Plants of the Punjab. 487 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE EXXsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Oreorchis foliosa, 
ORCHIDACER. 
Bae, 1. v..709. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Sutlej, 
Mashobra, Mahasu, 
(Collett). 
Oreorchis indica, 
ORCHIDACEA 
Be Be E. v=. 709: 
Himalaya, 
8-9,000 ft. 
Hattu (Collett). 
Oreorchis micrantha, 
ORCHIDACER. 
PB le v1 09% 
Himalaya, 
8-10,000 ft. 
Mashobra, Mahasu 
(Collett). 
Calanthe tricarinata, 
ORCHIDACE. 
‘Be Bek. Vv. SAT. 
Himalaya, 
5-9 000 ft. 
Mahasu, Narkanda 
(Collett). 
Kashmir, 
PETALS UNITED. 
STAMBNS NONE. 
ANTHER ONE. 
sinall, perennial, root tuberous, leaf one, 3-6 in., lmear- 
lanceolate, narrowed down into a stalk, nerves prominent ; 
flowers 4 in long, red, shortly stalked in a terminal raceme 
ona slender main stalk 6-12 in., bracts } in. lanceolate, 
sepals linear-oblong, upper one straight, blunt, side ones 
curved, pointed, petals broadly oblong, blunt, lip 3-lobed, 
side lobes short, turned up, mid-lobe large, spreading, 
notched, lip attached to the foot of the column by a narrow 
recurved claw, spur none, column long, curved. 
like the last species, but stouter, flowers larger, petals 
curved. 
like the last species, but leaves longer, 12 by 4 m.., 
flowers white spotted with purple, 4 in. across, mid-lobe 
of lip crumpled, as well as notched. 
medium size, perennial, root fibrous, stem swollen 
at the base ; leaves 2-8, ovate, plaited, narrowed to the 
sheathing base, 8-15 by 2-8 in. ; flowers 2 in. across, green 
outside, edged with white, yellow-green inside, sepals and 
petals nearly equal, lanceolate. spreading, lip at the base 
joined io the side of the column, 3-lobed, side lobes small, 
rounded, erect, mid-lobe large, spreading, broad, with 3 
large, purple, fleshy ridges along the middle, margin crumpl- 
ed, tip rounded, spur none, column short, thick, obliquely 
abruptly cut at the top, anther purple, conical, sessile on 
the top of the column; capsule drooping. 
