182 OPHRYDES. 
erect, ovate-oblong, the lateral pair falcately oblong, spreading. Petals linear-lanceolate, 
adpressed to and forming a hood with the dorsal вера]. Гір flabelliform, clawed, twice 
as long as the lateral sepals, puberulous; side lobes semi-ovate, entire or toothed, 
often overlapping at their apices; midlobe a little shorter, linear-oblong, deflexed ; 
spur equalling the ovary, slender. Anther broad, cells divergent; tubes short, upcurved ; 
pollinia globose to ellipsoid; caudicles curved, linear-cuneate, glands falcately ovate- 
acuminate, combined when young. Stigmatic processes large, fleshy, oblong; rosiellum 
triangular, broad. Staminodes prominent. Capsule fusiform, curved, its beak short and 
slender. Wight Ic. 1710; Hook. f. Fl, Br. Ind. vi, 141; Krnzl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
xvi, 197; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 413. | Gymnadenia platyphylla. Lindl. Wall. Cat. 
7053. Orchis platyphyllos Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 609. 0. tenuis Herb. Кош]. 
Dehra Dun, Falconer (Kew Distrib. No. 1032), Duthie Nos. 7654, 24174, Mackinnon’s 
collector (Duthie’s No. 25417); below Mussoorie, Duthis’s collector No. 23002; Binsar in 
Kumaon at 7,500 feet, Strachey & Winterbottom No. 36; below Naini Tal, Colonel 
Davidson, б. W. Hope. Flowers during September and October. It extends eastwards 
to Sikkim and Chota Nagpur and southwards to Central and S. India and Ceylon. 
|. Prams 139. Habenaria plantaginea Lindi. А plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, single 
flower; 2, ditto, with the sepals removed; 3, column ovary and spur; 4, front view of 
column; 5, pollinia; 6, ditto, taken from a bud and showing the connate glands ;—al/ 
enlarged, 
10. HABENARIA TRIFLORA Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 25. 
Siem 45 dm, high, leafy throughout, rather stout, terete, sheaths at the base 
loose-fitting. Leaves 2*5 to 7:5 cm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, the upper narrower and 
acuminate. Floral bracts leaflike, embracing the ovaries of the large erect flowers, 
keeled on the back, membranous. Flowers 1 to 3, shortly pedicelled, white. Sepals 
about 2 сш. long, suberect with recurved apices, strongly veined; dorsal ovate, 
rounded; lateral pair faleately lanceolate, Petals very small, linear-subulate, 1-nerved. 
Lip flabelliform, about 3 em. long. 3-partite to about the middle, gibbous at the 
base; side lobes semi-oblong or hatchet-shaped, the margins crenulate; midlobe a little 
shorter, linear; spur slender, straight, as long as the ovary, flattened near the tip. 
Anther very broad, quadrate, truncate, cells marginal; tubes short, free; pollinia 
semi-ovate; caudicles a little longer, curved, dilated above, glands minute. Stammodes 
triangular, spreading. Stigmas inconspicuous. Rostellum broad. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 
142. Platanthera candida Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7035; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 295; Krnzl. 
Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 610. 
Jaunsar, in the Tonse and Mautar Valleys, 4,000 to 5,000 feet, Osmaston (Duthie’s 
No. 23102); near Tehri in Garhwál, Mackinnon’s collector (Duthie's No. 25419); Kumaon 
near Loha-thal 5,000 feet, Strachey & Winterbottom No. 44; near Askot in E. Kumaon 
4,000 to 5,000 feet, Duthie No. 5995. Flowers in August. It extends eastwards to 
Nepal and Lower Bengal, 
Prate 133, Habenaria triflora Dom. Л plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, single flower; 
2, ditto, with sepals removed; 3, lip; 4, front view of column, with petals attached; 5, 
pollinia ;—all enlarged. 
