Hdbenaria.] CXLVIII. OEOHIDB^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 139 



STJBTEOPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Nepal eastwards. KHASIA and NAGA HILLS, 

 alt. 2-5000 ft. BUEMA, Wallich. 



Stem 1-2 ft., stout. Leaves 2-6 in., sessile, oblong-lanceolate. Spike 4-20-fld. ; 

 bracts as long as the ovary ; flowers f-1 in. long, white ; lateral sepals i in. ; lip often 

 in. broad ; spur subclavate below the knee ; anther-cells broad, divaricate, tubes elon- 

 gate, upcurved, glands of pollinia, small ; stigmatic processes, clavate, incurved, mar- 

 gining the mouth of the spur ; rostellum low, broad. Capsule 1 in., shortly pedicelled, 

 beaked, deeply grooved and thickly ribbed. 



21. H. Richardiana, Wight Ic. 1. 1713; stem rather slender sheathed 

 above, leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike few- and lax-fld., sepals ovate 

 acuminate glabrous, petals gibbously triangular subacute, lip cuneate 

 strongly nerved, side lobes narrow deeply toothed, spur stout twice as long 

 as the beaked ovary. 



NILGHIEI and TEAVANCOBE HILLS, alt. 6-8000 ft., Wight, &c. 



Stem 6-8 in. Leaves often subradical, 4-6 in., cauline much smaller, or reduced 

 to sheaths. Spike 8 10-fld. ; bracts large, lanceolate, shorter than the curved 

 ovaries, which are f in. long ; flowers obscurely puberulous, about f in. diam. ; dorsal 

 sepal smaller than the 5-nerved lateral ; side lobes of lip recurved, acuminate, longer 

 or shorter than the linear 3-nerved midlobe, spur 1^ irt., slightly thickened down- 

 wards ; anther-cells distant, tubes short upcurved, glands of pollinia cupular; stig- 

 matic processes large, clavate ; rostellum triangular. 



22. H. cephalotes, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 322; stem short 

 stout closely sheathed above, leaves short broad, spike dense-fld., lateral 

 sepals obliquely ovate and shorter broad gibbous petals and lip scurfily 

 pubescent within, lip cuneately obovate, side lobes fimbriate, spur shorter 

 than the beaked ovary. Wight Ic. t. 1711. 



NILGHIEI and TEAVANCORE HILLS, alt. 7-8000 ft., Wight. 



Habit and foliage of If. Richardiana, but stouter, stem more densely sheathed, 

 and flowers smaller, crowded in a cylindric or oblong spike ; dorsal sepal very broad, 

 obtuse ; petals in Wight's figure with a deep sinus on the lower margin ; midlobe of 

 lip rather longer than the side lobes ; anther-cells broad, nearly parallel, tubes rather 

 long upcurved, glands of pollinia minute; stigmatic processes long clavate; rostellum 

 short broad. 



23. H. polyodon, Hook. f. ; stem short stout sheathed above, leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, spike many-fld., bracts sheathing as long as the ovary, 

 sepals obtuse glabrous, petals triangular-ovate obtuse, lip broadly obcor- 

 date, side lobes erose or pectinately fimbriate, spur very stout exceeding 

 the stout curved ovary. H. timbriata, Wight Ic. t. 1712. 



NILGHIEI HILLS, Wight, &c. 



Stem 8-10 in., leafy to the top; tubers large. Leaves 2-3 in., sheathing, npper 

 cymbiform. Spike 34 in., lax- or dense-fld. ; flowers -| in. diam. ; bracts cymbiform ; 

 sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, dorsal smallest ; petals smaller, triangular, fleshy ; 

 midlobe of lip short, oblong, spur clavate; anther broad, cells subparallel, tubes short 

 ascending, pollinia longer than their caudicles, gland minute ; stigraatic processes very 

 large, short, stout ; rostellum very short, broad. 



24. H. longricornu, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7027; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 

 322 (longicornis) ; leaves subradical linear-oblong or lanceolate acuminate, 

 spike lax-fld., bracts shorter than the ovary, lateral sepals ovate acute 

 glabrous, petals lanceolate or linear-oblong, lip tripartite, side lobes re- 

 curved cuneate fimbriate or crenate, spur stout twice as long as the very 

 long-beaked ovary. H. montana, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. ii. xv. 73 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 925 and t. 1714, centre figure and lower right-hand flower. 

 Orchis longicornu, Serb. Heyne. 



