Habenaria.] cxlviii. OEOHiDBa. (J. D. Hooker.) 139 



SiTBTBOPiCAL HiMAiATA ; from Nepal eastwards. Khasia and Nasa Hills, 

 alt. 2-5000 ft. BuEMA, Wallich. 



;Ste»» 1-2 ft., stout. Leaves 2-6 in., sessile, oblong-lanceolate. 8'pilce 4-20-fld. ; 

 bracts as long as the ovary ; flowers |-1 in. long, white ; lateral sepals \ in. j lip often 

 J in. broad ; spur snbclavate below the knee ; anther-cells broad, divaricate, tubes elon- 

 gate, upcurved, glands of poUinia small ; stigmatic processes, clavate, incurved, mar- 

 gining the mouth of the spur ; rostellum low, broad. Capsule 1 in., shortly pedicelled, 

 beaked, deeply grooved and thickly ribbed. 



21. H. Rlchardiana, TTJjr/iii Jc. 1. 1713; stem rather slender sheathed 

 ahove, leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike few- and lax-fld., sepals ovate 

 acuminate glabrous, petals gibbously triangular subacute, lip cuneate 

 strongly nerved, side lobes narrow deeply toothed, spur stout twice as long 

 as the beaked ovary. 



NiLGHiRi and Teatancoee Hills, alt. 6-8000 ft., Wight, &c. 



Stem 6-8 in. Leaves often snbradical, 4—6 in., cauline much smaller, or reduced 

 to sheaths. Spike 8-10-fld. ; bracts large, lanceolate, shorter than the curved 

 ovaries, which are f in. long; flowers obscurely pubernlous, about f in. diam.; dorsal 

 sepal smaller than the 5-nerved lateral ; side lobes of lip recurved, acuminate, longer 

 or shorter than the linear 3-nerved midlobe, spur 1-J in., slightly thickened down- 

 wards ; antber-cells distant, tubes short upcurved, glands of pollinia cupular; stig- 

 matic processes large, clavate ; rostellum triangular. 



22. K. cephalotes, Lindl. Gen. |" 8p. Orcliid. 322; stem short 

 stout closely sheathed above, leaves short broad, spike dense-fld., lateral 

 sepals obliquely ovate and shorter broad gibbous petals and lip scurfily 

 pubescent within, lip cuneately obovate, side lobes fimbriate, spur shorter 

 than the beaked ovary. Wight Ic. t. 1711. 



NiL&HiEi and Teavancoee Hills, alt. 7-8000 ft., Wight. 



Habit and foliage of H. Richardiana, but stouter, stem more densely sheathed, 

 and flowers smaller, crowded in a cylindrio or oblong spike ; dorsal sepal very broad, 

 obtuse ; petals in Wight's figure with a deep sinus on the lower margin ; midlobe of 

 lip rather longer than the side lobes ; anther-cells broad, nearly parallel, tubes rather 

 lono- upcurved, glands of pollinia minute ; stigmatic processes long clavate ; rostellum, 

 short broad. 



23. II . polyodon, MooTc. f. ; stem short stont sheathed above, leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, spike many-fld., bracts sheathing aa long as the ovary, 

 sepals obtuse glabrous, petals triangular-ovate obtuse, lip broadly obcor- 

 date, side lobes erose or pectiuately fimbriate, spur very stout exceeding 

 the stout curved ovary. H. timbriata, Wight Ic. t. 1712. 



NiLGHiEJ Hills, Wight, We- 

 stern 8-10 in., leafy to the top; tubers large. Leaees 2-3 in., sheathing, upper 



cymbiform. Spilce 3-4 in., lax- or dense-fld. ; flowers f in. diam. ; bracts cymbiform ; 



sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, dorsal smallest; petals smaller, triangular, fleshy; 



midlobe of lip short, oblong, spur clavate; anther broad, cells subparallel, tubes short 



ascendmg, pollinia longer than their caudicles, gland minute ; stigmatic processes very 



large, short, stout ; rostellum very short, broad. 



24. K. long-ioornu, £i«£^L in Wall. Cat. 7027; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 

 322 (longicornis) ; leaves subradical linear-oblong or lanceolate acuminate, 

 spike lax-fld., bracts shorter than the ovary, lateral sepal8_ ovate acute 

 glabrous, petals lanceolate or linear-oblong, lip tripartite, side lobes re- 

 curved cuneate fimbriate or crenate, spur stout twice aa long as_ the very 

 loDg-beaked ovary. H. montana, A. Rich, in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ser. ii. xv. 73; 

 Wight Ic. t. 925 and t. 1714, centre figure and lower right-hand flower. 

 Orchis longicoruu, Serb. Seyne. 



