HERMINIUM. 197 
ЕІ. Br. Ind. vi, 128; Krnzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 531; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xxxvi (1903), 51. Ophrys Monorchis Linn, Sp. РІ. 947. 
Throughout the Western Himalaya at elevations between 9,000 and 14,000 feet. 
Hazara, Duthie’s collector Nos. 21316, 23170; Baltistan, 7. Thomson, Duthie No. 12010; 
Kashmir, €. В. Clarke Nos. 30737, 31509; Lahul, Jaeschke ; Pangi, Duthie’s collector 
No. 23391; Hattu near Simla, 7. Thomson; Gangotri Valely, Duthie No. 516; Kumaon 
Strachey & Winterbottom No. 34, Duthie Nos. 3415, 6009, Duthie’s collector No. 94106 
Flowers during July and August, It is found also in Sikkim and in China, and is 
widely diffused in N. Asia and Europe. 
РгАтк 146. Herminium Monorchis R, Br. А plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, side 
view of flower; 2, ditto, with the sepals removed; 3, column, with lip attached; 4, 
pollinia ;—all enlarged, 
9. HERMINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM Benth. ex Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind, vi, 129. 
Tubers small, oblong or ellipsoid. Stem tall, 2*5 to 7:5 dm., clothed at the base 
"with acute tubular sheaths. Leaves usually three, up to 2۰5 dm. long, linear, acuminate, 
with long sheaths, Spike 6 to 25 em. long, narrow, cylindric, many-flowered. Flowers 
crowded, very small, green; floral braci linear-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than or 
equalling the ovary. Sepals sub-equal, oblong, obtuse, the dorsal one connivent with the 
petals to form a hood; lateral pair spreading. Petals linear, as long as the sepals. Lip 
much longer than the sepals, deflexed from the base, auricled on its lower half and with 
a small concavity at the base, apical portion 3-fid; midlobe much shorter than the 
slender curved filiform side lobes. Anther-cells parallel, contiguous; pollinia pyriform, 
with truncate bases, caudicles very short and slender; glands minute, discoid. Stami- 
nodes large. Stigmas two, transversely oblong, lying close together below the anther- 
cells. King & Pantling in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Cale. viii, 332, t. 434; Collett FI. 
Siml. 499, t. 163; Krnzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 533; Rolfe in Journ, Linn. Soc, xxxvi 
(1903), 50. Aceras angustifolia Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7061; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 282; 
Bot. Reg. under t. 1525; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 43; Royle Ш. Bot. Him. t. 87; 
Wight le. 1691. H, longicruris, Wright in Mem. Amer. Acad. Ser. 2, vi, 141. Thisbe 
Fale. in Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 183c (name only). 
Abundant throughout the Western Himalaya from Kashmir to Kumaon at elevations 
between 4,000 and 10,000 feet, flowering during July and August. It extends eastwards 
to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, the Khasia and Naga Hills, also in Tenasserim, China, Japan, 
Java and Timor. 
3.%,Hermintum MAcKINNON: Duthie in Journ. As. бос. Beng. lxxi (1902), part 
2, 44. 
Whole plant up to 25 dm.  Tubers narrowly oblong. Lower portion of the stem 
clothed with a few close-fitting tubular subacute sheaths. Leaves two, 12 to 14 cm. long 
and 1 to 2 сш. in breadth, oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, with loosely 
amplexicaul tubular bases, 3-5 veined. Spike cylindric, about.li em. long, many-flowered. 
