Plants of the Punjab. 



491 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves 



Petals united. 

 Stamens none. 



Herminium 

 pugioniforme, 



OllCHIDACEiE. 



F. B. L vi, 130, 

 Himalaya, 

 12-14,000 ft, 

 Kashmir, 



Anther one. 



small, 2-5 in. high, leaf solitary, long-spooii-shaped, 

 blunt, shorter than the flower spike, flowers -yV m. diam., 

 on a fev.'-flowered spike, bracts minute, orbicular, dorsal 

 sepal orbicular, lateral very broad, blunt, petals smaller, 

 oblong-ovate, lip dagger-shaped, not divided, hardly longer 

 than the sepals, base dilated ; for other characters see the 

 last species. 



Herminium 

 gramineum, 



Orchidacea:. 

 1\B. I. vi. 131« 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft, 

 Simla (Douie), 



small, perennial, very slender, 1 -leaved, 2-6 in. high, 

 leaf linear, 1-4 in., short-pointed, flowers ^--^ in. diam., 

 greenish, facing one way, nearly erect, in a loose-flowered 

 spike, 1-3| in. long, bracts awl-shaped, equal to the ovary, 

 dorsal sepals oblong or broadly ovate, lateral ovate, blunt, 

 spreading, petals erect, linear, almost sword-shaped, equal 

 in length to the sepais, blunt, lip ovate, long-pointed, 

 flat with a hollow base, shghtly pouched beneath, equal 

 to or shorter than the sepals, undivided, rostellum very 

 large, equal to the anther, recurved, fleshy ; for other 

 characters see the last species. 



Habenaria 

 stenopetala, 



Orchidage^. 

 Y. B. I. vi. 134. 

 Koad to Kashmir 

 (Boy'e). 



medium size, perennial, root tuberous, flbres fleshy 

 stem leafy ; leaves 6-8 in., oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 

 stem-clasping, base narrowed or broad, stalked or sessile ; 

 flowers 1 in. diam., greenish, in many flowered short racemes 

 4-6 in. long, bracts thin, equal to the ovaries, sepals |-| in. 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, thin, 3-nerved, tips thread-liko, 

 as long as or shorter than the blade, petals deeply lobed, 

 lobes slender, equal, or lower shorter, sometimes absent, 

 lip divided into 3 thread-like segments, spur long, 

 slender, equal to the ovary, anther-cells narrow, stigmatic 

 processes long, club-shaped, rostellum large, triangular, 

 erect ; capsule |-| in., linear-oblong. 



Habenaria digitata, 



Orchidace.i:. 

 Y. B. I. vi, 134. 

 Kashmir 

 (Falconer). 



like the last species, but leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 bracts larger than the flowers, spur nearly clubbcsd with a 

 minute erect tongue at mouth, capsule spindle-shaped, 

 ribs thick. 



