Plants of the Punjab. 427 
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Heres, UNBRANCHED, WitH Opposite Exsripubare SimpLe Luavns. 
Liparis rostrata, 
ORCHIDACE®. 
F. B. I. v. 694: 
Himalaya, 
5-8,000 ft. 
Simla, Annandale, 
the Glen (Collett). 
Oreorchis micrantha, 
Calanthe tricarinata, 
Calanthe puberula, 
Calanthe 
plantaginea, 
Eulophia campestris, 
Salib-misri. 
OROHIDACEA. 
Beeb. Lowa. 
The Plains. 
Aneeetochilus 
Roxburghii, 
ORCHIDACER. 
BoB. Al avaie Sb: 
Himalaya, 
below 5,000 ft. 
fast of the Sutlej. 
Simla (Collett). 
PETALS UNITED. 
STAMENS NONE. 
ANTHER ONE. | 
small, perennial, root fibrous, stem swollen at the 
base ; leaves 2, 4-2 in., ovate ; flowers } in., yellow-green 
in a terminal raceme on a flowering stem 3-6 in., bracts 
727 in., base broad, sepals lanceolate, 3-nerved, spread- 
ing, turned back, petals as long, very slender, lip (lower 
petal) 2-lobed with a short sharp point between the lobes, 
margins minutely toothed, spur none, column long, curved, 
upper half winged, anther hinged at the back to. the top 
of the column, pointed in front, stigma on top of the 
column between the wings. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
small to medium size, perennial, rootstock tuberous, 
flowers appear long before the leaves ; leaves long, narrow- 
plaited, flowers 3-5 in., yellow or green with pink stripes, 
lip purple, many in nearly one-sided racemes on a flower 
stalk 6-18 in., stout or slender, sepals 3, spreading, slightly 
attached to the base of the lip, mid-lobe of corolla, petals 4, 
narrower, lip as long as the sepals, side-lobes rounded, 
spur conical, nearly wedge-shaped, column rather slender, 
anther terminal, 2-celled ; capsule ? in., oblong with round- 
edends. The tubers are used as a tonic and aphrodisiac. 
small, perennial, stem creeping below; leaves 1-14 
in., Ovate-heart-shaped, stalked, short-pointed, usually 
dark velvety green, netted with golden nerves ; flowers 2 
in., White, in glandular velvety terminal 3-5-flowered spike 
on a stout or slender main stalk, bracts lanceolate, sepals 
4in., dorsal smaller, forming a hood with the petals, ovate, 
green, petals broadly sword-shaped, white, terminal lobes 
of the open lip ovate with a broad tip as long as the fringed 
claw, spur as long as the sepals, column short, stigmatic 
lobes lateral. 
