ORCHID ACE^ H3 



inch, side lobes ^ inch acute straight on inside, with 

 side margin finely toothed, t. 521. 



Pulneys : in grass. 



Gen. Dist. Nilgiri, Pulney and Travancore Mountains. Fir. Ooty., 

 Sep. 



Habenaria elliptica Wt. ; Vol. I p. 402. Flowers white 

 with scent of Lily-of-the-valley. t. 522. 



Habenaria heyncana Lirtdl. ; Vol. I p. 148. t. 523. 



Habenaria aristata Hook. f. ; F.B.I. vi 158, CVI 82. A 

 slender plant. Leaves 3 or 4 ; clustered about a third 

 above the ground, elliptic, acute at both ends, nine- 

 nerved. Stem nearly bare for the next third, spike 

 slender. Bracts % inch, shorter than the ovary. Sepals 

 and petals Ye inch. Lip three partite, the side lobes fili- 

 form M inch, divergent, middle lobe 5^ inch. t. 524. 



Pulneys : in light shade near Kodaikanal. Fyson 4446. 



Habenaria perrottetiana A. Rich. ; F.B.I, vi 164, CVI 

 103. Remarkable for its yellow flowers and the very 

 broad sepals and longitudinally folded. lip. Stem stout 

 I to 2 feet. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, passing up- 

 wards into the bracts. Sepals M by J^ inch, obtuse, 

 concave. Petals erect, narrow ; lip triplicate in bud. 

 t. 525. 



Pulneys : on the downs in grass. Fyson 4452. 



SATYRIUM. 

 Satyrium nepalensc Do7i ; Vol. I p. 406. t. 526. 



DISPERIS. 



See Vol. I p- 407 but replace description by : 



Ground orchids with purplish flowers akin to 

 Habenaria (q,v.) but with the posterior sepal and petals 

 united as a small rounded hood from beneath, which 

 project two spreading sepals. Column very small, and 

 covered by the small labellum which has three arms, one 

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