326 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
conniving with it to form a hood. Гір as long as the petals, oblong, deeply 3-lobad 
in its anterior half; th» middle lob» shorter than the side lobes, oblong, tapering to a 
blunt point; the lateral lobss linear, slightly faleate, their apices slightly diverging; spur 
broadly globular, very short, much shorter than the mE slightly compressed vertically. 
Column very short and broad. Anthsr-cells rather close together, but not touching, without 
tubes; pollinia oblong-obovoid, their caudicles short, tapering to the oblong-elliptic 
gland; staminodes oblong with blunt ends, situated externally to the anther-cells. Stigmas 
two, obovate-oblong, diverging outwards from near the  polliniar glands. Platanthera 
constricta, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7013. H. goodyeroides, Don іп Wall. Cat. 7066В. 
Herminium constrictum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. under t. 1449.  JPeristylus constrictus, Lindl. 
Gen. and Spec. Orch., 300. Orchis leucantha, Herb. Ham. 
Sikkim, at Brip, 1,500 feet; King. Valley of the Teesta, at Sivoke, elevation 1,000 
feet; in flower during June and July; Pantling No. 447. Khasia Hills, elevation 2,000 
to 4,000 feet; Lobb, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 5305), Maun. Assam; Jenkins, Masters, 
Simons.  Chittagong; Wallieh. Burma (Tenasserim); Helfer (Kew Distrib.) No. 5357, 
Falconer, Brandis, Kurz, Scott. Upper Burma, at Maymyo; Calcutta Bot. Gard. 
Collectors No. 124. 
The colour of the sepals is pale brown and that of the petals and lip pure white, 
the spur of the latter being green. 
The suppressed stigma in this species is bifid, and a polliniar gland is attached to 
each half of it. ; 
Рглте 429.—Habenaria constricta, Hook. fil. A plant, of natural гіш. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 apex of: 
ovary and column with the globose spur of the lip still attached, showing the anther-cells with their 
polliniar glands (p g), the staminodes (c), the stigmas (s), and the entrance to the spur (r), 3 the lip 
flattened out, 4 bract, ovary, column and spur, side view, 5 section of spur, 6 pollinia; ай iubes 
27. HABENARIA GOODYEROIDES, Don Prod. Fl. Nep., 25. 
Height of entire plant 12 to 24 in., the tubers ellipsoid or oblong, hairy. Stem 
clothed at the base with lax rather blunt sheaths. Leaves close together a little below 
the summit of the stem but not whorled, sub-coriaceous, ovate or ovate-elliptic, acute, 
slightly narrowed to the shortly sheathing base; somewhat pale on the under surface 
when dry; length 2 to 4 in., breadth 1:25 iu е: peduncle of the spike naked, 
except for one or two meres acuminate bracts about “5 in. long. Spike 4 to 8 in. 
long, many- and densely-flowered. Flowers 73 in. in diam. at the mouth; floral bract 
narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the sessile ovary. Sepals ioquit the 
dorsal broadly ovate-lanceolate, concave, conniving with the petals to form a hood; the 
lateral pair oblong, involute, all apiculate. Petals as long as the sepals, trapeziform, | 
blunt. Lip longer than the petals, in general outline badiy triangular, but the sides 
rounded; the anterior third 3-lobed; the middle lobe broad, tapering to the blunt apex; 
the side lobes linear-oblong, falcate, their apices acute and diverging, slightly longer 
than the middle lobe; spur short, sub-globular, saccate, much shorter than the sepals; the 
upper surface of the lip with an oblong speckled nectar-secreting depression at the base 
in front of the minute opening into the spur. Column short, broad. Anther-cells parallel, 
separated by а narrow space, without tubes; pollinia broadly pyriform, the caudicles 
very short, the glands small, obovoid. Séaminodes large, oblong, at right angles to the 
anther, but directed outwards. Stigmas two, beneath and parallel to the staminodes, 
