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exteriore augustissimo brevioris, laciniis cuneatis, stamine 

 labellum lanceolatum acute bifidum bis superaute. 



H. ellipticum, Hamilt. in Rces. Cycl. xvii. n. 2. B.osc. Mon. 

 PL n. 55. Bot. Cab. xix. t. 1881. 



Wild in Nipal ; the Mountains of the Province of Kamoon 

 at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet, Strachey and Winterhottom ; 

 Sikkim, at 4000 to 5000 feet, Hooker; Kasia, Hooker and Thomson. 



Tlie spike is remarkably fastigiate, even before the expansion 

 of the flowers, which are white with orange-coloured stamen ; or 

 yellowish, always so in their declining stage. The species is 

 among the less common in Nipal. 



4. H. thyrsiforine ; foliis ellipticis lucidis subtus vaginisque 



pilosulis, spica subelongata squarrosa bracteis cylindraceo-con- 

 volutis recurvis valde approximatis, tubo corollse tertia ^arte 

 exserto, limbi interioris, exteriore angustissimo brevioris, 

 laciniis lineari-cuueatis, stamine labellum ovale acute bifidum, 

 nuuc fere indivisum bis superante. 

 H. thyrsiforme, Hamilt. I. c. n. 4. Rose. Mon. PI. n. 56. 

 H. heteromallum, Bot. Reg. ix. t. 767. 

 Wild in Nipal ; Sikkim, Hooker and Catkcart. 

 Like the preceding, this is a very distinct species (ah, si sic 

 omnes !), and is readily knovvn in all the stages of the inflorescence 

 by the closely approximated, cylindrically convolute or piped, and 

 gently recurved bracts. The flowers are white throughout. It is 

 very common in Nipal. 



B. Spicata. Spica elongata. Bractese distantes, patulae. 



5. H. spicatum ; foliis lato-lanceolatis, bracteis planis vel leviter 



convolutis tubo dimidio brevioribus, limbi laciniis linearibus 



stamineque labello ovato obtuse bilobo breve unguiculato 



brevioribus, interioribus latioribus. 



H. spicatum, Hamilt. I. c. n. 3. Roijle, Nat. Hist. Himal. p. 



357 et 358. Bot. Mag. xlix. t. 2300. Hook. Exot. Fl. i. t. 46. 



B,osc. I. c. n. 48. 



/3. trilohuw ; spica pauciflora, bracteis convolutis unifloris, 

 lobulo brevi cuspidate in sinu labelli. 

 H. trilobum, Wall. Cat. n. 6554. 



y. acuminatum ; bracteis convolutis subunifloris, labelli 

 lanceolati lobis acuminatis. 



H. acuminatum, Piosc. I. c. n. 47, Bot. Mag. Ivii. t, 2969. 

 Bot. Cab. xviii.'t. 1795. 



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