Habenaria, oxlyiii. oechideje, (J. D. Hooker.) 147 



Platanthera acuifera, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7045. P. rostrata, Lindl. in 

 Wall. Cat. 7051 B. 



Khasia Hilis, alt. 4-5000 ft., common. Naga Hills, Frain. Tavot, 

 Wallich. — DisiBiB. China. 



Stem 10-18 in., flexuous. ieanes 2— 4 by ^— J in., erect, base sheathing, upper and 

 linear lanceolate ciliolate bracts very finely acuminate ; ovary i— | in., rugose, beaked 

 for half its length ; flowers golden, f in. diam. ; dorsal sepal strongly 3- lateral 5- 

 nerved ; petals 1 -nerved; margins of midlobe of lip revolute, spur slightly clavate ; 

 anther large, apiculate, tubes long erect, caudicles of pollinia long very slender, glands 

 minute ; stigmatie processes clavate, incurved. — Liudley errs in describing the leaves 

 as all radical, and in giving Ceylon as a habitat. 



48. K. chlorina, Reiclih. f. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxx. 140 ; habit 

 and character of S. acuifera, but rather stouter, leaves broader, spike 

 longer, sepals and petals S-nerved, side lobes of lip large and spur incurved 

 below the middle with a large clavate ellipsoid tip. 



Tenasserim; at Moulmein, Zobb, Pariah. Shan States, alt. 4400 ft., 

 ColleU. 



Zea/ves ^-| in. broad. Spike 2-3 in. long j flowers at first yellow-green, then 

 spotted with brown, at last brown. — Probably a form of H. acuifera, but besides the 

 above difference the flowers are smaller. 



** Tubes of anther-cells short. 



t Stem leafy upwards. 



§ Bracts lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers not or hardly secund. 



49. K. elliptiea, Wight Ic. t. 1706 ; leaves all linear-oblong or 

 lanceolate acuminate narrowly margined, spike many-fld., bracts longer 

 than or equalling the ovaries, dorsal sepal shorter than the broadly oblong 

 obtuse lateral, petals triangular-ovate ciUolate, lip as long as the_ sepals 

 trifid beyond the middle lobes .oblong obtuse, spur stout equalling the 

 shortly beaked incurved ovary. 



Ikavanooee; on the Pulney Mts., Wight. 



Stem. 12-18 in., rather stout. Leaves 2-3 by \-% iu., upper short sheathing, 

 erect or incurved. Spike 2-4 in., cylindric ; bracts finely acuminate ; flowers 

 greenish-white, about 5 in. diam. ; perianth thick subpuberulous ; sepals 3-nerved, 

 dorsal ciliolate almost orbicular, lateral ovate-oblong ; petals ^ shorter, fleshy ; lobes 

 of lip parallel ; anther broad, cells distant divaricate, tubes short; pollinia longer 

 than their stout caudicles, glands small ; stigmatie processes large, clavate ; rosteUum 

 broad, triangular. 



50 K. fusifera, Eook. f. ; leaves oblong acute narrowly margined, 

 spike many-fld., bracts longer than the ovary, dorsal sepal suborbicular 

 nearly as long as but broader than the oblong obtuse lateral, petals larger 

 than the sepals triangular-ovate, lip larger than the sepals 3-partite to the 

 base side segments filiform longer than the Imear mid segment, spur 

 shorter than the curved ovary fusiform with a short narrow neck. 



Teavancobb ; on the Annamallay Hills, Beddome {in Herh. Calcutt). 



Habit of S eUiptica, but very diff'erent in the shorter not beaked ovary, larger 

 dorsal sepal, and petals, S-partite lip, and spur; flowers yellow; anther broad, 

 cells jdivaricate, tubes short; pollinia clavate, caudicles short, glands small; stigmatie 

 processes clavate, incurved, adnate to the mouth of the spur.— I have seen only one 

 specimen. 



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