234 OrchiciecB. \Habenaria. 



than the pet., claw dilating into a 3-partite flat membranous 

 strongly veined limb, lobes nearly equal in length, lateral 

 subulate-lanceolate, i -veined, slightly divergent from the 

 ovate, or ovate-lanceolate 3-veined mid lobe, sinus acute, spur 

 globose, sessile or very shortly pedicelled ; anth. small, 

 globose, tubes o, pollinia pyriform, sessile on the large oblong 

 glands ; stigmatic processes short. 



Uma-oya (1879). Fl. Dec; white. 



Endemic. 



There are two drawings by Alwis of this plant in Herb. Peraden. 

 One represents the stem 2 ft. high, as thick as a swan's quill, the 

 1. 5 by 2\ in., the spike 7 in., and the fl. \ in. long ; it is named 

 H. goodye7-oides (?). The other, dated 17 Dec. 1879, represents a much 

 smaller plant, with 1. 3 by i|-2 in. The nearest ally of the species is 

 H. constricta^ Hb. of the Himalaya and Tenasserim, which has much 

 larger fl. and many veins on the broader lip. — J. D. H. 



15. K. torta, Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 159 (1890). 



Peristylus spiralis, A. Rich., Thw. Enum. 310. H. spiralis., Trim. 

 Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 91 (non A. Rich). C. P. 226 (part). 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 159. Wight, Ic. t. 1696. 



Stem with the spike 6-18 in., slender, often flexuous, leafy 

 towards the base or upwards, with many lanceolate sheaths 

 above the 1.; tubers small, oblong, pyriform, or globose; 1. 

 i-2i in., linear-lanceolate, obtuse, acute, or acuminate, upper 

 passing into the stem sheaths, coriaceous, 5-7-veined, base 

 sheathing; spike 2-10 in., slender, lax-fld., twisted spirally; 

 bracts \- ^ in., lanceolate, lower longer than the ov. ; fl. sccund, 

 very variable in size, sep. and pet. jV~8 i"- lorig» subequal, 

 obtuse, or dorsally apiculate, i -veined, dorsal sep. oblong or 

 linear-oblong, concave, lateral linear, falcate, reflexed ; pet. 

 ovate or linear-oblong ; lip very variable, rather longer than 

 the Sep., cuncate, 3-cleft to about the middle, fleshy, claw 

 broad, lobes very variable, short, obtuse, lateral spreading or 

 not, median usually shorter, broader, and strongly recurved, 

 spur a minute globose sac; anth. minute, cells parallel, 

 tubes o, pollinia pyriform, caudicle short, glands oblong; 

 rostellum 3-fid ; stigmatic processes clavate. 



Montane zone above 4000 ft.; rather common. Galagama; Dolos- 

 bagie; Pedurutalagala; Dimbula. Fl. Sept.; greenish white. 



Also in S. India. 



The greater number of specimens of C. P. 226 in Herb. Peraden. are 

 H. cubitalis. 



16. H. Gardnerl, Ilk. J. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 158 (1S90). 

 Peris/ylus aristatus, Thw. Enum. 310 (in part). C. P. 2373. 

 Fl. 15. Ind. vi. 158. 



Stem with spike 1-2 ft., rather slender, leafy chiefly about 

 the middle, and with a few leafy sheaths above; tubers 



