125 



Near P. obcordata (OrcL. Western Himalayas iu Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. 

 Ca\c. IX. p. 144) ; biit differs from it by tlie qnite truncate or emarginate lips. 



Flatanthera sp. (Fig. G6.) Terrestris ; Tuber suberectam cylindricum 

 1 cm. lougum. Caiilis 20cm. longus gi-acilis orectns deorsum supra basin 2-3- 

 foliatus smsum racemosus, partibus iuter iioriferas et foliatas 8 cm. lougis remote 

 squamatis, squamis 5 mm. lougis linearibns. 

 Folia oblonga yel ovato-oblonga 3} cm. longa 

 1 cm. lata apice obtusa vel acuta ad summum 

 breve aristata vel obtusa basi caulem amplec- 

 tautia ad vagiuam 5 mm. lougam abenntia. 

 Racemi (pai-tes floriferse) S cm. longa glabra, 

 floribus a se 5-10 mm. remotis, bracteis ovato- 

 lauceolatis 5 mm. longis l^ mm. latis glabris. 

 Sepalum pc?ticum ovato - oblongum 3 mm. 

 lougum l^ mm. latum apice truucato-obtnsum 

 basi leviter contractum | mm. latmn 1-uervimn 

 margine interiore leviter recm'TOm, lateralia 

 postico augustiora 3 mm. longa 1 mm. lata ob- 

 liqne lineari-oblonga apice obtusa basi obliqua 

 uon conti-acta 1-nervia margine interiore re- 

 cmTa. Petala sepalo postico conforraia sed 

 luinora. Labellum profunde crusiforme 3- 

 lobum, lobis basilaribus liueari-filiformibus 

 a lol)0 termiuali angulo 90° divaricatis 4 mm. 

 longis -i^j mm. latis recm-vis, lobo terminali 

 liueari 2 mm. lougo J— J mm. lato apice obtuso 

 recto, basi calcaratnm, calcari spathuLito- 

 lineari 4 mm. longo sm'sum dilatato § mm. lato apice obtuso basi augustato 

 subrecto. Columna brevissima ; anthera | mm. lata. 



Hab. Kappauzau, leg. W. R. Pkice, Juli. 1912. 



This intsresting tiuy orchid was collected by ]Mr. W. R. Price iu July, 

 1912, in an open country among dense Miscantkus in Mt. Kappanzau. It is 

 somewliat near Habenaria aristnta HoOK. f. (iu Orchids of the Sikkim Himalayas 



Fig. 66, Plataiiihera sp. ; 

 a, .a flower ; b, the s.ame, seen 

 from ba«k ; c, central part of the 

 s.ame ; d, a columDa, with a 

 ilorsal sepal and petjils. 



