Plants of the Punjab. 



49* 



HerbSj Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 

 Stamens none. 



Habenaria ensifolia, 



Orchidace.e. 

 F. B. I. vi. 137. 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Siitlej, 

 5-6,000 ft. 

 Syree (Collett). 

 Wrongly placed 

 under H. pectinata 

 in F. B. I. 



Habenaria 

 marginata, 



Orchidace^. 

 F, B. 1, vi. 150, 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Habenaria 

 Aitehisoni, 



Habenaria latilabris, 

 or Edgeworthii, 



Orchidace^. 

 F. B. I. vi. 153. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Anther one. 



long, narrow, mid-lobe linear, entire, as long as the side- 

 lobes, spur 2| in., pale green, curved, swollen at the tip, 

 stigmatic-arms spreading, tips recurved; capsule l|-2 in., 

 stalked, spindle-shaped, beaked. 



large, smooth, stem 23-36 in., stout, leafy ; leaves 

 3-6 in,, oblong-lanceolate, white-margined, pointed, base, 

 sheathing ; flowers |-| in. across, white, bracts narrow, 

 long-pointed, slightly bristly on the margins, as long as 

 the flowers, lip 1| in. long, 3-lobed, lobes linear, entire, 

 spreading, mid-lobe shortest, thickest, edges recurved, 

 spur 1| in., green, curved, swollen at the tip, stigmatic 

 arms long, incurved. 



small, perennial, smooth, stem 4-10 in., sheaths many, 

 eiect, lanceolate, broad or narrow ; leaves 3 or 4 near the 

 base of stem, 1| in., ovate, sessile, oblong or linear-oblong, 

 margins yellow, base sheathing ; flowers | in. diam., yellow, 

 crowded on a spike 2-6 in. long, bracts equalling the ovary, 

 lanceolate, short-pointed, slightly bristly, sepals green, 

 equal, dorsal sepal broadly ovate, lateral sepals deflexed, 

 petals yellow, ovate, sword-shaped, equal in length to the 

 sepals, lip longer than the sepals, divided nearly to the 

 base, lobes 3, linear, entire-spreading, side-lobes having 

 thread-like points, mid-lobe shortest and broadest, spur 

 as long as the ovary, swollen below the middle, stig- 

 matic arms long, joined to the lip, rostellum triangular ; 

 capsule I in., spindle-shaped, swollen, curved, doubtfully 

 beaked. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small to medium size, perennial, smooth except the 

 sepals, stem 6-18 in., stout or slender, leafy ; leaves 3-5 

 in., usually sheathing, sessile, ovate or oblong, long-point- 

 ed ; flowers |-|- in. diam., yellow-gieen, on many-flowered, 

 not crowded spikes, 3-10 in. long, biacts lanceolate, lower 

 shorter, upper longer than the ovary, sepals smooth or 

 slightly bristly, dorsal sepal circular, concave, lateral 

 spreading or bent- down, ovate, petals yellow, as long as 



