Plants of the Punjab. 493 
SE an aA a en eT eee 
Heres, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE ExstiputaTe SimpLe LEAvEs. 
Habenaria ensifolia, 
ORCHIDACES. 
Po. Ey. 187: 
Himalaya, 
east of the Sutlej, 
5-6,000 ft. 
Syree (Collett). 
Wrongly placed 
under H. pectinata, 
THe ae Ve 
Habenaria 
marginata, 
ORCHIDACES. 
Be Bed, vie l50, 
Himalaya, 
5-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Habenaria 
Aitechisoni, 
Habenaria latilabris, 
or Edgeworthii, 
ORCHIDACEA. 
BSB. Tavis 58: 
Himalaya, 
5-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
PETALS UNITED. 
STAMENS NONE. 
ANTHER ONE. 
long, narrow, mid-lobe linear, entire, as long as the side- 
lobes, spur 27 in., pale green, curved, swollen at the tip, 
stigmatic-arms spreading, tips recurved ; capsule 14-2 in., 
stalked, spindle-shaped, beaked. 
large, smooth, stem 28-36 in., stout, leafy; leaves 
3-6 in., oblong-lanceolate, white-margined, pointed, base, 
sheathing ; flowers }-} In. across, white, bracts narrow, 
long-pointed, slightly bristly on the margins, as long as 
the flowers, lip 1} in. long, 8-lobed, lobes linear, entire, 
spreading, mid-lobe shortest, thickest, edges recurved, 
spur 1} in., green, curved, swollen at the tip, stigmatic 
arms long, incurved. 
small, perennial, smooth, stem 4-10 in., sheaths many, 
erect, lanceolate, broad or narrow ; leaves 8 or 4 near the 
base of stem, 1} in., ovate, sessile, oblong or linear-oblong, 
margins yellow, base sheathing ; flowers 4 in. diam., yellow, 
crowded on a spike 2-6 in. long, bracts equalling the ovary, 
lanceolate, short-pointed, slightly bristly, Sepals green, 
equal, dorsal sepal broadly ovate, lateral sepals defiexed, 
petals yellow, ovate, sword-shaped, equal in length to the 
sepals, lip longer than the sepals, divided nearly to the 
base, lobes 8, lmear, entire-spreading, side-lobes having 
thread-like points, mid-lobe shortest and broadest, spur 
as long as the ovary, swollen below the middle, stig- 
matic arms long, joined to the lip, rostellum triangular ; 
capsule $ in., spindle-shaped, swollen, curved, doubtfully 
beaked. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
small to medium size, perennial, smooth except the 
sepals, stem 6-18 in., stout or slender, leafy ; leaves 3-5 
in., usually sheathing, sessile, ovate or oblong, long-point- 
ed ; flowers 3-3 m. diam., yellow-green, on many-fiowered, 
not crowded spikes, 3-10 in. long, bracts lanceolate, lower 
shorter, upper longer than the ovary, sepals smooth or 
slightly bristly, dorsal sepal circular, concave, lateral 
spreading or bent-down, ovate, petals yellow, as long as 
