ORCHIDACE^. 401 



Bracts % to l^i inches, narrow-lanceolate, acute. Pedicel 

 5^ to M inch ; ovary as long. Spur 2 inches, incurved. 

 Sepals triangular spreading, the posterior % inch acute. 

 Petals each of two parts ; the upper ovate-acute J^ inch, 

 the lower hair-like and twice as long, curved slightly 

 upwards. Lip consisting of a narrow oblong middle 

 lobe, /4 by ^ inch, from about the middle of which on 

 each side a straight hair-like segment projects straight 

 outwards (at half right and half left). Ovary usually not 

 showing a twist. Pod I by 1/5 inch. Wight Ic. t. 924. 



In the grass of the open downs. Pulneys : above Kodai- 

 kanal, flower July. Nilgiris : on the lower slopes. Fyson. 

 Bourne 1192, 1856. 



Gen. Dist. Bababooduns and Western Ghats. 



Habcnaria cephalotes LindL; KB. I. vi 139, CVI 22. 

 Tuber elongate. Stem 3 to 6 inches, and raceme 2 to 4 

 inches : base stout with one or two sheaths. Leaves two 

 or three only, 2 to 2^ by 1/4 inches, ovate ; succeeded 

 by much smaller ones. Spike dense 2 to 4 inches : bracts 

 I by J^ inch, lanceolate acuminate, longer than the 

 ovaries. Lateral sepals 1/5 inch, pubescent, spreading ; 

 dorsal smaller. Petals entire erect. Lip divided into 

 three lobes : mid-lobe J^ inch, narrow : lateral lobes J^ 

 by % inch, with fimbriate margin. Spur curved forwards 

 shorter than the beaked ovary, t. 253. Wight Ic. 

 t 1711. 



In open grass land. Nilgiris : on the downs near Ootaca- 

 mund and down to Avalanche. Not on Pulney downs. Bourne 

 4610. 



Habenaria longicalcarata A. Rich. ; F.B.L vi 141, 

 CVI 30 ; Elephant's Head. Distinguished by the large 

 white flowers and very long spur. 



Stem 12 to 18 inches, from an oblong tuber. Leaves 

 few (four or five) close to the ground, oblong, acute, 

 or broadly elliptic : stem above clothed with loosely 

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