Plate 2319. 



HABENARIA GIBSONI, Iloohf. 

 Orchide^. Tribe Ophryde.e. 

 H. (Ate) Gibsoni, HooT^.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 135 ; tuberibus ovokleis, 



cauie robusto folioso, foliis lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve subacutis, 

 lacemo robusto paucifloro, bracteis foliaceis, floribus amplis, petalis 2- 

 partitis lacinus Imearibus falcatis obtusis, labello 3-partito laciiiiia 

 ineari-subulatis suba^qualibus acutis carnosulis, calcare aplce clavato 

 ore inappendiculato. 



Hab. The Concan ; near Kjreswur, and at Kandalla, Gibson. 



5"^"^^ ^~p-P0l'icaris, crassitfe pennje anatin.T, infra medium 

 pofl 1 4-6-pollicaria. Racemus 6-8-florus ; bracteaj 1-1^ 



Flor -^^^ niembranaceae, late lanceolata?, acuminata, nervosa, 

 dorr^ "^ o?^5'*^«^CB consimiles, sed fere duplo majores. Sepahim 

 acurf- r^^^ rotundatum, lateralia duplo longiora ovato-lanceolata 

 AvT }' ^^^^^^ adscendentia. Calcaris os inappendiculatum. 

 mati^''^ *^"^'^ P.^^^l° divaricatis, tubulis adscendentibus. Sflg- 



obtus ^^*^^^^^"^ projecti crassi ; rostellum parvum triangulate 



form' 'Vtr'* ^^^^"'^^^^ ^^- digitata, and may prove to be a very large 

 li'^nla 4. 15^^ t'ommon Indian species, but it wants the curious erect 

 «^ia at the mouth of tlie spur in that plant.-J. D. H. 



'S-l. Petal. 2. Lip. 3. Column. All enlargid. 



