CXXT. OlCHIDACE^,. Til 



Eostelluin reduced to a triangular tooth. Habenaria Stoclsii, Hook. f. 

 Y\. B. I. V. 6 (1890) p. 158 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 520. — Flowers : July-Aug. 



KoNKAN : Balzelll, Law I; Dronaghiri, Stocks I; Neral below Matheran, Bhival 

 S. M. Country : Eamghat, Ritchie, 1598!— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Peristylus spiralis, A. Rich, in Ann. S'c. Nat. ser. 2, v. 15, 

 p. 69, t. 2, B. Whole plaut 6-18 in. high ; stem leafy, often flexuous ; 

 tubers small, oblong, pyrii'orm or globose. Leaves 1-2^ by ^-f in., 

 linear-lanceolate, obtuse, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, 5-7-uerved, 

 sheathing at the base, the upper passing into numerous lanceolate 

 sheaths. Flowers greenish-white, secund, in spirally twisted lax-flowered 

 slender spikes 2-10 in. long ; bracts |-f in. long, lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, equalling or the lower exceeding the ovary. Lateral sepals 

 ^ by ^ in., linear, obtuse, falcate ; dorsal sepal ^ by ^^ in., linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, concave. Petals ^ by -jig^ in., ovate-oblong or linear- 

 oblong, obtuse. Lip variable, fleshy, ^ in. long, rather longer than 

 broad, with a short broad concave claw, 8-lobed nearly to the middle ; 

 side lobes usually slightly longer and much narrower than the midlobe, 

 linear, acute, moi-e or less spreading; midlobe tV by -g^jj in., linear, 

 obtuse ; spur a small globose sac -^\j in. in diam. Anthers minute, the 

 cells parallel; tubes 0; pollinia pyriform ; caudicle short; glands 

 oblong. fStigniatic processes short, clavate. Eostellum 3-fid. AVight, 

 Icon. t. 1696; Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et ISp. v. 1 (1898) p. 510. 

 Habenaria torta, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6 (1890) p. 159 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 4, p. 234 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520. 



KoNKAN : Law !, Stocks, 67 ! ; Western Ghdts southwards, Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



3. Peristylus plantagineus, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. (1835) 

 p. 300. Whole plant 12-20 in. high ; stem robust, leafy chiefly about 

 the middle, closely embraced by many long narrowly lanceolate sheaths 

 above the leaves, and with loose sheaths below them ; tubers large., 

 cylindric-oblong. Leaves few, 4-8 by l|-2i in., oblong-lanceolate, or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, strongly nerved beneath, closely sheathing 

 at the base. Flowers in dense spikes 4-8 in. long ; bracts reaching f in. 

 long, erect, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate. Sepals greenish ; lateral 

 sepals 1 by j\|- in., elliptic-oblong, obtuse ; dorsal sepal \ by -^ in., 

 oblong, obtuse. Petals white, very broad, oWiquely orbicular, sub- 

 cartilaginous, the tips recurved ; nerves branching. Lip white, shorter 

 than the sepals, broadly obovate, entire or shortly 3-lobed ; lobes obtuse, 

 couti-acted beyond the very short broad concave base ; spur small, 

 scrotiform. Anther-cells parallel ; tubes short, recurved ; pollmia 

 clavate ; caudicles short ; glands small. Stigmatic processes short, 

 stout. Eostellum short, acute. Wight, Icon. t. 921 ; Kraenzlin, 

 Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1898) p. 516. Peristylus elatm, Dalz. & Gibs, 

 in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 344 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 270. Habe- 

 naria Wifjlitii, Trimen, Cat. Ceyl. PI. (1885) p. 91 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 6 (1890) p. 162 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 232 ; Woodr. iu Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520.— Flowers : July. 



KoNKAN : Nimmo ! ; Malwan, Dalzcll, S. M. Country : Ramglaat, Ritchie, 1396 ! 

 Kanaka: I-ciw !— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



