Plornts of the Ptmjah. 



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Herbs, Unbranohed, with Opposite Exsiipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 

 Stamens none. 



Liparis rostiata, 



Orchidace.e. 

 F. B. I. V. 694. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Amiandale, 

 the Glen (Collett). 



Anther one. 



small, perennial, root fibrous, stem swollen at the 

 base ; leaves 2, |-2 in., ovate ; flowers | in., yellow-green 

 in a terminal raceme on a flowering stem 3-6 in., bracts 

 Y^-^ in., base broad, sepals lanceolate, 3-nerved, spread- 

 ing, turned back, petals as long, very slender, lip (lower 

 petal) 2-lobed with a short sharp point between the lobes, 

 margins minutely toothed, spur none, column long, curved, 

 upper half winged, anther hinged at the back to the top 

 of the column, pointed in front, stigma on top of the 

 column between the wings. 



Oreorchis micrantha, see Herbs, Unbranohed, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Calanthe tricarinata, see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Calanthe puberula, 



Calanthe 

 plantaginea, 



Eulophia campestris, 



Salih-77iisri. 

 Orchidace^, 

 P. B. I. vi. 4. 

 The Plains. 



Anaectochilus 

 Roxburghii, 



ORCHIDACEiE. 

 F. B. I. vi. 95. 



Himalava, 

 below 5,000 ft. 



East of theSutlej. 

 Simla (Collett). 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small to medium size, perennial, rootstock tuberous, 

 flowers appear long before the leaves; leaves long, narrow- 

 plaited, flowers |-| in., yellow or green mth pink stripes, 

 lip purple, many in nearl}^ one-sided racemes on a flower 

 stalk 6-18 in., stout or slender, sepals 3, spreading, shghtly 

 attached to the base of the lip, mid-lobe of corolla, petals 4, 

 narrower, lip as long as the sepals, side-lobes rounded, 

 spur conical, nearly wedge-shaped, column rather slender, 

 anther terminal, 2-celled ; capsule f in., oblong with round- 

 ed ends. The tubers are used as a tonic and aphrodisiac. 



small, perennial, stem creeping below; leaves 1-1^ 

 in., ovate-heart-shaped, stalked, short-pointed, usually 

 dark velvety green, netted with golden nerves ; flowers £- 

 in., white, in glandular velvety terminal 3-5-flowered spike 

 on a stout or slender main stalk, bracts lanceolate, sepals 

 I in., dorsal smaller, forming a hood with the petals, ovate, 

 green, petals broadly sword-shapod, white, terminal lobes 

 of the open lip ovate with a broad tip as long as the fringed 

 claw, spur as long as the sepals, column short, stigmatic 

 lobes lateral. 



