130 CXLYIII. OBCHIDEJ3. (J. D. Hooker.) [Herminium. 



midrib and point ; anther-cells spreading at the base, pollinia clavate, terminating 

 in horn-shaped or conical rigid truncate pouches, which embrace the caudicle gland 

 and base of the pollinium ; stigmatic processes obscure ; rostellum small. 1 do not 

 find the single lanceolate sheath under the spike described by Reichenbach. 



5. H * Duthiei, HooJc. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaves 2 towards the 

 middle or base of the stem linear or oblanceolate, spike many-fld. sub- 

 secund, bracts much shorter than the short ovaries, sepals obtuse, dorsal 

 broadly oblong, lateral smaller, subfalcate petals ovate-lanceolate fleshy, 

 lip as long triangular or orbicular-ovate entire subacute or obtuse, sac 

 globose. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Garwhal, near the Khasi Pass, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Duthie. 



Whole plant, with the spike, 4-6 in. Leaves shorter than the scape, acuminate. 

 Scape stout, curved, naked ; spike 2-4 in. ; ovaries in., turgid, curved, almost 

 beaked; perianth i in diam. ; lip variable in form, as large as the sepals, sometimes 

 orbicular with a contracted point, base with a narrow chink opening into the spur ; 

 anther oblong, cells parallel, pollinia clavate sessile on the conical truncate horny 

 glands or caps of the glands; staminodes large, spreading; stigmatic processes 

 clavate, large; rostellum subulate, erect. 



6. K. congrestum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7068 ; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 

 305 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 43 ; leaves 1-3 oblanceolate, scape elongate, 

 spike many-fld., bracts minute, flowers minute decurved, sepals obtuse, 

 dorsal broadly ovate, lateral oblong, petals rather longer acute, lip ovate 

 or triangular-ovate fleshy acute, base saccate. H. unalaschcense, Reichb. 

 f. Ic. Fl. Germ. xiii. 107, t. 418. Habenaria Schischmareffiana. Chamiss. 

 in Linncea, iii. 29. Platanthera Schischmareffiana, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. 

 Orchid. 286. Neottia macrophylla, Don Prodr. 27. Spiranthes uiacro- 

 phylla & unalaschcensis, Spreng. Syst. iii. 708. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; NEPAL, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 11-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 

 DISTRIB. Aleutian Islds. 



Stem 6-18 in., leafy towards the base or upwards. Leaves 3-6 by -| in. Scape 

 rather stout, naked above ; spike 2-4 in. ; ovary short, gibbous, longer than the ovate 

 bracts; flowers ^-^ in. diam. ; dorsal sepal orbicular, lateral broadly oblong; petals 

 ovate, equalling the sepals, fleshy ; lip fleshy, variable in breadth ; sides some- 

 times almost dilated into lobes, base very distinctly saccate ; anther-cells parallel, 

 pollinia subglobose, caudicles short inserted in large spur-like corneous body split on 

 one side ; stigma obscure ; rostellum minute, erect. Capsule in. erect, twisted. 



7. EC. pugfioniformej Lindl. mss. ; leaf solitary elongate-spathulate 

 obtuse, spike few-fld., bracts minute orbicular, flowers minute suberect, 

 petals oblong- ovate, lip dagger-shaped, base dilated. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, alt. 12,000 ft., AitcUson ; Garwhal, alt. 14-15,000 

 ft., Duthie ; Sikkim, alt. 15-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Plant 2-5 in. high. Leaf shorter than the scape, -|-f in. broad. Scape rather 

 stout; bracts very small; flowers minute, ^ in. diam. ; dorsal sepal orbicular, 

 lateral very broad obtuse ; petals smaller ; lip hardly longer than the sepals. Very 

 near congestum, but I think different, the flowers appear to be nearly erect. 



8. X. orbiculare 9 Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; stem very slender 1-2- 

 leaved and with minute subulate sheaths, bracts minute, flowers very 

 minute secund, sepals orbicular-oblong obtuse dorsal smaller, petals broadly 

 oblong, lip orbicular fleshy with a pit towards the centre and gibbous 

 beneath. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Rungboo in the Chumbi Valley, King's Collector. 



