Hcemaria."] ORCHlDEiE. 361 



Column narrow at the base, dilated at the top into a 2-lobed cup. Anther 

 adnate to the hinder lobe. Pollen-masses 2, granular, connected by a gland 

 at the top. 



A genus limited to a single species. 



1. II. discolor, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 490. Bhizome at the base of 

 the stem slightly succulent and creeping. Stem pubescent, ascending to 6 or 

 8 in. Leaves 2 or 3, near the base, stalked, ovate, 1 to 2 in. long, the up- 

 per ones reduced to sheaths. Flowers white, in a loose spike of 2 or 3 in. 

 Ovaries pubescent, near £ in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, 4 to 5 lines long. 

 Petals narrow. Labellum full 4 lines long, wavy on the edge, with a terminal 

 transversely oblong dilatation. — Goodyera discolor, Bot. Beg. t. 271. 



On rocks in ravines behind the town of Victoria, and in a ravine of the Happy Valley, 

 very rare, Champion ; also Wright and Hance. Not known out of S. China. 



24. GLOSSASPIS, Spreng. 



Habit and characters of the small-flowered Habenarias, except that the ter- 

 minal glands of the caudicles of the pollen-masses are received into distinct 

 cells of the stigma. 



A genus limited to a single species. 



1. G. tentaculata, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 284 ; Bot. Reg. t. 862. 

 Tuber ovoid. Leaves 2 to 4, at or near the base of the stem, ovate-oblong 

 or lanceolate, 2 to 3 in. long. Stem 8 in. to 1 ft. including the slender spike. 

 Bracts about the length of the ovary. Mowers green. Sepals and petals 

 scarcely 2 lines long, converging over the column. Labellum deeply 3-lobed, 

 with filiform lobes full f in. long. Spur very short, vesicular. — G. antennifera, 

 Beichb. Fil. in Linnaea, xxv. 225. 



Very common in moist situations, Champion and others. Also on the adjacent continent, 

 but not known out of S. China. 



25. HABENARIA, Willd. 

 (Peristylus, B/ume, and Platanthera Rich.). 



Sepals and petals nearly alike, or the petals narrow, all converging over the 

 column, or the lower sepals spreading. Labellum spreading, 3-lobed or rarely 

 entire, with a short or long spur at the base. Column short, with a short 

 beak erect under the anther. Anther terminal but adnate on the face of the 

 column ; the cells parallel or diverging, and sometimes free at the tips. Pollen- 

 masses 2, granular; the caudicles terminating in glands, distant from each 

 other, and not immersed in cells of the stigma. — Bhizome tuberous, but 

 annually renewed by the formation of a fresh tuber, when the previous one 

 decays. Stems also annually renewed, erect, usually leafy at the base ; the 

 leaves passing into sheathing scales. Flowers sessile in a terminal spike, with 

 a bract under each. 



A large genus, dispersed over the greater part of the world. 



Spur much shorter than the ovary. 



Labellum narrow, 3-lobed. Flowers small, greenish. 

 Spur very small, vesicular or ovoid. 



Lateral lobes of the labellum short, linear-falcate . . . . 1. H. lacertifera. 



Lobes of the labellum very loug and filiform 24. Glossaspis. 



Spur cylindrical, half as long as the ovary ....... 2. H. stenoslachya. 



