Plate 2200. 



HABENAEIA ANDAMANICA, Bool. J. 



ORCHIDE.E, Subtribo Ophrtdej:. 

 H. (Ate) andamanica, Booh. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, vi. 134; eubelafa, 



foliis medium versus caulis conferta ovato-lanceolafa acuta, racemo [axe 

 multifloro, bracteis lanceolatis ovariis gracilibns breviorlbus, florlbus 

 amplis, sepalis loDge aristatis, petalorum segmento superiore angnsto 

 inferiore in laminas 3 filiformes secto, labelli lobis lateialibus flabella- 

 tim multifidis, intermedio 3- secto segmentis omnibus filiformibus, 

 calcare ovario breviore. 



Hab. Andaman Islands, Parish. 



Tahera globosa. CauUs 1-H-pedalis. Folia 3-4.pollicaria, sessib'a. 

 Racemus 6-8-pollicaris ; bracttae l-U-pollicares lanceolat^. Sepala 

 1 noil 1on£?a. lineari-oblonga. Ajitherarum tubuh locnlos subsequantes, 



porrecti ; ikndulse polliniorum minntae ; stigmatis brachia elongata, 

 subcylindracea, rostellum erectum. 



A bandsome species, most nearly allied to the Ceylon acdTra van core 

 H. macrostachya, Lindl.. which has longer bracts and subeqnal seg- 

 ments of the lip. The specimen from which the drawing is made is 

 unique.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Sepal. 2. Petal. 3. Column. Ml enlarged. 



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