Habenaria.'] orchidEjE. 363 



yellow, afterwards brown. Sepals and petals broadly ovate, concave, near 3 

 lines long ; the upper one3 forming a helmet ; the 2 lower more spreading. 

 Labellum 3-lobed, adhering at the base to 2 lateral processes of the column ; 

 lateral lobes short, divaricate, close to the base, middle lobe narrow-linear, 

 longer than the sepals. Spur nearly 1 in. long, thickened towards the lower 

 end. Anther-cells veiy divergent. 



In marshy spots on Victoria Peak, Champion. On the Chinese coast and in Ceylon. 



5. H. Miersiana, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. vii. 37. Tuber ovoid. 

 Stem 1 ft. high or more. Leaves 2 or 3, oblong, scarcely pointed, the largest 

 4 in. long. Spike short. Flowers few, pure white. Sepals ovate, acute, about 

 4 lines long ; the uppermost with the rather smaller petals connivent ; the 2 

 lower more spreading. Labellum longer, 6 to 8 lines broad, with 3 lobes of 

 equal length, the 2 lateral broad and deeply fringed, the middle one narrow 

 and entire. Spur 1^ in. long, slightly thickened towards the end. 



In a ravine on Victoria Peak, Champion. Not seen in any other collection, but nearly 

 allied to the H. geniculata, Don, from Nepal and Burmah. 



6. H. Susannae, Br. Prod. 312. Stems leafy, attaining 3 or even 4 ft. 

 Lower leaves from ovate to oblong, 3 to 4 in. long ; the upper ones passing 

 into lanceolate bracts of 2 in. Raceme of 3 or 4 large greenish-white fragrant 

 flowers. Sepals ovate, 1 to 1-^in. long. Petals linear, about as long. La- 

 bellum 2 to 3 in. across, with 2 lateral broad deeply fringed lobes, the middle 

 one oblong-linear and entire. Spur 2% to 3 in. long. — Platanthera Susanna, 

 Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 295. Habenaria gigantea, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 

 3374. 



Common on the grassy slopes and summits of the hills, Champion and others. In the hilly 

 districts of India, from the Concan mountains to the Himalaya, Khasia, and the Archipelago. 



7. H. galeandra, Benth. Tubers small, globular. Stem 6 to 8 in. 

 high. Leaves oval-oblong ; the larger ones 1 to 2 in. long, passing into the 

 bracts, which are all oblong, leafy, and spreading, the lower ones as large as 

 the stem-leaves. Flowers distant, white variegated with lilac, mostly shorter 

 than the bracts. Sepals lanceolate, 3 lines long, the upper one arching over 

 the linear petals, the 2 lower spreading when fully open. Labellum clawed, 

 broadly obcordate or nearly orbicular, 5 lines long, waved on the margin. 

 Spur or pouch very broad at the base, short and obtuse. Anther-cells nearly 

 parallel. — Platanthera galeandra, Reichb. fil. in Linnaea, xxv. 226. P. Cham- 

 pion i, Lindl. in Kew Journ. Bot. vii. 38. 



Common on Victoria Peak, Champion ; also Fortune, Hance, and Wright. Not known 

 out of the island, but nearly allied to the N. Indian Plat, obcordata, Lindl., which is chiefly 

 distinguished by a very much narrower spur. 



26. AOPLA, Lindl. 



Characters of Habenaria, except that the labellum is not spurred, and has 

 the margins connate with the very short column into a sort of cup, with a 

 curved process on each side. 



A genus limited to a single species. 



1. A. reniformis, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 304. Leaves 2 or 3, 

 radical, rosulate, ovate-cordate, about \ in. long. Stem slender, about 6 in. 



