ORCHIDE.E. 



Near P. obcordata (Orch. Western Himalayas in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. IX. p. 144) ; but differs from it by the quite truncate or emarginate lips. 



Flatanthera sp. (Fig. 66.) Terrestris ; Tuber suberectum cylindricum 

 1cm. longum. Caulis 20cm. longus gracilis erectus deorsum supra basin 2-3- 

 foliatus sursum racemosus, partibus inter floriferas et foliatas 8 cm. longis remote 

 squamatis, squamis 5 mm. longis linearibus. 

 Folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga 3 cm. longa 

 1 cm. lata apice obtusa vel acuta ad summum 

 breve aristata vel obtusa basi caulem amplec- 

 tantia ad vaginam 5 mm. longam abeuntia. 

 Racemi (partes floriferse) 8 cm. longa glabra, 

 floribus a se 5-10 mm. remotis, bracteis ovato- 

 lanceolatis 5 mm. longis 1^ mm. latis glabris. 

 Sepalum posticum ovato - oblongum 3 mm. 

 longum 1^ mm. latum apice truncato-obtusum 

 basi leviter contractum f mm. latum 1-nervium 

 margine interiore leviter recurvum, lateralia 

 postico augustiora 3 mm. longa 1 mm. lata ob- 

 lique lineari-oblonga apice obtusa basi obliqua 

 lion contracta 1-nervia margine interiore re- 

 curva. Petala sepalo postico conformia sed 

 minora. Labellum profunde crusiforme 3- 

 lobum, lobis basilaribus lineari-filiformibus 

 a lobo terminali angulo 90 divaricatis 4inm. 

 longis ^ mm. latis recurvis, lobo terminali 

 lineari 2 mm. longo J mm. lato apice obtuso 

 recto, basi calcaratum, calcari spathulato- 

 lineari 4 mm. longo sursum dilatato f mm. lato apice obtuso basi angustato 

 subrecto. Columna brevissima ; anthera | mm. lata. 



HAB. Kappanzan, leg. W. R. PBICE, Juli. 1912. 



This interesting tiny orchid was collected by Mr. W. R. PRICE in July, 

 1912, in an open country among dense Miscanthus in Mt. Kappanzan. It is 

 somewhat near Habenaria aristcda HOOK. f. (in Orchids of the Sikkim Himalayas 



Fig. 66, Platantfiera sp.; 

 a, a flower ; b, the same, seen 

 from back ; c, central part of the 

 same ; d, a columna, with a 

 dorsal sepal and petals. 



