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1. Habenaria stenopetala, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orcldcl. (1835) 

 p. 319 {not p. 324), Stem 1-2 ft. high, stout, the lower portion clothed 

 with closely appressed sheaths. Leaves in the middle part of the stem, 

 3-8 by 1-2 in., membranous, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, the margins undulate, base narrowed or broad, amplexicaul or 

 sheathing, the upper part of the stem between the leaves and the 

 raceme with lanceolate acuminate bract-like leaves much smaller than 

 those of the middle stem. Flowers arranged in many-flowered racemes 

 8-6 in. long, variable in size, the sepals and petals greenish, the 

 lip brown ; floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the 

 slender stalked ovary. Sepals subequal ; lateral sepals f-^ in. long, 

 reacbing ^ in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, somewhat oblique, strongly 

 3-nerved, and with a long filiform apical tail; dorsal sepal similar. 

 Petals shorter than the sepals, 2-partite, the segments linear, acute, 

 usually unequal. Lip 3-partite, the segments variable, the lateral seg- 

 ments sometimes as long as the middle one but usually shorter than it ; 

 spur as long as or longer than the ovary, 2-ridged, slender, turned upwards. 

 Column stout; anther-cells rather distant, parallel, narrow, erect, 

 their tubes long ; polhnia oblong ; caudicles slender, twice as long as 

 the pollinia ; glands minute. Staminodes ovate, rugulose, situated 

 externally to the anther-cell and stigma on each side. Stigmas 2, 

 oblong, with slightly divei'gent blunt apices, situated below the anthers 

 and at the margins of the mouth of the spur. Capsules linear-oblong, 

 i-| in. long. n. B. I. v. 6, p. 134; Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 



(1897) p. 358 ; King & Pantling, in Ann. Eoy. Bot, Card. Calc. v. 8 



(1898) p. 308, t. 404 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Is at. r. 12 (1899) p. 519 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1030. 1 Habenaria modesta, Dalz. in Kew Journ. 

 Bot. V. 2 (1850) p. 262 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 267. 



Eare. Konkan : Balzell !, Law !, StocJcs, 64 ! S. M. Country : Pai-Ta Ghdt, 

 Balzdl, 15! — DisTRiB. India (Upper Assam, Bengal, W. Peninsula). 



2. Habenaria digitata, Lindl. Gen. 6f Sp. Orchid. (1835) p. 307. 

 Stem 1-2 ft. high, leafy, the lower part with closely appressed sheaths. 

 Leaves variable, 2-4^ by |-li in., ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, 

 sheathing at the base. Plowers greenish-white, in cylindric, many- 

 flowered, rather lax racemes ; bracts large, lanceolate, acute, often 

 foliaceous ; pedicels very short. Sepals greenish-white; lateral sepals 

 i by ^ in., ovate, acute, subfalcate, spreading ; dorsal sepal ^ by 5 in., 

 broadly elliptic or suborbicular, obtuse, 3-uerved. Petals 2-partite ; 

 upper segment ^ by y^ in., subfalcate, acute, 3-nerved ; lower segment 

 shorter, narrowly linear, acute, the segments separated by a rather wide 

 sinus. Lip 3-partite, the segments linear, the lateral usually shorter 

 than the middle one, which is about | in. long ; spur reaching | in. long, 

 equalling the ovary or nearly so, subclavate at the tip, with an erect 

 ligule at the mouth. Stigmatic processes clavate-oblong, appressed to 

 the lip. Anther-cells parallel, the tubes upcurved ; rostellum shorter 

 than the anther, obtusely triangular. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 134 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 267 ; Kraenzhu, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 270 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 519 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1030. 

 Habenaria Gibsoni, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6 (1890) p. 135 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 519. H. trinervia, Wight, Icon. v. 5, 

 part 1 (1852) p. 12, t. 1701.— Flowers: July, 



