402 ORCHIDACE^. 



sheathing bracts nearly as long as the internodes. 

 Flowers one to three only : pedicels I to I J^ inches : bracts 

 acute, sheathing, nearly as long : ovary as long. Petals 

 and dorsal sepals erect : dorsal sepal green, three-nerved, 

 with three recurved margins : lateral oblong curved or 

 nearly semicircular, spreading down and backwards. 

 Lip I to lJ4 inches, three-fid; mid-lobe oblong, 5^ by 

 ^ inch ; lateral lobes cuneate, toothed along the sloping 

 end. Spur 4 to 5 inches, hanging vertically down but 

 bent forwards at about the middle, and thicker below this. 

 Anthers over % inch, curved forwards and upwards. 

 Filaments of polliniums over 1/5 inch : pollen in large 

 granular masses. Stigmas on two large shining fleshy 

 green %-inch processes, curving horizontally outwards 

 in two semicircles and nearly meeting in front, t. 254. 

 Wight Ic. t. 925. Curtis Bot. Mag. t. 7228. 



In t. 254 : a one caudicle and its gland is shown escaped from the 

 anther-sac, and just the gland of the other. 



On the open downs. Pulneys : near Kodaikanal common in 

 places. Widely distributed on the uplands of South India, 

 Mysore, etc., down to 2,000 feet. Fysoti 3103. Bourne 256, 

 1998, 2345, 2951. 



Habenaria clliptica Wight, Herb. Wight. Prop. 3071 ! ; 

 F.B.I, vi 147, CVI 40 ; common small Habenaria. 

 Tubers ellipsoid, M to l54 inches : stem 8 to 24 inches, 

 leafy. Leaves mostly near the ground but also on the 

 stem above, lanceolate or elliptic, acute, 2 to 3 inches by 

 ^ to % inch ; the upper smaller and merging into the 

 floral bracts, which are lanceolate acute, shorter than the 

 ovary. Racemes dense, many flowered. Flowers small, 

 ^ inch across : ovary ^ inch, curved forwards. Dorsal 

 sepal and petals erect, arching over the column : lateral 

 sepals spreading. Lip curled down, divided to near the 

 middle into three nearly equal lobes : lateral lobes acute 

 dentate on the outer margin. Spur M inch, slender 

 above, below much thickened and curved forwards. 



