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Prate 145. Habenaria Griffithii Hook. f. А plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, side 
view of flower; 2, lip; 3, front view of column, showing the anther, the two filiform 
staminoles and the forked rostellum; 4, column, seen from behind; 5, pollinia;—ai/ 
enlarged. 
49. Herminium Linn. 
Erect terrestrial tuberous-rooted herbs of small size. Leaves solitary or few, cauline 
or radical, sheathing at the base. Flowers in spikes, green or green and white, Sepals 
subequal, free, or the dorsal conniving with the petals to form a hood, the lateral 
pair spreading, sometimes fleshy, always entire. Lip adnate to the face of the column, 
as long as or longer than the sepals, often fleshy, broad or narrow, entire or 3- or 
5-fid., the base concave or very shortly saccate, the upper surface sometimes with calli 
sr pits near the base. Column very short; anther-cells adnate to its face, parallel or 
slightly divergent below; pollinia two, the caudicles usually short or sometimes absent ; 
the glands small and orbicular or elliptic, or large hollow and horn-like. Staminodes two, 
rugulose, attached outside the anther-cells. Stigmas 2, distant or conjoined. Species 
about 14, in the temperate and alpine regions of Europe and Asia. 
Lip 3-lobed. 
Petals subconnivent with the dorsal sepal, flowers green. 
Spike short, leaves broadly lanceolate š H. Monorchis. 
Spike long and narrow, leaves وضو تا مز‎ 2... 9. AH. angustifolium. 
Sepals and petals spreading. 
Petals and lip white, the lip obscurely saccate . . 2. H. Mackinnoni. 
Flowers altogether green, lip distinctly saccate . . 4. H. congestum. 
Lip entire. 
ПЕ Luce UO qo XN тәре, ww г Oy М, DIN. 
Leaf solitary. 
Leaf short, oblong-lanceolate, petals green, subrotund 6. H. pugioniforme. 
Leaf linear-lanceolate, petals yellow, linear . . . . . 7. H. gramineum. 
1. Невмтутом Monorcuis, К. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v, 191, 
Plant 7-5 to 15 em, high. Tubers globose or ellipsoid. Stem with one or two 
sheaths at the base, the upper one often leaflike. Leaves two or three, near the base 
of the stem, 2:2 to 10 ст. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, shining. Peduncle bearing one 
or two lanceolate acuminate bracts. Spike 2:5 to 5 em. long, densely flowered, 
cylindrical or sub-secund. Flowers decurved, 4 mm. in diam., yellowish-green, musk- 
scented ; floral bract lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than or equalling the ovary. Sepals 
9 mm. long, oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, the lateral pair narrower. Petals connivent with 
the sepals and a little longer, obliquely oblong-ligulate, tips fleshy. Zip as long as the 
petals, 3-fid., concave at the base, lobes narrow, obtuse, the middle one the longest. 
Anther-cells diverging above ; pollinia globose, caudicles very short and slender, glands 
concave. Staminodes oe rugulose. Rostellum prominent at the base of the 
anther-cells. Capsule 7 mm. long. turgid, twisted, its beak curved downwards. Lindl. 
Gen, and Sp. Orch. 305; Reichb, Fl, Germ. xiii, t, 415; Boiss. Fl, Or. v, 82; Hook. f. 
