Anoectochilus.| : ORCHIDACEAE. 431 
and emarginate, callous on each side below the projecting rostellum and 
agrhawnd bilamellate below the stigma. Anther terminal, free, incumbent 
n the apex of the column, persistent, bilocular; the pollen-masses 
; ished: ea of rather ieee easily separable granules, prolonged into 
short caudicles which are attached to a common stigmatic gland. — 
Terrestrial “me 8 with prostrate leafy stems. Leaves membranous, with 
nerves rising from near the base, often variously colored. Flowers in 
terminal spikes. 
A weakly defined genus, extending from India and Malaysia into Polynesia. 
1 Sandwicensis, Lindl. Gen. & Spec. Orchid. p. 500. —’ Stem, terete, 
fleshy, purplish, decumbent and ee leafy Some 6—12‘ long. 
Leaves 4 or 5, on petioles of 1/2—1‘ which dilate at the base into a loose 
saceate sheath, ovate or oblong, 11/2—3"/2‘ < 8/4—2‘, acuminate, with one 
pair of primary nerves which reunite with the distinct midrib a short 
distance below the apex, besides a number of weaker nerves which join 
the primary ones, of a glossy and velvety dark-green and iridescent when 
fresh. Spike terminal, many-flowered, with a few empty bracts near the 
base, the ovate-lanceolate bracts (leaf-sheaths) as long as the sessile sas 
Perigone 4”, its upper lobe or helmet 3-dentate or entire, the lat 
sepals oblique, ovate-oblong. Lip 5—6”, saccate at the base, the narrow 
unguis entire or sist ie he one terminal expansion deeply 2-lobed. 
Color yellow, with or without a few pinkish spots. Column short, wit 
2 large aka callosities in front. Anther crocs at last. Capsule 6“ 
long, 3-ribbed 
2 var. — The plage of the lip serrulate or fimbriate. — A. Jauberti, Gaud. 
Bot. Bon. tab. 
In the lower forests of all islands, but rather rare B in of Hilo, Hawaii! 
and elsewhere. The variety is of doubtful value. I ase bend aad with both forms 
one and the same spike. Benth. ook. in Gen. Pl. TI, pp. 598 and 600, even go 
ing the e 
Plants agree with nhregesiaini fate and might rank under this genus if Anoectochilus = 
restricted to forms wit pte e la bellum ; but perhaps it will be better to unite bo 
these genera into a single o 
3. HABENARIA, Willd. 
Sepals and petals nearly alike, or the petals narrower and sometimes 
ifid, all converging over the column in the shape of a helmet, or ieee 
lower sepals cient Lip spreading, entire or 3-lobed, spurred a 
