Habenaria.'] oxlviii. OEonmEiE. (J.D.Hooker.) 135 



Fl 267. H. trinervia, Wic/ht In. t. 1701. Bonatea punduatia, Zindl. in 

 Wdll. Cat. 7063. B. benghalensis, ariff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Mist. iv. 382. 

 B. herbaoea, Wall. mss. 



Kashmie; Falconer. Assam, Simmons. Silhet, WalUch. BENaAi,, Griffith, 

 Tenasseeim, Parish. The Western Ghats, from the Ooacan southwards. 



Stem 1-2 ft., leafy. Leaves 2-5 in., very variable, acute or acuminate, rarely 

 narrowed into a petiole, from orbicular to lanceolate. Raceme 3-5 in. ; bracts large, 

 lanceolate, often almost foliaceous and exceeding the flowers ; pedicels very short ; 

 flowers ^-f in. broad, green ; segments of petals variable in length, sinus between the 

 segments narrow or rounded ; midlobe of lip shorter or longer than the side lobes ; 

 spur subolavate, sometimes inflated, with an erect ligule at the mouth ; anther-cells 

 parallel, tubes short upcurved ; glands of poUinia minute ; stigmatio processes 

 clavate j rostellum erect, triangular. Gapsule shortly pedicelled, ^ in., fusiform, 

 ribs thick. 



Var. foliosa; smaller, 6-12 in. high, leaves shorter broader imbricating, raceme 

 dense-fld., bracts shorter, segments of lip filiform. H. foliosa, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. Ser. 2. xv. 71 ; Wight Ic. t. 1700 ; Bale. ^ Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 267. H. laciniata, 

 X>alz. in SooTc. Journ. Sot. ii. (1850) 261. Platanthera marginata. Wall. Oat. 

 7038 B. Orchis mysorensis, Merh. -ffeyme.— Nilghiri Mts., alt. 6-8000 ft. Bombay, 

 at Salsette, Dalzell. — I have not seen the Salsette plant (H. laciniata) of Dalzell, 

 which he describes as having the posticous segment of the petals spirally twisted, 

 and the mid segment of the lip bronder than the others ; he refers it to R. foliosa 

 quoting Wight's plate, and adds that it is allied to S. lancifoUa, A. Rich. 



8. K. travancorica, Sook.f. ; leaves scattered ovate-oblong amplexi- 

 canl, raceme lax-fld., lateral sepals ovate acute pubescent within, petals 

 bipartite, segments narrow lower shortest, lip tripartite, segments subequal 

 filiform, spur shorter than the ovary. H. Lindleyana, Wight ic. t. 922 

 (not of Steudel). 



Teavancoee ; on the Pnlney Hills, Wight. 



Stem slender, 12—18 in. Leaves 1—2 in. Raceme 3-5 in. ; bracts as long as the 

 beaked ovary or longer; flowers J-J in. diam. ; dorsal sepal orbicular ; lip longer 

 than the sepals. — The pubescent sepals (not observed by Wight) and habit distinguish 

 this from all forms of M. digitata, of which however it may prove to be a variety. 

 The leaves and flowers are much smaller, and the ligule at the mouth of the spur 

 very short. 



9. H. Gibsoni, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; very stout, leafy, leaves 

 linear-oblong, raceme i'ew-fld., bracts equalling or exceeding the ovary, 

 flowers 1 in. diam., petals bipartite, segments narrow subequal, lip tripar- 

 tite segments linear-subulate subequal fleshy, mouth of clavate spur 

 broad without a ligule. 



The CoNCAN ; near Kyreswur and at Kandalla, Gibson. 



Siem 8-12 in. ieaw-s 4-6 in., base sheathing. Raceme short, 6-8-fld.; bracts 

 1-1^ in., membranous, broadly lanceolate, the lower exceeding the flowers ; flowers 

 white ? as in S. digitata, but twice as large; upper segment of petals broadest, fleshy, 

 and anther broad, stigmatic processes adnate to the back of the broad mouth of the 

 spur; rostellum small, triangular, exposed. — Much like a gigantic state of S. 

 digitata^ but very robust, with much longer leaves, narrower for their length, and 

 few very large flowers, and no ligule at the very broad mouth of the spur. 



10. K. dolichostachya^ Thwaites Enum. 309 ; stem leafy upwards, 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate amplexicaul, raceme lax-fld., bracts as long as the 

 flowers, lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, petals bipartite, lower seg- 

 ment short stibulate, lip tripartite, segments filiform the middle longest, 

 spur as long as the ovary slender. 



