166 CXLVIII. OECHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) " [Hdbenaria. 



3-nerved ; lip as long as the sepals, obscurely 3-nerved, narrowed from the base up- 

 wards, terminal teeth acute, middle one longest. The analysis of the dried flowers 

 has been very difficult, and repeated many times ; the capillary stamnodia long 

 escaped detection. Resembles a small Spiranthes of the S. (estivalis type, with 

 which it was confounded in Griffith's Herbarium. 



IMPEBFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 



H. AFFINIS, Don Prodr. 25 ; Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid, is a small state of 

 H. goodyeroides. 



H. CABANJENSIS, Dalz. in ~Rook. Journ. Sot. ii. (1850) 262; Dalz. fy Gibs. 

 Bomb. PI. 267; lower leaves somewhat rounded, upper oblong-lanceolate 3-nerved, 

 bracts shorter than the ovary 3-nerved, flowers small, yellow, dorsal sepal rounded, 

 petals half ovate obtuse, lip tripartite, midsegment oblong rather obtuse, lateral 

 shorter cuneate truncate, spur clavate shorter than the ovary. The Concan ; Island 

 of Caranjah, Dalzell. 



H. GBACILIS, Coleb. in Rook. Eatot. Fl. t. 135, a Silhet plant, figured and 

 described by Colebrooke (in Hook. Exot. -F/.), and to which he attributes an 

 articulated fibrous root. I know of no plant in this least like the figure. Lindley 

 (Gen. cfc Sp. Orchid. 302) suggests its being possibly his Coeloglossum brevifolium 

 (H. cubitalis, ). It is possibly a bad drawing of H. peristyloides. 



H. LOBBII, Reichb. f. in Linncea, xli. 50 j leaf cuneately oblong ligulate 

 acuminate, raceme 2 ft. lax-fld., bracts half as long as the pedicelled ovary 

 oblong acuminate, dorsal sepal ovate apiculate cucullate 3-nerved, lateral triangular 

 3-etrorse 3-nerved, petals linear falcate 1-nerved, lip tripartite, lateral segments 

 linear retrorse, midsegments twice as long linear obtusely acute, spur filiform shorter 

 lhan [the pedicelled ovary tip clavate, anther erect emarginate, tubes ascending, 

 staminodes triangular. E. Indies, T. Lobb. Flowers rather larger than those ot 

 H. leptoceras, Hook. JBot. Mag., t. 2726 (a Brazilian species). 



H. LONGIBBACTEATA ; Hook. f. ; stem stout leafy 2-3 ft., leaves 6 byf-liu. 

 linear-oblong acute margins thickened, bracts 2-3 in. narrowly linear-lanceolate 

 finely acuminate, lip 3-partite, segments linear lateral shorter, spur short obtuse. 

 Platanthera longibracteata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7048 ; Gen 8f Sp. Orchid. 293. 

 BUBMA, on the banks of the Irawaddy at Seendya, WalUoh. Wallich's specimens 

 are in very young bud only, and the description of the flowers taken from Lindley 

 cannot be depended on. It is a noble species, and should be sought for in Burma. 



H. MODESTA, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Sot. ii. (1850) 262; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 267 ; Astern leafy at the base, naked above, bracts half as long as the ovary, flowers 

 greenish white, lip 3-fid, lateral divisions linear lanceolate free spreading, mid one 

 shorter ovate obtuse cohering with the tips of the petals and upper sepal and con- 

 cealing the column, spur filiform hardly clavate a little longer than the ovary. The 

 Concan, at Salsette, Dalzell. Description from Dalzell, who does not appear to have 

 seen leaves j it is, perhaps, H. stenostachya. 



H. PELOBIOIDES, Par. $ ReicJto.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 139, t. 27, f. A ; 

 tall, robust, leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate passing into copious sheaths, spike 

 many-fld., bracts large equalling the ovary ciliolate, sepals subequal lanceolate 

 acuminate, lip linear, spur 0. TENASSEBIM ; Amherst by the seaside, Parish. Stem 

 a foot high. Leaves 2-3 in., largest subradical ; upper sheaths slender, passing 

 into the bracts the lower of which are If in. long. Spike 2-3 in., many-fld. ; 

 sepals in. long, membranous ; petals as long as the sepals, lanceolate, 1-nerved ; lip 

 very narrow ; anther-cells elongate, with very long erect tubes, stigmatic processes 

 long. Capsule f in., sessile, fusiform. An anomalous plant, clearly a Peloria form. 

 I have seen but one indifferent specimen. 



H. TJNIFLOBA, Don Prodr. 25. Platanthera uniflora, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 

 2957 is probaby a state of H. triflora. 



107. DIPLOIMERIS, Don. 

 Terrestrial small 2-fld. and 1-2-leaved. Leaves ensiform or oblong. 



