488 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Hebbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 

 Stamens none. 



Caianthe pubenila, 



Orchidace^. 



F. B. I. V. 848. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej, 



4-6 000 ft. 



Below Narkanda 



(CoUett). 



Caianthe 

 plantaginea, 



ORCHIDACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 853. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej, 



6-9,000 ft. 



Simla, the waterfall 



below Elysium 



(CoUett). 



Anther one. 



like the last species, but leaves 5-7, 4-6 by l|-2 in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, narrowly pointed, flowers 1 in. across, 

 pale lavender, mid-lobe of lip with 2 ridges at the base 

 between the flat side-lobes, margm toothed, tip pointed, 

 anther lavender. 



like the last species, but leaves many, 10 by 2 in., nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, flowers 1^ in. across, pale pink, mid-lobe 

 of lip with 3 small ridges at the base, tip wedge-shaped, 

 spur long, slender. 



Eulophia campestris, see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Ansectochilus 

 Roxburghii, 



Spiranthes australis. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, SimpK 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Zeuxine sulcata, 



Orchidage^. 

 F. B. I. vi. 106. 

 The Plains, Mari; 

 Ea walpindi. 



small to medium size, perennial, stem 2-6 in. high, 

 smooth, leafy to the top ; leaves 1-2 in., few or many, sessile, 

 linear-lanceolate, erect, long-pointed, margins usually 

 turned in, reddish ; flowers -| in. across, white, yellowish 

 or pale pink, sweet-scented on spikes |-2 in., dense-flowered, 

 bracts ^-|- in., erect, lanceolate, long-pointed, transparent, 

 sepals ^ in., oblong, blunt, thin, petals oblong, blunt, trans- 

 parent, lip yellow, equal to the sepals, boat-shaped, ending 

 in a short velvety claw-tipped extremity with 1 or 2 

 lobes, column short, 2-keeled in front, stigmatic lobes 2 

 marginal, anther ovate, short; capsule | in, long, oblong 

 with rounded ends. 



