720 CXXT. ORCniDACE.^. 



Leaves turning black in drying, subiiubricate, 1-1 1 by |— f in., sheathing, 

 ovate, acute, erect or recurved, soon reduced upwards to smaller bract- 

 like leaves. Flowers greenish-yellow, few, secund, in terminal spikes ; 

 bracts imbricating, the lower reaching 1 in., the upper -| in. long, ovate, 

 finely acuminate, cucuUate, exceeding the flowers. Lateral sepals i by 

 •jljj in., obliquely ovate, straight on the upper, rounded on the lower 

 edge, obtuse or subacute ; dorsal sepal i by -|^ in., ovate, subobtuse. 

 Petals i by -J-^ in., linear, acute, falcate. Lip thick, i in. long, 3-lobed 

 at the apex, with a basal claw ^^ by ^ in. ; side lobes -^ by -jq, linear, 

 subacute ; midlobe oblong, rounded at the apex, ^ by -jL in. ; spur | in. 

 long, subclavate at the tip, shorter than the sessile not beaked ovary. 

 Anther-tubes ; caudicles of poUinia very short, stout; gland large, 

 orbicular. Stigmatic processes large, spreading, clavate. Rostellum 

 short, triangular, acute. Y\. B. I. v. 6, p. 148 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 268 ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 923 ; Kraenzliu, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 375 ; 

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

 Sept. 



KoNKAN : Law], DalzcUl; S. Konkan, Dali^ell ex S/ocks, 78!; Southern Ghat8, 

 Stocks, 12!; Wari country, Balzell Sf Gibson. Deccan: Stocks, 60!; Lanoli, 

 Woodrow. Kanaka: Hivsi, Dalzell\ — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula). 



12. Habenaria subpubens, A. Rich, in Ann, Sc. Nat. ser. 2, 

 V. 15 (1841) p. 75, t. 4, C. Whole plant 6-12 in. high ; stem slender, 

 leafy. Leaves 2 by | in., smaller upwards and passing into bracts, sheathing 

 at the base, linear-lanceolate, acute, apiculate. Flowers w hite, secund, 

 pedicellate, in slender racemes 1 1-4 in. long ; bracts g-f in. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, apiculate, cucullate ; pedicels with ovary ^ in. long. 

 Lateral sepals ^ by y^- in., oblong, acute ; dorsal sepal •]- by ^ in., ovate, 

 obtuse. Petals i by Jjv in., falcate. Lip i in. long with a claw -J^ by 

 ■^ in., 3-lobed beyond the claw ; side lobes linear, subfalcate, -Jg- in. 

 broad, rather shorter than the midlobe ; midlobe y^^ in. broad, fleshy, 

 elliptic, subobtuse ; spur | in. long, linear, subobtuse. Anther apiculate. 

 Stigmatic processes adnate to the claw. Fl. B. I. v. 0, p. 148 ; Kraenzlin, 

 Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 361 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 520. Habenaria Candida, Dalz. in Kew Journ. 

 Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 262 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 267. Scarcely distinct from 

 H, Ileyneana. 



Konkan: Dalzelll; S. Konkan, Balzell cf Gibson. Depcan : Karli near Khandala, 

 Jacquemont, 619! S. M. Country: Dharwar, Law ex Stocks, 79!— Distkib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



13. Habenaria affinis, WujM, Icon. v. 5, part 1 (1852) p. 13, 

 t. 1707 (not of Don). Stem stout, 1-2 ft. high, with several sheaths at 

 the base. Leaves 3-0, clustered near the middle of the stem, 4-6 by 

 1-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing at the base. Flowers 

 in long cylindric racemes 6 in. or more long ; peduncle of racemo 

 bearing several lanceolate finely acuminate sheaths above the leaves; 

 bracts ^ in. long, ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, longer than tlie 

 curved, very shortly pedicellate, shortly beaked ovary. Lateral sepals ^ 

 by Y2 ^'''•' oblong-lanceolate, acute; "dorsal sepal 4 by ,'^ in., ovate, 

 acute. Petals i in. long, similar to the lateral sepals. Lip with a claw 

 ■jJ^ in. long and broad, 3-lobed beyond the claw ; side lobes ^ in. long by 



