308 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Leaf solitary. 
Spur sub- таты: 2-ribbed inside; lateral sepals unm 
upwards . . “кос Rim d 25. Н. fallax. 
Spur globular. 
Flowers. ‘75 in. across at the. mouth ..... . . . 26. H. constricta. 
Flowers not exceeding "85 in. across at the mouth. 
Lip flat, not gibbous at the base, but with a 
shallow basal concavity on its nearly flat upper  : 
surface; flowers about "95 in. across . . . 27. Н. goodyeroides. 
Lip gibbous at the base and with a harisolally 
oblong callus near its base; flowers scarcely “25 
iin dam 02255 99 oc Muy емее 
var. affinis. 
Lip concave, without any calli; flowers about :15 
in. across, 
' Anthers not at all covered by the side-wings 
` of the column; polliniar .glands mot in 
pouches . . 28. Н. Prainii. 
` Anthers partly coveted by the vido: -wings sòf 
the column; each of the 5. бс 
іп а pouch .. 29. Н. pseudophrys. 
Sect. VI.—Dirvta.—Glands of pollinia conjoined into a single body, ` 
bifid at each end and covered 2- two flaps of tissue ; flowers 
secund . Cy de s s; ow. 3 е. « . 980. H. secundifiora. 
1. HABENARIA STENOPETALA, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 324. 
Height of the whole plant one to three and a half feet; basal third of the stem 
clothed with closely-fitting sheaths. Leaves distributed over the upper two-thirds of 
the stem, membranous, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, the edges undulate, 
the base usually broad (rarely narrowed) amplexicaul or sheathing, sessile; length 3 
to 8 in., breadth 1:25 to 2:75 in.; the part of the stem above the leaves and below 
the raceme with lanceolate acuminate bract-like leaves much smaller than those of the 
middle-stem. Raceme 4 to 9-in. long, crowded.. Flowers. about 1 in. in diam.; floral 
bract lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the slender stalked ovary. Sepals sub- 
equal, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading or reflexed. Petals shorter than the 
sepals, linear, produced as a wing downwards a little below the point of insertion 
Lip as long as the petals, hastately 3-partite; the segments narrow, fleshy, the central 
segment horizontal, the basal pair sometimes as long as the central, but usually shorter; 
spur as long as the stalked ovary, slender, vertically compressed, 2-ridged, up-turned. 
Column stout.  Anther-cells -rather . distant, -parallel, narrow, erect, their tubes long; 
pollinia oblong, their caudicles slender and twice as long as themselves, the glands minute. 
Staminodes ovate, rugulose, situated externally to the anther-cell and stigma on each 
side. — Stigmas two, oblong, with slightly divergent blunt apices, situated below the 
anthers and at the margins of the mouth of the spur. Capsule linear-oblong. Hook. 
fil. Fl. Br. Ind, VI, 13+; Ann. Б Gard. с V, t. 95; Krüntzln in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb, XVI, 162. WS. y d 
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