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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranohed, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 

 Stamens none 



Habenaria Susannae, 



Orchidace;e. 

 F. B. I. vi. 137. 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Sutlej. 

 Simla below 

 6,000 ft. 

 (CoUett). 

 Brogh, Sanawar. 



Habenaria pectinata, 



Orchidace^. 

 F. B. I. vi. 137. 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Sutlej, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Habenaria arietina, 



ORCHIDACEiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 138. 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Sutlej, 

 5-8,000 ft. 



Habenaria 

 intermedia, 



ORCHIDACEiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 138. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kxshmir. 



Anther one, 



large, perennial, tubers 3-4 in. long, stem 2-4 ft., stout, 

 leafy ; leaves 2-6 in., ovate-oblong, upper hooded, sheath- 

 ing ; flowers 2-4 in. diam., white, fragrant, nearly sessile, 

 erect, in a 3-5-flowered raceme, bracts leafy, sepals spread- 

 ing, lateral oblong, ascending, blunt, dorsal very l3road, 

 petals small, linear, short-pointed, lip not longer than 

 the sepals, 3-lobed, side-lobes broad, margins cut into comb- 

 like fringes, segments unequal, often forked, mid-lobe 

 narrowly lanceolate, entire spur green, slender, 4-5 in. long , 

 no stigmatic processes, rostellum very little marked. 



medium size, perennial, root tuberous, stem 12-24 in., 

 very leafy, stout ; leaves 4-6 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 rarely linear, upper or all sheathing, flowers 1-2 in. diam., 

 white or yellowish-green, on a dense-flowered spike, 3-8 in. 

 long, bracts leafy, equalling or longer than the flowers, 

 sepals 5-nerved, dorsal lanceolate, erect, lateral ovate- 

 lanceolate, petals linear, sword-shaped, smooth, blunt, 

 slightly dilated on the outer margin, 3-5-nerved, lip as 

 long as the sepals, side-lobes fringed, comb-like, mid-lobe 

 linear, entire, spur |-f in., tip almost clubbed, anther very 

 large, stigmatic processes long, tips often sword-shaped, 

 dilated, upcurved, rostellum just visible ; capsule f in., 

 sessile, spindle-shaped, ribs thick. This plant becomes 

 black when dry. 



very like the last species, but petals velvety, not 

 smooth, broader than the dorsal sepal, pouched on the lower 

 margin, spur hardly clubbed at the tip. This plant 

 becomes black when dry. 



small, perennial, root tuberous, stem 8-10 in. ; leaves 

 2-4 in,, ovate or oblong, long-pointed, 5-7-nerved, base 

 rounded or heart-shaped ; flowers 2 in. diam., white or 

 greenish, in few-flowered racemes, bracts broad, lower 

 longer than the flowers, upper equal to the ovary, dorsal 

 sepal recurved, white within, lateral reflexed, lanceolate, 

 long-pointed, 5-nerved, petals strongly 5-nerved, lip 8- 

 lobed to frds of its length, greenish-yellow except the 

 narrow white base, side-lobes deeply fringed, segments 



