404 ORCHIDACE^. 



Habenaria crassifolia A. Rich. ; F.B.I, vi 151, CVI 63. 

 Distinguished by the two nearly circular fleshy leaves 

 spreading out flat at the base. Stem J^ to 2 feet, 

 from an oblong ellipsoid tuber, I to I^ inches long ; 

 leafless except at the base, but clothed with sheathing 

 bracts which may overlap towards the top. Leaves two 

 only, I to 2 inches, circular, fleshy. Flowering part less 

 than half the whole : bracts lanceolate acute, J^ to M inch, 

 shorter than the ovary. Ovary I inch, sessile. Flowers 

 y^ inch only, white. Dorsal sepal ovate-acute, arching : 

 lateral sepals y% inch, oblong-obtuse, curved downwards.* 

 Petals shorter and narrower ovate-acute. Lip three-fid, 

 lobes acute, entire or nearly so. Spur nearly as long as 

 the ovary, club-shaped. Stigmatic processes short acute. 

 t. 256. Wight Ic. t. 1694. 



In damp places flowering June to September. Nilgiris : 

 near Ootacamund, etc. Pulneys : just below Kodaikanal. 

 Fyson 417, 697. Bourne 47, 1857, 4625. 



Gen. Dist. Western Ghats northwards to Mahleshwar. 

 Closely allied to H. platyphylla of the plains near Madras. 



Habenaria bicornuta Hoolz. f. ; F.B.I, vi 156, CVI 78 ; 

 Peristylus richardianus Wight, Herh. Wight Prop. !; 

 yellow Two-horn. Stem up to 2 feet leafy to about the 

 middle. Leaves ij^ by 12 inches, narrow lanceolate 

 acute, merging above into the bracts. Spike long, many- 

 flowered, bracts Y^, inch, ovary ^ inch. Flowers J^ inch, 

 yellowish green. Dorsal sepal % inch, arched like a 

 hood. Lateral sepals as long, obtuse. Petals a little 

 shorter. Lip three-partite. Lateral segments long and 

 linear, curled at first like ram's horns, then erect and 

 curved like a buffalo's; middle segment 1/8 by 1/12 

 inch, oblong-obtuse, thick, with three swellings at the 

 base, the middle one curving over the entrance to the 



* Incorrectly figured by Richard in An. des. Sci. Nat. 2nd Ser. xv. t. 3. 



