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of the stem, 6 to 10 inches long by 2 to 2^ inches broad, elliptic 

 lanceolate acute, almost sessile. Sinhes dense, 4 inches to a foot 

 lono-. Florvers yellowish-green, bracts membranous, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, from ^ to | inch long, becoming as short as the 

 sessile ovary upwards, lateral sepals i by -^^ inch, oblong obtuse, 

 mucronate behind below the apex, dorsal sepal i by ^L inch, 

 elliptic oblong, obtuse, not mucronate, petals as long as but slightly 

 broader than the sepals, obliquely obovate, strongly nerved, lip 

 equallino- the petals, sessile, usually 3-fid, the lohes very variable, 

 sfmr subglobose, ^ inch long, anther small, tubes very short, 

 polUnia clavate, rosfellum erect, toothed. 

 Flowers appear during July and August. 



Distribution. — Konkan, North Kanara, E. Himalayas, Khasia and Naga 

 Hills, Hills of the Western Peninsula. 



5. Peristylus Lawii, Wight; T. GooJce, Fl. of Bombay, II, 

 p. 712 ; Dah. & Gibs. , p. 270 ; Habenaria Lawii, Hoolt. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind.; VI, p. 10:3. 



iStem up to a foot in height, clothed with loose sheaths below the 

 leaves which are in clusters of 3 to 5 towards the middle of the 

 stem. These are 2^ to 4 inches long by | to 1^ inch broad, 

 membranous, oblong-lanceolate acute, not sheathing at the base. 

 Spihes narrow, erect, lax, 2 to 3 inches long. Flowers yellow, 

 bracts less than i inch long, lanceolate acuminate, exceeding 

 the ovary. Sepals all 1-nerved, lateral ^ by Jg inch, oblong obtuse, 

 dorsal - by -\ inch, oblong obtuse, concave, petals similar, oblong 

 obtuse, liv i- by y-W inch, claiu concave, apex shortly 3-lobed, lobes 

 subequal, obtuse spjur short, globular, anther tubes absent, pollinia 

 clavate, caudicle absent, glands small, stigmatic processes very short, 

 clavate, rosielhim short, triangular, acute. 

 Flowers appear during July and August. 



Distribution. — Konkan, Western Ghats, Southern Mahratta Comitry, 

 Western Peninsula, Bengal. 



