722 cwv. oTtcniDACE.i.. 



,'.j in., obli()nply ovate, subobtuse. Lip j in. long, 3-partite abnost to 

 tbe base; side loiies 4- by -^^ in., linear, acuminate, recurved; midlobe 

 sborter tlian tbe side lobes, y'^ in. broad, linear, subacute ; spur § in. 

 long, sligblly tbickened towards tbe acute tip, incurved, exceeding tbe 

 ovary. Anther-tubes short, upeurved ; pollinia pyriforin ; caudicles 

 sliort. ytigmatic processes long, clavate. llostelluui shoi't, broad. 

 Cap-^ules together with pedicel exceeding | in. long, fusiform, hardly 

 beaked. Hahenaria viridiflora, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 520 (7iot of Br.). Codoqlossum In/eum, Dalz. in Kew Journ. 

 Bot. V. 2 (1850) p. 2G3 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 269.— Flowers : Aug. 



It is the above variety and not the type which seems to occur in tbe 

 Bombay Presidency ; at least this is the plant which is represented from 

 that Presidency in Herb. Kew., and I have seen no others. It is 

 apparently a rare plant. 



Dal-ell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Koxkax : Stocks, 36 I ; M;'ilwan, Balzcll i^~ 

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



IG. Habenaria crassifolia, A. Eic/i. in Ann. Sc. Nat. scr. 2, v. 15 

 (1841) p. 72, t. 3, C. Whole plant 8-18 in. high. Leaves 2 or 3, 

 radical, fleshy, variable in size and shape, 1-4^ by 1-2| in., broadly 

 ovate, acute, or suborbieular, or sometimes subreniform aiid broader 

 than long, base cordate. Plowers wliite, in elongated many-flowered 

 racemes 3-6 in. long; scape with many finely acuminate sheaths ; bracts 

 |-|- in. long, ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate ; pedicels together 

 with beaked ovary reaching nearly ^ in. long. Sepals rather less than 

 ^ in. long by ^ in. broad ; lateral sepals oblong, obtuse, with 3 strong 

 nerves and usually weaker ones ; dorsal sepal elliptic, obtuse, with 3 

 A-ery strong nerves. Petals ^ by -ilg- in., ovate, acute, with a strong 

 midrib and 2 small weak lateral nerves. Lip 4- in. long, 3-lobed ; lobes 

 linear-lanceolate, subacute, -j^ in. broad, tbe lateral lobes usually slightly 

 shorter than the midlobe : spur | in. long, green. Anther-tubes short, 

 spreading. Stigmatic processes short. Eostellum small, erect. PI. B. 

 I. V. G, p. 151; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520; 

 Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. & Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 344. Platanthera bracJuj- 

 plniTla, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. (1835) p. 293; Wiglit, Icon. t. 1694; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 269.— Flowers : Sept. 



Konkan: Sloc7cs\, Law\ Deccan : Junnar Hill near Poona, Stocks, 77!; Maha- 

 blesliwar, Cookel, Woodrow, II. M. Birdwood; Purandliar, Woodroiv. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



17. Habenaria diphylla, DaJz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 262. Whole plant 4-10 in high. Leaves 2, radical, pressing close 

 on the ground, one of tlie pair usually smaller than the other, subfleshy, 

 1-2 in. in diara., orbicular with a short acumen, base cordate. Plowers 

 greenish-white, in many-flowered racemes ; scape with many ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate sheaths ; bracts \ in. long, ovate, acuminate, shorter 

 than the ovary ; pedicels together with ovary J— | in, long. Lateral 

 sepals yV by ]•, in., ovate, acute, 3-nerved ; dorsal sepal ■} by 4 in., 

 broadly ovate, subacute, cucullate, somewhat obscurely nerved. Petals 

 as long as the lateral sepals, Jy in. broad, linear, acute, subfalcate. Lip 

 longer than the sepals, 3-partite; segments filiform, the lateral longer 

 than the middle one ; spur h in. long, inflated, acute. Ajither-tubes 



