718 CXXV. ORCniDACE^. 



7. Habenaria crinifera, Lindl. Gen. 4' ^2^- Orchid. (1835) p. 323. 

 "Whole plant 3-18 iu, high ; stein short, leafy near the base. Leaves 

 2-6 by g-l2 ii^-? obloug-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading, broadly 

 sheathing below. Flowers in short racemes 2-3 in. long ; peduncles 

 2-15 iu, loug, with lai'ge distant lanceolate-subulate sheaths ; bracts 

 reaching I in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; ovary beaked, together 

 with beaic and pedicel i-eaching 1 in. long. Sepals greenish ; lateral 

 sepals g by ^ in., obliquely ovate, subacute ; dorsal sepal | in. long and 

 nearly as broad as long, orbicular-ovate, acute. Petals white, erect, 

 linear, acute. Lip white, 3 times as long as the sepals, with a long 

 claw, 3-lobed ; side lobes cuneiform, the outer margin toothed and with 

 a slender tail as long as itself produced from the inner margin ; midlobe 

 clawed, cleft into 2 lanceolate long-tailed segments as long as the side 

 lobes ; spur l^-li in. long, slender, incurved, the mouth with a strong 

 ligule. Anther-tubes long, straight ; caudicles of pollinia winged ; glands 

 very small. Stigmatic processes clavato, aduate to the mouth of the 

 spur. Rostellum very short, obtuse. Capsules l-l^y in. long, fusiform, 

 with a slender beak. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 142 ; DaTz. & Gibs. p. 269 ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 926 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 229 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520; Kraenzhn, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 

 (1897) p. 424. Habenaria schizochilus. Grab. Cat. Bo. PI. (1839) 

 p. 252. 



Not common. Konkan : Vingorla, Dahcll 4" Gibson, Woodntiv. S. M. Country: 

 RAmghdt, Law ex Graham, Dais ell ex Stocks, 5 ! — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula). 



8. Habenaria longecalcarata, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, 

 V. 15 (1841) p. 71, t. 3, B. AVhole plant 12-20 in. high or even more; 

 stem short, leafy near the base. Leaves 3-5, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 vai'iable in size, l|-4 by \-^\ in. Flowers white, jasmine-scented, few 

 (1-4), in short lax racemes ; bracts 1 in. long, convolute round the 

 pedicels, acute; pedicels in fruit reaching 1| in. long. Lateral sepals 

 k by I in., obliquely ovate, subacute; dorsal sepal yV ^7 I i"-) elliptic, 

 obtuse. Petals exceeding | in. long, oblong, subfalcate, subobtuse. Lip 

 I in. long or longer, with a claw i by g in,, 3-lobed beyond the claw ; 

 side lobes |- in. long by j^ in, broad at the ba-e, linear, becoming broader 

 outwards, obliquely cut to a fine point at the apex and toothed on the 

 outside ; midlobe § by yV in., linear, acute ; spur often reaching 4 in. 

 long, thickened from below the middle towards the tip. Anther-tubes 

 long, slenihn* ; pollinia narrowly pyriform, shorter than the caudicles, 

 which are narrowly winged on one side. Srigmatic processes thick, 

 surrounding the mouth of the spur, llostellum obscure. Fl. B. I. v, 6, 

 p. 141 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 268 ; Wight, Icon, t, 925; Kraenzlin, Orchid. 

 Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 418; Woodr, in Journ, Bomb. Nat, v, 12 

 (1899) p, 520, Habenaria lom/icornicidata, Grab. Cat, Bo, PI, (1839) 

 p. 202,— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. ' 



Konkan : Nimmo ex Graham, Jacqucmonf, 598 ! ; common on the Glu'its, Stocks, 

 22! DKfCAN: Woodroiv; Piirandliar, Kanifkar\\ Bhor Ghat, Cooke]; Khandala, 

 Cooke\, Woodrow, Graham. S. M. Countky: near Belgauin, abundant, JJahell ^• 

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



9. Habenaria plantaginea, Lindl. Gen. ^ Sp. Orchid. (1835) 

 p. 323, A slender herb 8 12 in, high ; tubers oblong. Leaves radical, 



