710 CXXT. ORCHlDACKi:. 



KoNKAN : Sfocksl, Law I; Island of KavntVyA, Dahe'l ^- Gibson. Deccan : Lanoli, 

 Woodrow; Kbandala, C'oo^'c!, Bhival, JVoodrow; Furandhav, Dr. JBaimes I Kanaka: 

 Law] — DisTiuB. India (Kashmir, Assam, Silliet, Bengal, Tenasserim, W. Peninsula). 



Vae. foliosa. Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6 (1890) p. 135. A smaller plant 

 6-12 in. high, all its parts smaller. Leaves 2 by 1 in. E-acemes dense- 

 flowered. Lateral sepals -f^ by | iu. ; dorsal sepal \ by i in. Upper 

 segment of petals ^ by ^ in. Lip | in. long ; spur ^ in. long. 

 Habenaria foliosa (sp.), A. Kich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser, 2, v. 15 (184J) 

 p. 71 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 2G7 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1700 ; Kraeuzlin, Orchid. 

 Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 273. H.laciniata, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. 

 V. 2 (1850) p. 261.— Flowers : July. 



Rare in the Bombay Presidency. I have only seen 1 specimen collected on the hills 

 about Kadakvasla near Poona ; there are no specimens in Herb. Kew. Dalzell & 

 Gibson mention the occurrence of the plant in Salsette, but there are no specimens in 

 Dalzell's herbarium. I have followed Sir J. Hooker in making the plant a variety of 

 H. digitata, from which it differs chiefly in the size of all its parts. Kraenzlin {I. c.) 

 restores it to specific rank. In his clavis (p. 261) Kraenzlin gives as a dis- 

 tinguishing character the lengths of the petal-segments, which in the key he declares 

 to be equal. In his descrijition, however (p. 273), he describes the lower segments 

 as shorter than the upper, which is correct. 



3. Habenaria rariflora, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, v. 15 

 (1841) p. 70, t. 2, D. Whole plant 2-10 in. high. Leaves radical or 

 subradical, variable, 2^-4 by |-1 in., linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute, 

 sometimes complicate. Flowers white, 1-3 iu short racemes ; bracts 

 ovate, acuminate, §-1 in. long ; pedicels erect, about as long as the 

 ovary and together with it reaching sometimes 2 in. long. Sepals 

 5-nerved ; lateral sepals rather more than | in. long by i in. broad, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, subfalcate ; dorsal sepal f by ^ in., broadly ovate, 

 subacute. Petals 2-partite ; upper segments i by -^ in., ovate, acuminate, 

 oblique, 3-4-nerved ; lower segments longer than the upper, linear, 

 acute. Lip | in. long, 3-partite ; lateral segments filiform, longer than 

 the broader linear obtuse middle one ; spur longer than the ovary, 

 often exceeding 2 in. in length, upcurved. Anther large, apiculate, the 

 cells parallel, the tubes short, upcurved ; glands of pollinia orbicular ; 

 rostellum erect, slender. Stigmatic processes clavate. Fl. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 136 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 268 ; Wight, Icon. t. 924 ; Kraenzlin, Orchid. 

 Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 271 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 51 9. Hahenana unijlora, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 344. — Flowers : July-Aug. 



Konkan: Stocks], Law], Dalzell] Deccan: Panchgani, Coolr]; Karkala (near 

 Poona), Woodrow; Purandliar, Dr. Barnes], Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



4. Habenaria grandiflora, Lindl in Wall. Cat. (1828) 7032. 

 Whole plant 3-8 in. high. Leaf radical, solitary, 1-2 in. long and as 

 broad or nearly as broad as long, broadly ovate or suborbicular, often 

 acute or apiculate at the apex, base cordate ; petiole 0. Flowers white, 

 in 1-4-flowered lax racemes ; scape with one or two sheaths, together 

 with the raceme 3-8 in. high ; bracts | in. or more long, ovate, 

 acuminate ; pedicels about as long as the ovary, both together 1-2 iu. 

 long. Lateral sepals f by 4 in., obliquely ovate, acute, 7-uerved ; 

 dorsal sepal ^ by 4 in., ovate, cucullate, obtuse, apiculate. Petals 2- 

 partite ; upper segment very broad, \ by J in., obliquely ovate or sub- 

 orbicular; lower segment ^ in. long, tililorm. Lip k in. long, 3-partite, 



