HABENARIA. 181 
Lip 3lobed, longer than the sepals, green except the longer white claw, papillose 
towards the base; side lobes deeply pectinate, midlobe linear, 3 to 5 cm. long. Spur 
stout, 6:5 em. long, exceeding the ovary, tapering towards the apex, more or less 
curved. Anther-cells with very long erect filiform tubes; pollinia 6 mm. long, elongate, 
often bipartite, with slender caudicles as long as the pollinia and minute glands at the 
base, Stigmatie processes l'ó cm. long, slender, ineurved, white, with Spreading green 
tips, minutely рарШозе, Ros/ellum adnate to the face of the column between the anther, 
cells. Capsule pedicelled, 3 to 5 em. long, fusiform, beaked. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. 322; Wall. Cat. 7030; Reichb. f. in Gard, Chron. (1879), 186; Hook. f. Fl, Br. 
Ind. vi, 138; Krnzl. in Eng. Bot. Jahrb, xvi, 161; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 403; 
Collett Fl. Siml, 502, fig. 164; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvi (1903), 59. 
Abundant from Kashmir to Kumaon at elevations between 5,000 and 7,000 feet, 
flowering in August. It extends eastwards to Nepal and the Khasia Hills, but there is 
no record of its occurrence in Sikkim. 
Рглте 131. Habenaria intermedia, Dom. А plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, side view 
of single flower; 2, one of the petals; 3, side view of column showing the erect 
filiform anther-tubes and the long incurved stigmatic processes; 4, pollinia;—all enlarged, 
8. HABENARIA LONGIFOLIA Ham, in Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 324. 
Stem slender, leafy, 2'ó to 4'5 dm. long. Leaves 7 to 12 cm., scattered, erect, linear, 
acuminate, diminishing in size upwards. Spike 5 to 7 cm., many-and laxly flowered; 
floral bract linear, acuminate, longer than the slender beaked ovary. Ovary 1:3 to 
2 em., curved, Flowers white. Sepals minute, the lateral pair 5 mm. long, oblong— 
anceolate, 3-nerved, a little larger than the dorsal. Petals gibbously ovate, as long 
ав the dorsal sepal, 3-nerved, Jip flabelliform, 1:3 to 1:5 cm. broad, twice or thrice 
as long as the lateral sepals; midlobe linear, shorter than the side lobes; side lobes 
semi-circular, quite entire; spur slender, twice as long as the ovary, green. Anther 
beaked, cells parallel, tubes incurved. Sigmatic processes short, clavate, incurved towards 
the mouth of the spur. ostellum long, erect, subulate. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 
141; Krnzl in Engl. Bot, Jahrb. xvi, 202; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 420, Gymnadenia 
longifolia Lind]. in Wall, Cat. 7060. Habenaria írapezoidea Falc. MSS. 
Mohand Pass on the Siwalik range, Royle; near Mussoorie, Falconer. Found 
also by Buchanan-Hamilton at Nathpur in Nepal. I have seen no living specimens. 
The flowers are usually larger than those of H. plantaginea, but it may be easily 
distinguished from the latter by its very narrow leaves. 
9. HABENARIA PLANTAGINEA Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 323. 
Tubers ellipsoid, about 3 cm. long, Leaves about three or four, radical, horizontal, 
7-5 to 15 em. long, narrowly oblong, acute or obtuse, membranous, Scape slender, 
2 to 4 dm. high, bearing many lanceolate acuminate bracts, the lowest often large 
and leaflike. Spite 5 to 15 cm. long, laxly flowered. Flowers sub-secund, white ; 
floral bract lanceolate, acuminate or setaceous, half as long as the curved beaked ovary. 
Sepals sub-eaual, about 7 mm. long, strongly 2-nerved, white tinged with green; dorsal 
