494 



Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals united. 



Stamens none. 



Anther one. 



the lateral sepals, fleshy, lower base pouched, lip j^ellow, 

 longer than the sepals, Imear or lanceolate, undivided 

 broadest at the base, spur yellow-green, much longer than 

 the ovary, slender, turned upwards, tip curved, stigmatic 

 arms short, oblong, almost round, rostellum short, triangu- 

 lar, blunt ; capsule | in., sessile, spindle-shaped, shortly 

 beaked, curved. 



Habenaria densa, 



ORCHIDACEiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 153. 

 Himalaj'a, 

 east of the Sutlej, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size, perennial, smooth, stout, stem 12-24 in., 

 leafy ; leaves 2|-4 in., many, ovate or oblong, long-point- 

 ed, base sheathing ; flowers | in. diam. yellows-green, on a 

 spike, 4-10 in., bracts ^-f in., long-pointed, lower longer 

 than and upper equal to the ovar}^, sepals green, thick, 

 petals yellow-green, fleshy, lip green, a little longer than 

 the sepals, undivided, linear, thick, spur clulj-shaped, 

 shorter than the ovary, turned downwards, stigmatic arms 

 large, oblong. 



Habenaria 

 goodyeroides, 



ORCHinACE^. 



F. B. I. vi. 161. 

 Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej, 

 2-5,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size, perennial, smooth, stem 12-24 in., stout ; 

 leaves about 4, 3-8| in., close together in the middle of the 

 stem, ovate, base sheathing ; flowers ^ in. diam., yellow- 

 green, crowded on a spike, 6-10 in. long, bracts lanceolate, 

 thin, equal in length to the ovary, sepals |-i in., lateral 

 sepals lirear or ovate-oblong, petals ovate, pouched, lip 

 broad, recurved, longer than the sepals, tip 3-lobed, mid- 

 lobe broadest, spur small, bag like, narrowed at the mouth, 

 stigmatic arms short, oblong ; capsule | in., sessile, spindle- 

 shaped, short-pointed. 



Habenaria 

 Elizabethse, 



Orchtdace^. 



New species not in 



F.B.I. 



Himalaya, 



8-10,000 ft. 



Simla 



(Lady Ehzaboth 



Babington Smith), 



small, perennial, smooth, tubers If in., ovoid, stem 

 6 in., smooth, furrowed ; leaves 2|-4 by |-f in., lanceolate, 

 long-pointed or blunt, stem-clasping ; flowers very small, 

 green, crowded on a slender spike, 4 in. long, bracts lan- 

 ceolate, long-pointed, equal to or longer than the ovaries, 

 sepals erect, dorsal ovate, blunt, hollowed out, lateral 

 obliquely ovate, petals ovate-lanceolate, blunt, rather 

 longer than the sepals, lip 3-lobed, longer than the sepal? , 

 mid-lol)e straight, broader than the lateral, lateral lobe- 

 linear, spreading, spur i-^hort^ club-shaped. 



