CXXV. ORCHIBACK.^. 717 



the segments subequal ; lateral segments filiform ; middle segment 

 yig- in. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute ; spur | in. long, curved, longer 

 than the ovary, clavate at the tip. Anther 3-cuspidate, the cells parallel, 

 the tubes rather short, broad, spreading ; gland of pollinia large, 

 orbicular. Stigmatic processes large, clavate. Eostellum elongate, 

 erect. Fl. B. T. v. 0, p. 136 ; Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) 

 p. 337 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 519. Hahenaria 

 rotundifoUa, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. (1835) p. 306 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 267. — Flowers : July. 



KoNKAN : Stocks I, Law ! Deccan : Mawal (Poona districts), Stocks I ; Shivapur, 

 Cooke'.; Mahableshwar, Cooke \, Sfocksl, H. M. Birdwood; Sinhagad (near Poona), 

 Woodrow; Purandhar, fFoooJrow. S. M. Country : Belgaum, *S/oc/ts ! — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



The tubers furnish the Salep misri of Indian bazaars. 



5. Habenaria platyphylla, Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3 (1826) p. 690. 

 Whole plant 6-18 in. high. Leaves 3-6, lying flat on the ground, 

 fleshy, 2-4 in. long and as broad or nearly as broad as long, sessile, 

 orbicular or elliptic. Flowers white, fragrant, in dense-flowered short 

 spikes ; scape together with spike 6-18 in. long, the scape with numerous 

 erect lanceolate-sub alate sheaths up to the spike ; bracts lanceolate, 

 acute, shorter than the long-beaked ovary. Lateral sepals | by ^ in., 

 obliquely ovate, obtuse ; dorsal sepal rather more than | in. long by 

 I in. wide, broadly elliptic, obtuse. Petals ^ by -jig in., linear, subacute. 

 Ovary 1 in. long with a slender beak as long as the body. Lip nearly 

 ^ in. long, veined ; side lobes ^ by -^-^ in., rounded ; midlobe ■!■ in. long, 

 triangular, acute ; spur 1^1| in. long, clavate at the apex, the mouth 

 funnel-shaped, with a short tooth. Anther-cells divergent; tubes long; 

 glands of the pollinia small. Stigmatic processes subglobose. Eos- 

 tellum short, triangular. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 140; Grab. Cat. p. 201 ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 1709; Kraenzliu, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) 

 p. 411 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520.— Flowers : 

 Aug.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : Balzell !, Stocks !, Law ! S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, 76 1 ; Dharwar, 

 Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



6. Habenaria suaveolens, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 263. Whole plant 8-12 in. high ; stem short, clothed at the base 

 below the leaves with a few old sheaths. Leaves 3-5, arising about 

 1 in. or so above the ground, 3-6 by i- § in., linear-oblong or linear- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Flowers fragrant, in few-flowered 

 secund lax racemes ; bracts ^-| in. long, ovate-lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, exceeding the very shortly pedicellate ovary ; peduncles 

 with raceme 4-10 in. long. Lateral sepals ^ by ^ in., triangular-oblong, 

 acute, subfalcate ; dorsal sepal -g- by |- in., ovate, acute. Lip | in. long ; 

 side lobes i in. broad, obliquely truncate and denticulate at the apex ; 

 midlobe a little longer than the side lobes, -i- in. broad, linear-spathulate, 

 acute ; spur |- in. long, about equalling the ovary, subclavate at the apex. 

 Anther-tubes ; pollinia clavate, as long as their stout caudicles ; glands 

 large, orbicular. Stigmatic processes very short. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 140; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 268 ; Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 416 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520. 



KoNKAN : Balzell \\ between Vingorla and Mahvan, rare, Balzell tf- Gibson, 

 Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



