HABENARIA. 371 
2. Habenaria marginata Pl. CCCXLI. 
Folia 3-4 ad basin approximata. 
Racemus terminalis plurifloris, floribus lutea viridibus. 
Perianthium galeatum. 
Sepalo postico (resupinate) cordato ovato 5-venia, 3-5 
carinata. 
Sepalis lateralibus quasi petiolatis, petiolo cum labelli parte 
inferiore connato, lamina lanceolata porrecto-patente, plani- 
uscula, 3-5 venia. 
Pet. lateral. sepalo postico arcte supposita obliqua, broadly 
subscimetar shaped. 
Labellum porrectum cum columna continuum, calcare lon- 
giusculo clavato curvato, l-locul intus pilosum, profunde 
3-lobum, lobis lateralibus centrale duplo fere longioribus li- 
neari-subulatis, centrale conduplicata et tunc linguiformis. 
Columna nana. 
Anth. subereeta, connectivo hippocrepididformi, loculis dis- 
tantibus, secus marginem dehiscentiz ob marginem connec- 
tiva supero ERES subcristat. 
Pollinia 2, sectilia, caudicul. rostell. cruribus applicite. 
Glandula the dilated concava apex of caudicula. 
Stigmata magna, postico bicruralis, lobulo interjecto, cruri- 
bus longis conniventibus, apice truncatis subemarginatis, 
lateralibus brevioribus, adnate to the floor of the labellum, 
apice truncatis rotundatis. 
Staminoidia petaloidea, lineari-lanceolata, columna supe- 
rantia. 
Has. About Serampore here and there, not common. 
Char. Radices testiculatze ? 
Folia 3-4 ad basin caulis in humo patente ovato-oblonga, 
3-5 venia, cellulosa, margine membranaceo conspicuo albo. 
Sursum subito in fol. floral bracteisque angustat. 
Bracteis subcarinatis lanceolatis acuminatissimis ovariis j 
longior, virides... Spica 7, 12 flora. 
Pl. CCCXLI. Fig. I. 
Plant natural size and parts of the flower. 
