26 ORCHIDACEM 



Kranzlin Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1 : 533 ; Rolfe Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 : 

 50 (1903-05) ; J. J. Smith Orch. Java 25. — Acer as angustifolia 

 Lindley Wall. Cat. no. 7061 (1832), Bot. Reg. sub 1. 1525 (1832), 

 and Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 : 43 (1859), and Orch. PL 282 ; Royle 

 111. Bot. Him. t. 87 ; Wight Ic. 5 : 11, t. 1691. — A. longicruris 

 C. Wight ex Gray Mem. Am. Acad. n. s. 6 : 411 (1858-59). 



" A. angustifolia (Lindl. in Wall. cat. ind. no. 7061), foliis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, spica rara elongata secunda parvi- 

 flora, petalis subulatis, labello pendulo lineari sepalis duplo longi- 

 ore, apice trifido : lacinia intermedia breviore. Hab. in Gossam 

 Than, Wallich" — Lindley, Bot. Reg. sub t. 1525. 



Plants slender, 1.9-4 dm. or more tall. Leaves elongate, linear, 

 acute, 3-11 cm. long, 3-8 mm. wide. Bracts linear, acuminate, 

 acute. Spikes slender, 8-20 cm. long, many-flowered. Flowers 

 small, greenish. Lateral sepals elliptical, obtuse, 1-nerved, 2 mm. 

 long. Upper sepal similar to the laterals, concave. Petals linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly shorter than the lateral sepals, 1-nerved. 

 Labellum linear, 4 mm. long, spurless, or with an obscure pro- 

 tuberance from the under side at base, trifid beyond the middle, 

 the lateral divisions filiform, 4 or more times longer than the 

 middle one. Fruit an ellipsoidal capsule, 6 mm. long. 



Slopes, ± 4500 ft., Baguio, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, October 25, 

 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4346), and August, 1906, H. M. Curran 

 (Forestry nos. 4882, 4883, 4924).— Kias Hill, Prov. Benguet, 

 Luzon, September 11, 1904, R. S. Williams (no. 1945). 



Formosa, Japan, Timor, Java, Manchuria, Hupeh, Khasia Hills, 

 Tenasserim, Sikkim, N. W. Himalayas. 



HABENARIA R. Br. 



H. (§ Platanthera) ANGUSTATA (Bl.) Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL 

 2 : 664 (1891).— Mecosa angustata Blume Bijdr. 404 1. 1 (1825). 

 — Platanthera angustata Lindley Orch. PL 290 (1835); Reichb. 



