160 CXLVill. ORCHlDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \JIabenafia. 



broadly ovate fleshy obtuse or apiculate, lip shorter than the sepals broad 

 obtusely 3-lobed at the apex, spur a minute globose sac. 



NAGA HILLS in UPPER ASSAM ; on Kohima, Prain. UPPER BURMA (in Herb. 

 Calcutt.}. 



Stem 12-18 in., naked below, and above except for a few lanceolate sheaths. 

 Leaves 1^-2 in., obtuse or acute, sessile, nerves obscure. Spike 23 in., rather 

 dense-fld. ; bracts subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, not herbaceous, lower in. ; ovary 

 | 5 in. ; flowers nearly horizontal ; sepals f i in. long, apiculate behind the tip, 

 1 nerved ; lip with a broad concave claw ; anther small short broad, cells parallel ; 

 stigmatic processes rather long ; rostellum minute, 3-fid. 



89. XX. robiistior, Hook, f. stem tall slender naked below, leaves 

 close set ovate-lanceolate acuminate passing into foliaceous imbricating 

 bracts much longer than the flowers, spike many-fld., flowers erect, lateral 

 sepals linear acute, petals oblong obtuse, lip longer than the sepals 3-partite 

 lateral segments elongate subulate recurved over the flower, mid one shorter 

 straight obtuse, spur very small ellipsoid or fusiform. Peristylus lancifo- 

 lius, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 69, t. 2 C. P. robustior, Wight 

 Ic. t. 1699. Gymnadenia secunda, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7054 Coelo- 

 glossuin secundum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 303. Satyrum foliosum, 

 Herb. Heyne. 



MALABAR ; in the Bababm'an Hills, Seyne. NILGHIRI HILLS, Perrottet, Lobb. 

 TRAVANCOKE ; in the Pulney Hills, Wight. 



Stem 1-2 tt., sometimes naked for a foot, then leafy, the leaves gradually 

 diminishing upwards. Leaves 2-3 in., snberect or spreading, bases sheathing, 

 nerves obscure. Spike 2-6 in. ; bracts twice as long as the flowers, lower f-1 in. 

 long, green; ovaries ^ in. long, nearly straight; lateral sepals 5 in., 1-nerved, 

 reflexed ; petals nearly as long, 2-3-uerved ; lip 2-auricled at the small concave 

 claw; anther-cells parallel; stigmatic processes long ; rostellum 3-fid, between the 

 cells. Capsule ^ in., oblong, erect. Wight's figure ot' P. robustior has the flowers 

 large, bracts shorter and side segments of lip much larger and more slender than in 

 his specimens, which bear the mss. name of P. persimilis. 



90. K. Hamiltoniana, Hook. f. ; stem tall slender naked below, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate, spike dense-fld., bracts filiform much 

 longer than the minute flowers, lateral sepals linear-oblong obtuse, petals 

 broadly oblong, lip shorter than the sepals broad shortly obtusely 3-lobed, 

 spur globose. Herminium JBamiltonianum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7069. 

 Peristylis Hamiltonianus, Lindl. G-en. fy Sp. Orchid. 299. Orchis 

 micranthema, Herb. Ham. 



NEPAL ; in the Morung, Hamilton. SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffith's Collectors 

 (Keio Distrib. 5356). KHASCA MTS. ; on Shillong, Clarke. 



Stem 6-12 in., stout or slender, elongate and sheathed below the leaves, and with 

 one or two filiform sheaths above them. Leaves 4-6 by \- in., or broader, some- 

 times overtopping the spike, nerves obscure. Spike 3-6 in. ; bracts |-f in., often 

 tortuous (when dry) ; ovary - ^ in., slender, suberect ; sepals in., 1-uerved, nerve 

 strong, excurrent below the tip, dorsal oblong; lip broadly cuneate, base broad, 

 concave, lobes variable ; spur large for the size of the flower, bladdery ; anther- 

 cells parallel, glands of pollinia exposed on each side of the minute rostellum ; 

 stigmatic processes large, clavate. Habit of H. robustior, but the flowers are much 

 smaller, the lateral sepals obtuse, and the spur globose. 



*f"f Leaves clustered about the middle of the stem. 



91. II . g'igras, Hook. f. ; stem very stout and tall, leaves elliptic 

 acuminate, spike very many and dense-fld., bracts membranous longer 



