132 G. King & R. Pantling — New Orchids from Sikkim. [No. 2, 



Sikkim : at Lingtu ; elevation, 11,000 feet, flowering in June. 

 Pantling No. 375. 



A curious little species, with a linear undivided entire lip and very 

 small flowers. 



HABENAEIA, Linn. 



Habenaria juncea, n. spec. A slender plant about 12 in. high.. 

 Leaf solitary from near the base of the stem, from 1'5 to 2'5 in. long and 

 •65 in. broad, narrowly oblong, acute, tapering from below the middle to 

 the narrowed sheathing base, the stem above the leaf (peduncle of the 

 spike) with two distant lanceolate bracts about - 75 in. long. Spike 2 to 

 4 in. long, few-flowered. Floivers '1 in. long; tbe floral bract equalling 

 or exceeding the slender shortly stalked and slightly beaked ovary. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, the dorsal broader tban the lateral pair. 

 Petals narrowly oblong, tapering to the rather blunt and slightly incurved 

 apex. Limb of lip as long as the sepals, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, quite 

 entire ; the spur shorter than the limb, vertically compressed, slightly 

 incurved and sub-clavate. Column with its summit beaked and over- 

 hanging the stigma : anther-cells on each side of the stigma, and imme- 

 diately above the mouth of the spur ; staminodes large, situated near 

 the mouth of the spur. 



Sikkim: Lachen Valley at an elevation of 11,000 feet; in flower 

 in August. Pantling No. 406. 



This belongs to the section Uologlossa and is near H. nematocaulon, 

 Hook fil., but that species has the lip superior, the ovary being twisted 

 to the extent of one complete spiral. 



Habenaeia Bakeeiana, n. spec. Height of the whole plant 9 to 18 

 inches. Stem about "25 in thick at the base, and with one or more 

 sub-acute convolute sheaths. Leaves several, scattered, sessile ; the 

 lower one oblong, sub-acute, with the base broad and sheathing, 3 to 5 

 in. long; the upper three or four linear-lanceolate, diminishing in size 

 upwards. Spike 4 to 7 in. long, laxly-flowered; floral bracts entire, 

 linear-lanceolate, much longer than the slender sessile ovaries. Floivers 

 •8 or '9 in. long to the tip of the spur. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, the 

 dorsal conniving with the petals and forming a hood over the column, 

 the laterals reflexed. Petals about as long as the sepals, broadly ovate, 

 oblique, sub-acute, the bases broad. Lip fleshy, oblong, blunt, slightly 

 broader towards the base, entire, equalling the lateral sepals in length : 

 spur long, slender, twice as long as the ovary and curved forwards. 

 Column stout ; the cohering stigmas narrowly reniform and situated 

 immediately below the opening into the spur. Anther cells parallel ; 

 staminodes transversely sub-obovate, lying above the stigmas and outside 



