CXXY. ORCHIDACE^. 721 



^ in. broad at base, tapering to a fine point ; midlobe nearly i in. long 

 by ^ in wide, linear, subacute ; spur -^ in. long, slender, much curved, 

 acute. Anther-tubes shortly upcurved. Stigmatic processes large, 

 clavate. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 149; Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 

 (1897) p. 324 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1031. 



Deccan : Purandhar, Woodrow. S. M. Country, Belgaum, Ritchie, \1 [—'Dis.t'ri^. 

 India (Bengal, Central India, W. Peninsula). 



14. Habenaria marginata, CoUh, in Uoolc Exot. FL (1825) 1. 136. 

 "Whole plant 4-10 in. high. Leaves few (often 3), subradical, sessile, 

 2-4 by ^-1 in., oblong, obtuse, with yellow or white margins, reduced 

 upwards to lanceolate finely acumiuate sheaths g-1 iu. long. Flowers 

 yellow, sessile, numerous, in cylindric spikes l|-3 iu. long; bracts 

 |-|- in. long, ovate-lanceolate, finely acuminate, about equalling the 

 sessile ovary. Sepals 5-nerved ; lateral sepals rather less than ^ in. 

 long and -^ in. broad, obliquely oblong, acute .; dorsal sepal -j- by i in., 

 broadly ovate, acute, cucullate. Petals \ in. long, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, falcate from a broad base, closely appressed to the dorsal sepal. 

 Lip nearly k in. long, with a claw J^- iu. long and broad, 3-lobed beyond 

 the claw ; side lobes acute, 1-nerved ; midlobe rather more than i in. 

 long, and yiy in. broad, lanceolate, subobtuse, 3-nerved; spur nearly 

 I in. long, stout, curved, clavate at the tip. Anther-tubes short, 

 spreading, funnel-shaped. Stigmatic processes elongate, adnate to the 

 lip. Rostellum triangular, acute. Capsules | in. long, fusiform, turgid, 

 curved, obscurely beaked. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 150 ; Grab. Cat. p. 201 ; 

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

 p. 360 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PL p. 1031. — Flowers : Aug. 



Konkan: Laivl, Bahelll; S. Konkan, Nimmo ex Graham, Stocks, 6.'; Karanja, 

 BaJzell fl" Gibson ; Uran (island in Bombay Harbour), Balzell ! Deccan : Junnar 

 near Poona, Balzell %• Gibson, Stocks, 59 I ; Purandhar, Woodrow. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Himalaya, Behar, Bengal, Birnm, W. Peninsula). 



Yh.'R. flavescens. A more slender plant; flowers fewer; ovary more 

 distinctly beaked. Hahenaria Jlavesccns (sp.). Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6 

 (1890) p. 150. 



Konkan ; Law ! 



There is but 1 sheet in Herb. Kew., the specimens on which seem to have been 

 drawn up by growing in the shade. I can discover no characters which would entitle 

 the plant to the rank of a species. Indeed Sir J. Hooker (/. c.) was of opinion that it 

 was probably a form of H. marginata. 



15. Habenaria viridiflora, B. Br. Yae. Dalzellii, Hool\ f. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 6 (1890) p. 150. Whole plant 4-14 in. high; stem below the 

 leaves very short. Leaves 3-5, arishig near the base of the stem, 1-3 

 by yV" ^ ^'^•' liii©^^'' acute or acuminate, often apiculate. Flowers 

 yellow, in many-flowered rather lax racemes l|-3 in. long, on long 

 very slender wiry peduncles clothed with many ovate-lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate sheaths ; bracts \-\ in. long, shorter than the shortly pedi- 

 cellate ovaries (w hich with the pedicels reach ^ in. long), ovate-lanceolate, 

 finely acuminate. Lateral sepals \ by yg in., obliquely ovate, subobtuse, 

 strongly nerved ; dorsal sepal -^^ by -^ in., ovate, subacute. Petals | by 



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