712 cxxT. orchidace.t:. 



4. Peristylus goodyeroides, Lindl. Vae. /3, affinis, Lindl. Gen. 

 6)' Sj). On-hid. (1835) p. yOO. Stem 1-2 ft. high, stout. Leaves close 

 together about the middle o£ the stem, 6-10 by 2-2| in., elliptic-lauceo- 

 late, acute, contracted at the base, scarcely petiolate. Elowers yellowish- 

 green, in dense spikes 4-12 in. long; bracts |-| in. long, lanceolate, 

 membranous, finely acuminate, the lower longer than, the upper equalling 

 the sessile ovary. Lateral sepals 4 by -jlry in., oblong, obtuse, mucronate 

 at the back below the apex ; dorsal sepal 1 by y\j- in., elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse, not mucronate. Petals i by i- in,, obliquely obovate, strongly 

 nerved. Lip -i- by ^ in., without a claw, usually 3-fid, the lobes very 

 variable ; spur subglobose, Jg ^^' long. Anther small ; tubes very short ; 

 poUinia clavate. Eostellum erect, toothed. Peristylus goodj/eroides, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 270. Hahenaria r/oodi/eroides, Grab. Cat. Bo. PI. (1839) 

 p. 201 (not of Don); Hook. f. Pl.^B. t v. 6, p. 161 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520. JJ. goodA/eroides var. affinis, King & 

 Pantling, in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Calc. v.' 8 (1898) p. 327, t. 430 bis. 

 H. affinis, Don, Prodr'. PI. Nep. (1825) p. 25 {not of Wight).— Plowers : 

 Aug. 



KoNKAN : Nimino\,I)aheU\; S.Kouk&n, Dal^cll ^- Gibson. — Distrib. India (Nepal, 

 Kbasia Hills, Naga Hills, Sikkim, W. Peninsula). 



5. Peristylus Lawii, Wight, Icon. v. 5, part 1 (1852) p. 12, 1. 1695. 

 Stem 6-12 in. high Mith loose sheaths below the leaves. Leaves 3-5 

 from about the middle of the stem, membranous, not reduced to bract- 

 like leaves above, 2;i-4 by f-l| iu., oblong- lanceolate, acute, sheathing 

 at the base. Plov^ers small, yellow, in narrow strict slender lax spikes 

 2-3 in. long ; bracts f in. long or more, exceeding the ovary, lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Sepals 1-nerved ; lateral sepals i by -j\ in., oblong, obtuse ; 

 dorsal sepal i by J^ in., oblong, obtuse, concave. Petals i loy -J^ iu., 

 oblong, obtuse. Lip § by jL in. with a concave claw, shortly 3-lobed at 

 the apex ; lobes 3IJ in. long, subequal, obtuse, the 2 lateral lobes rounded 

 on the outer edge, slightly curved, the midlobe straight ; spur short, 

 scrotiform, -J^ in. long. Anther-tubes 0; pollinia clavate; caudicle ; 

 glands small. Stigmatic processes very short, clavate. Eostellum short, 

 triangular, acute. Dalz. & Gibs. p. 270 ; Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et 

 Sp. V. 1 (1898) p. 510. Hahenaria Lawii, Hook. f. PI. B. I. v. 6 (1890) 

 p. 162; A\roodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. I032.--P]owers : Aug. 



XoNKAN : Dalzell \. Lawl; Neral below Matiieran, Bhival S. M. Countky : Bel- 

 gaum, Latu\\ near Dbarwar, Law ex Stocks, 731 — Distrib. India (Bengal, Bebar, 

 W. Peninsula). 



30. PL AT ANTHER A, Rich. 



Terrestrial herbs. Tubers ovoid-globose, rarely lobed. Flowers 

 small or large, in lax or dense s})ikes or racemes ; bracts mostly narrow. 

 Sepals unequal, free ; lateral more or less spreading or reflexed. 

 Petals simple, usually narrower than the dorsal sepal and appressed to 

 it forming a hood. Lip continuous with the column, sometimes shortly 

 adnate to it, produced at the base into a short or elongate spur, 

 entire or 3-lobed ; side lobes sometimes fimbriate or pectinate. Column 

 short, footless ; clinandrium erect, short, or scarcely as long as the 

 anther. Anther-cells parallel or di^ ergent ; apex inferior, short and 



