ORCHIDACE.E. 403 



Stigmatic processes fleshy, deflexed down against the 

 labellum. Wight Ic. t. 1706. 



On the open grass downs. Pulneys : above Kodaikanal. 

 Fyson 563, 1842, 3102, 3104. Bourne 487, 594, 1187, 1187,-^ 

 etc. Nilgiris : Coonoor (Gamble). Not elsewhere. 



Habenaria hcyncana Lindl. ; F.B.L vi 148, CVI 53 

 Stem 6 to 10 inches, with two sheaths at the base. Leaves 

 iJi by % inch, ovate, stem-clasping, recurved: upper 

 smaller, acuminate. Raceme 2 to 3 inches. Bracts broad^ 

 acuminate, sheathing the flowers. Flowers all facing 

 one way, greenish-yellow. Dorsal sepal and petals 

 arching : lateral sepals spreading. Lip three-partite 

 curving downwards : lobes oblong 1/5 inch, subequal on 

 the middle one longer and broader. Spur as long or 

 shorter than the ovary, which is not stalked. ' Turns black 

 on drying.* 



Nilgiris : on the downs to Pykara ; flowering summer. 

 Bourne 4658, 4787. 



Gcft, Dist. Western Ghats. 



Habenaria subpubcns A. Rich. ; F.B.L vi 948, CVI 

 54. Characterised by straight not arching sepals and 

 petals. ' Differs also from H. heyneana in not turning 

 black on drying.' 



A small herb, 6 to 8 inches. Tuber % inch, oval. Base 

 of stem with a few sheaths. Leaves two or three only 

 I to 2^/2 by ^ to 5^ inch, upper smaller. Bracts % to 

 I inch, narrow, elliptic acuminate, boat-shaped. Flowers 

 about four only to the spike, all facing one way, white. 

 Sepals 1/5 inch, oblong-obtuse, one-nerved ; lateral 

 straight not arching. Petals nearly as long, acute. Lip 

 three-fid : middle lobe longest. Spur slender as long as 

 the ovary, t. 255. 



Nilgiris : near Ootacamund but not common. 



Gen. Dist. South end of Western Ghats, 

 26-A 



