HABENARIA. TE 315 
sessile; the lower one oblong, sub-acute, with the base broad and sheathing, 3 to 5 
in. long; the upper three or four linear-lanceolate, diminishing in size upwards, Spike 
4 to 7 in. long, laxly-flowered; floral bract limear-laneeolate, much longer than the 
slender sessile ovary. Flowers ‘8 or ‘9 in. long.to the tip of the spur. Sepals oblong- 
ovate, the dorsal sepal conniving with the petals and forming a hood over the column, 
the lateral pair reflexed. Petals about as long as the sepals, broadly ovate, oblique, 
sub-acute, the bases broad. Тір fleshy, oblong, blunt, slightly broader towards the 
base, entire, equalling the lateral sepals in length; spur slender, twice as long as 
the ovary and curved forwards, cylindric. Column stout. Anther-cells close together, 
parallel, without tubes; pollinia elliptic, slightly clavate, without caudicles, attached 
obliquely to an elongate narrow gland truncate at each end; staminodes obovate, lying 
transversely below the anther (their broad ends directed outwards), above the conjoined 
stigmas and opposite the opening into the spur. Stigmas conjoined to form а bi-lobed 
broadly elliptic mass under the orifice of the spur and between the narrow ends of 
the staminodes. 
Sikkim, in the Lachen Valley, at an elevation of 9,000 feet; Sin-ga-le-la Range at 
elevations of 10,000 to 12,000 feet; in flower in July; Pantling No. 401. 
This species resembles H. lepíocaulon, Hook. fil, but has a broader lip, a longer 
more curved spur, and coherent stigmas. It has also larger floral bracts and broader 
leaves. We have dedicated the species to Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., Conservator of 
the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, Kew. The colour of its flowers is green. 
P uias 413.—Halenaria Bakeriana, King and Pantling. A. plant, of natural size, Тір. 1 bract, 
ovary and flower, 2 apex of ovary and column, showing the anthers, staminodes (a), stigma (s) and the 
entrance to the spur (¢), 9 the petals, 4 the lip, 5 section of spur, 6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
11. HABENARIA JUNCEA, King and Pantling in Journ. Ав. Soc. Beng., 
Vol LXV, Pt. 2, 132. 
A. slender plant about 12 in. high. Leaf solitary from near the base of the stem, 
from 1:5 to 95 in. long and :65 in. broad, narrowly oblong, acute, tapering from 
below the middle to the narrowed sheathing base, the stem above the leaf 
(peduncle of the spike) with two distant lanceolate bracts about °75 in long. Spike 2 
to 4 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers “1 in. long; the floral bract equalling or exceed- 
ing the slender shortly stalked and slightly beaked ovary. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, the dorsal broader than the lateral slightly spreading pair. Petals narrowly 
oblong, tapering to the rather blunt and slightly incurved apex. Limb of lip as lon g 
as the sepals, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, quite entire; the spur shorter than the limb, 
vertically compressed, slightly curved and sub-clavate. Column with its summit beaked 
and over-hanging the stigma; anther-cells close together, ‘parallel, without tubes ; 
staminodes large, ovoid-globose, lying by the sides of the orifice of the spur. Stigmas 
conjoined into & single large sub-globose mass lying above the entrance to-the spur. | 
| Sikkim, Lachen and Lachoong Valleys, Gnatong апа Sin-ga-le-la; at elevations of 
11.000 to 12,000 feet; in flower in August; Pantling No. 406. 52 
5 This is near H. nematzcaulon, Hook. fil; but that species has the lip superior, 
the ovary being twisted (о the extent of one complete .spiral It has been found 
Axx. Roy. Bur. Garo., CALCUTTA, VoL. ҮШ. 
