ORCHIS. 173 
Hazara at 11,800 feet, Duthie’s collector No. 20192; Kashmir, Clarke No. 29239; 
Liddar Valley in Kashmir 10,000 to 12,000 feet, Duthie Nos. 13147, 13185, Duthie’s 
collector No, 21373; Upper Chenab Valley at 10,000 feet, Baden-Powell No. 319 ; 
Lahul, Нау; Pangi, Stolickza, Duthie’s collector No. 23341; Chansil range іп Tehri 
Garhwál between 12,000 and 13,000 feet, Osmaston (Duthie’s No. 24187); Jumna 
Valley between 8,000 and 9,000 feet, Duthie No. 525; Кай Valley in N. Kumaon 
between 10,000 and 11,000 feet, Duthie No. 6008; Баат Valley, Duthie’s collector 
No. 24120. Flowers during August. 1% extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, 
3. Овснів Оноѕол Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 23. 
Whole plant 1 to 4 dm. high, Zwber small, elliptic, entire. Stem with two blunt 
tubular sheaths at the base, upper portion above the leaves naked. Leaves 3'5 to 75 
long, linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, not narrowed to the ‘sheathing 
base. Spike 2°5 to 10 cm. long, few- or many-flowered, secund, Flowers purple or white; 
10 to 18 mm. across (vertically); flora! braci green, lanceolate, acumindte, equalling the 
fusiform ovary. Sepals oblong, obtuse; dorsal erect; the lateral pair recurved. Petals 
broadly and obliquely ovoid, their bases truncate. Zip longer than the sepals, deeply 
3-lobed, the lobes equal, oblong, obtuse, the lateral ones diverging ; spur stout, cylindric 
or clavate, as long as the ovary. Column short. Anther-cells parallel; pollinia ovoid-globose, 
slightly narrowed to the long tapering caudicle; glands small, each lying in a small 
pouch. Staminodes large, ovate, pointed. Stigmas united into a large concave surface 
under the anther-cells, Hook. f, Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 127; King & Pantling in Ann. К. 
Bot. Gard. Cale. viii, 303, t. 402; Krnzl. Orch. беп, and Sp. i, 153; Rolfe in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xxxvi (1903), 49. Gymnadenia Chusua Lindl. in Wall. Cat, 7058; Gen. and 
Sp. Orch. 280. 6. puberula Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7059. 
Punjab Himalaya, Chamba State, at 11,000 feet, Lace No. 1992; near Mussoorie, 
King; Byans in N. Kumaon between 11,000 and 12,000 feet, Duthie No. 5998(a). 
Flowers during July and August. It extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim, Eastern Tibet 
and China, 
Lace’s Chamba specimens represent a slender form of this variable species. The leaves are solitary and 
linear-lanceolate, and the flowers are solitary or in pairs. It differs from the type chiefly in the shape of the 
lip, the lobes of which are much broader than usual. 
4. Orcnts Әтваснеуі Hook. f, Ic, Pl. 2197B; КІ. Br. Ind. vi, 198, 
Height of plant 6 to 12 cm. Rhizome without tubers (as in 0, spathulata), 
Leaf solitary, radical, petioled, elliptic or obovate, Scape naked, few-flowered. Floral 
bract large, ovate-oblong, obtuse, longer than the ovary. Sepals and petals spreading. 
Lip longer the sepals, broadly cuneate, trifid to the middle, the lobes obtuse, 
equalling or longer than the ovary, incurved, obtuse. Krnzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 
154. : | 
Rogile in Garhwál between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, Strachey & Winterbottom (No. 35 
Gymnadenia puberula). 
