Hdbenaria."] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 143 



dorsal sepal oblong ; lobes of strongly nerved lip very short, obtuse, equal or the 

 midlobe longest and broadest ; anther short, broad, cells parallel contiguous, tubes 

 0, pollinia clavate almost sessile on the large oblong gland, grains very large and 

 loose ; stigmatic processes very large, globose, placed close under the anther, and 

 swelling up after fertilization so as almost to cover it ; rostellum minute. Capsule 

 small, sessile, in. long, broadly ellipsoid or subglobose. A very anomalous member 

 of the section. 



34 H. monophylla, Collett & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. ; 

 leaf solitary subradical, stem and many-fld. raceme scurfily pubescent, 

 bracts as long as the ovary or shorter, sepals and petals subequal oblong 

 obtuse glabrous, lip much larger than the sepals clawed cuneately obovate 

 3-lobed, lateral lobes broad erose, midlobe smaller ovate obtuse, spur as 

 long as the lip incurved obtuse. 



UPPER BURMA, Collett. 



A foot high, rather slender. Leaf 2 in., oblong, obtuse, sheathing the base of 

 the stem. Stem flexuous ; sheaths 2-3, ^ in.j and bracts lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Raceme 2 in., rather dense-fid.; bracts i in. ; flowers about as broad as long; side 

 lobes of lip as broad as long, diverging, disk puberulous, speckled ; anther ovoid or 

 globose, cells parallel contiguous, tubes 0, glands of polliuia contiguous orbicular. 

 Closely allied to H. Orchidis. Described from a single indifferent specimen. 



Sect. III. TRIMEROGLOSSA. (See p. 132.). 

 * Tubes of the anther-cells long. 



f Perianth membranous; lateral sepals with deeply looped or arched 

 nerves. 



35. K. commelinifolia, Wall, in Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 325 ; 

 tall, robust, leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, bracts longer than the long- 

 beaked ovary slender, dorsal sepal orbicular much smaller than the gib- 

 bously hatchet-shaped beaked lateral, petals oblong, lip with a linear blade 

 dividing into 3 very long filiform segments, spur very long. Griff. Notul. 

 iii. 372 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 339. Platanthera commelinifolia, Lindl. in 

 Wall. Gat. 7037. Orchis commelinifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 451 ; Grah. 

 Cat. Bomb. PL 201. 0. stylosanthes, Herb. Ham. 



TROPICAL WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, alt. 3500 ft., Royle, Strachey fy 

 Winterbottom. The CONCAN and CANAEA, Stocks, Law, &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft. ; tubers ellipsoid (2-9 in. long, Roxb.). Leaves 3-6 in., upper or 

 sheaths lanceolate. Spike 4-8 in. ; ovary 1-1 in., upper two-thirds filiform j 

 flowers |-f in. diam., white, inodorous ; mid segment of lip deflexed, scaberulous, 

 lateral widely spreading; spur 1-2^ in., incurved, green, mouth funnel-shaped; 

 anther reflexed, tubes long straight erect ; starninodes seated on the long arms of the 

 column; stigmatic processes large, clavate, incurved; rostellum short, triangular. 

 Capsule % in., sessile, fusiform, beak twice as long as the body. 



36. K. malleifera, HooJc. f. ; tall, stout, leaves clustered large ob- 

 lanceolate acute, spike long many-fld. furfuraceous, dorsal sepal orbicular 

 cucullate much smaller than the large deformed lateral, petals very small, 

 lip longer than the sepals tripartite to the base, segments filiform subequal 

 or central longest, spur half as long as the long-beaked ovary, tip involute 

 globose or clavate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; at Senadah, alt. 6000 ft., King (Herb. Calcutt.). KHASIA 

 HILLS, Lobb ; at Myrung, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. 1L. $ T. T. 



