Plate 2198. 



HERMINIUM FALLAX, Lindl 



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ORCHiDEiE. Subtribe Opiiryde^:. 



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lineari-lanceolatisve, spica elongata multiflora, floribus subsecmidis, 

 bracteis ovariis brevioribus, sepalis ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 petalis erectis ancrustis falcatis, labello ssepius obloiigo 3-lobo, lobis 

 obtasis basi saccato, sacco polymorpbo. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Lid. vi, 

 129. Peristylus fallax, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 298. Cybcle, 

 Falc. in Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 193, c. C. alpica, Falc. mss. 



Hab. Alpine and subalpine Himalaya, alt. 7,000-12,000 ft., from 

 Garwhal to Sikkim, Wallich, &c. 



GmiUs unacum spica 4-18-pollicarl3, medio 1-2-foliatus, vaginia 

 snperloribus aphyllis 1-2 inferioribus subfoliaeeis. Folium pleramque 

 solitarlum, 2-5-pollicare, 1-1 poll, latum, acutum, ranua folia sub- 

 radicalia adsunt. Spica 2-5-pollicaris, densi- v. laxiflora ; bracteaj 

 iuforiores loDgiores, lanceolatae; ovarium ^-i poll, longum, sub- 

 rostratum. ^Vj^aZa f poll, longa, 1-neryia. Petoja forma vana. 

 Lahellum nunc sepalis multo brevins cras^iusculum breviter lobatum, 

 nunc angustum tenuius 3-lobum lobis brevibus v. e ongatis, limbus 

 basi truncatus v. angustatcs; calcar incurvum, subdidymnm sub- 

 crlobosnra V. clavellatum. Anthera parva, oblonga, loculis paralleii.s 

 tubulis 0; pollinia obovoidea, glandulis parvis nudis nitidis sessilia v. 

 caudicula brevi intcrposita. 



A very common Himalayan plant of the temperate region, and 

 exceedingly variable in stature, foliage, lip and sac ; as ih tbe case "| ore 

 or less, ^^th tl,e other species of that country. At p 128 of the Flora 

 of British India,' I have stated that there is no other character by whi^ch 

 Serminium can be distinguished from HabenarM t^e/^^jnce o. a 

 well-developed spur. It was, indeed, my or.guuil intention o reduce 

 it to the latter genus, which accounts for my oversight in citing 

 myself (In ' Fl. BHt. Ind.') as the authority for If- ff^^> '^^^f^. / 

 Sle;. The involved synonymy which this would ^^T^^l^^^^ 

 however, induced me to refrain from so doing Ihe ^^^"'"yy^;'^^ 

 from a Sikkim specimen collected by myself at about 10,000 feet.- 



J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lip and column. 3 and 4. Forms of lif. 5. Column. 

 6. rullinium. All enlarged. 



