cxxv. orciiidace.t:. 723 



very short. Stigmatic processes elongate, clavate, aclnate to the mouth 

 of the spur. EosteUum obscure. Yl B. I. v. 6, p. 151 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 268; KraenzKn, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 346; Woodr. iu 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520; Prain, Bang. PL p. 1031. 

 Habenaria Jerdoniana, Wight, Icon. v. 5, part 1 (1852) p. 1-4, t. 1715. 

 Liparis dipJiynos, Nimrao, in Grrah. Cat. (1839) p. 252. 



KoNKA\ : StocJcs !, Balzell \ ; S. Konkan, Nhnmo, Balzcll ^ Gibson. Kanaka : Law ! 

 — DisTRiB. India (VV. Himalaya, Dacca (C, B. Clarke), W. Peninsula), 



Imperfectly known Species. 



HABEIVARIA CARAN'JEN'SIS, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 262 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bo. Fl. p. 267. Lower leaves somewhat rounded, upper oblong-lanceolate, 

 ,'3-nerv8d ; bracts acuminate, shorter than tlie ovary ; upper sepal rounded ; petals 

 iiall'-ovate, obtuse; lip tripartite; middle division oblong, rather obtuse ; lateral ones 

 shorter, cuneate, truncate; spur clavate, shorter than the ovary; flowers small, 

 yellow. 



The above is tlie description given by Dalzell in the ' Bombay Flora' of Dalzell and 

 Gibson. There are no specimens in Herb. Kew. and the plant does not appear to 

 liave been collected by any other botanist than Dalzell. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 166 ; 

 Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. v. 1 (1897) p. 365. 



Order CXXVI. SCITAMINE^. 



Herbs often Large, frequently ^^■itll a pseudo-stem of convolute leaF- 

 sheaths (rarely with a woody caudex). Leaves radical or cauline, usually 

 membranous ; sheaths generally large, clasping the stem ; lamina with 

 a stong central nerve and pinnate close secondary nerves ; petioles short 

 or 0. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely 1-sexual (Jlusa), irregular, solitary 

 or spicate ; bracts membranous or herbaceous ; bracteoles membranous 

 or 0. Perianth 2-seriate, superior ; outer segments 3, calycine (rarely 

 petaloid), free and imbricate, or connate in an entire, toothed or spatha- 

 ceous tube ; inner segments petaloid, connate in a long or short corolla- 

 tube free or adnate to the petaloid staniinodes ; limb 3-partite, the 

 segments free or connate. Stamens only 1 perfect, the rest replaced by 

 petaloid staminodes, or 5 perfect with a sixth imperfect or obsolete ; 

 anthers linear, 2-celled (rarely of one cell on the margin of a petaloid 

 connective). Ovary 3 (rarely 1 or 2) -celled, inferior ; ovules many 

 (rarely few), anatropous, axile (rarely parietal) ; style usually slender, 

 with 2 short stylodes, crowning the ovary ; stigma usually entire 

 or subentire. Pruit a loculicidally 3-valved capsule, or iudehisceut 

 and membranous or fleshy, usually crowned by the remains of the 

 perianth. Seeds often arillate ; albumen floury ; embryo small. — 

 DisTRiB. Genera about 50 ; species very many, throughout the warmer 

 regions of both hemispheres. 



Stamen only 1 perfect, the others reduced to staminodes or wanting. 

 Anther 2-celIed ; calyx tubular or spatliaceous ; style slender, 

 embraced below the stigma by the anther. 



Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 3, parietal ; corolla-tube long ; 



flowers yellow 1. GlobB/*. 



Ovary 3-celled ; placentas axile. 

 Lateral staminodes broad. 



Connective not spurred at the base ; coroll.i-tube 

 long, slender. 



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