the quite truncate or emarginate lips. 



Platanthera sp. (Fig. 66.) Terrestris ; Tuber suberectum cyliudricum 

 1 cm. longum. Caulis 20cm. lougus gracilis erectus deorsum supra basin 2-3- 

 foliatus sursum racemosus, partibus inter floriferas et foliatas 8 cm. longis remote 

 squamatis, squamis 5 mm. lougis liuearibus. 

 Folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga 3|- cm. louga 

 1 on. lata apice obtusa vel acuta ad summum 

 breve aristata vel obtusa basi caulem amplec- 

 tautia ad vaginam 5 mm. lougam abeuntia. 

 Racemi (partes florifene) 8 cm. longa glabra, 

 floribus a se 5 -10 mm. remotis, bracteis ovato- 

 lauceolatis 5 mm. longis 1^- mm. latis glabris. 

 Sepalum posticum ovato - oblongum 3 mm. 

 lougum 1^ mm. latum apice truncato-obtusum 

 basi leviter contractum | mm. latum 1-nervium 

 margiue interiore leviter recurvum, lateralia 



postico augustiora 3 mm. louga 1 mm. lata ob- 

 lique lineari-oblonga apice obtusa basi obliqua 

 uon contracta 1-uervia margine interiore re- 

 curva. Petala sepalo postico conformia sed 

 minora. Labellurn profunde crusiforme 3- 

 lobum, lobis basilaribus liueari-filiformibus 

 a lobo terminal! augulo 90 divaricatis 4 mm. 

 longis -jL mm. latis recurvis, lobo terminali 

 liueari 2 mm. lougo -| -J mm. lato apice obtuso 

 recto, basi calcaratum, calcari spathulato- 

 liueari 4 mm. lougo sursum dilatato | mm. lato apice obtuso basi aligns tato 

 subrecto. Columna brevissima ; antliera | mm. lata. 



HAB. Kappanzau, leg. W. R. PRICE, Juli. 1912. 



This interesting tiny orchid was collected by Mr. W. R. PKICE in July, 

 1912, in an open country among dense Miscanlhus in Mt. Kappauzan. It is 

 somewhat near Halenaria aristata HOOK. f. (in Orchids of the Sikkim Himalayas 



Fig. 66, Platanthera sp.; 

 a, a flower ; b, the same, seen 

 from back ; c, central part of the 

 same ; d, a columna, with a 

 dorsal sepal and petals. 



