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flexuoiis ; leaves 1 to 2i inches long by ^ to | inch broad, linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, acnte or acuminate, coriaceous, sheathing at the 

 base, the ttiyper passing into numerous, lanceolate sheaths. 8pihes 

 2 to 10 inches long, lax-flowered, twisted, flowers greenish white, 

 secund, ^ inch in diameter, bracts ^ inch long, lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, equalling or the lower exceeding the ovary, dorsal sepal 

 linear oblong obtuse, concave, lateral linear obtuse, falcate, petals 

 linear — oblong obtuse. Up equalling the sepals, variable, fleshy, 

 rather longer than broad, claw short, broad, concave, hlade 3-cleft 

 beyond the middle, side lobes narrower than the midlobe, linear 

 acute, midlobe linear, obtuse, spur small, globose, anthers minute, the 

 cells parallel, tubes. Pollinia pyriform, caudicle short, (flandjS oblong, 

 stigmatic processes short, clavate, rostellum. 3-fid. 



Flowers appear in July and August. 



Distribution. — Throughout the Konkan, Western Ghats and North 

 Kanara and Hills of the Western Peninsula, Ceylon. 



3. Peristylus plantagineus, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid., p. 300 ; 

 T. Coolie, Fl. of Bombay, II, p. 711 ; P. elatus, Dak. & Gibs., p. 

 !270; Habenaria Wightii, Trimen, Fl. Br. Ind., VI, p. 162. 



Plant about 2 feet high, bitaberculate, stem robust, lower part 

 with loose sheaths ; leaves about the middle of the stem, 5 to 7 

 inches long by 2 to 3 inches broad, oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 

 strongly nerved beneath, closely sheathing at the base. Spihes 

 4 to 8 inches long, lower part clothed with lanceolate sheaths, 

 bracts ^ inch long, sheathing, acute, almost reaching to the tips of 

 the floivers, which are very small, -t inch in diameter and densely 

 crowded, greenish white, dorsal sepjal ovate obtuse, 1 -nerved, ZaferaZ 

 narrower, petals obliquely orbicular, 3-nerved, lip white, almost 

 fiddle-shaped, lateral lobes narrow, with small projecting teeth, 

 ')nidlobe rounded, spur small, globular, pollinia pear-shaped, very 

 granular, caudAcle very short, gland small. 



Flowers in August. 



Distribution. — Konkan and North Kanara, Western Peninsula and 

 Ceylon. 



4. Peristylus goodyeroides, Lindl, var. affinis, Lindl., T. 

 Coole, Fl. of Bombay, II, p. 712 • Balz. & Gibs. p. 270 ; Haben- 

 aria goodyeroides, Grah.; Fl. Br. Ind,, VI, p. 161. 



8tenn 1 to 2 feet high, stout. Leaves collected about the middle 



