Habenaria.'] cxlviii. OEoniDEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 149 



The Southern Concan, Perrottet, Jaequemont, Dalzell, and Nilghiri Hills, 

 &c. 



Very hear S. Heyneana, and perhaps only a form of it, but more slender, leaves 

 scattered linear 2-2i in., bases narrowed, bracts narrower, flowers white, lip very 

 different, spur more slender, anther apiculate, glands of the poUinia approximate and 

 even cohering oblong with recurved sides, stigmatio processes longer, adnate to the 

 claw of the lip. — Does not turn black in drying. 



+t Leaves more than three, clustered towards the middle or base of the 

 stem. 



55. H. furcifera, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 319 ; leaves elliptic, 

 spike long many-fld., bracts as long as the ovary, sepals subeqnal dorsal 

 ovate-oblong obtuse, lateral falcately oblong-lanceolate subacute, petals as 

 long oblong retuse, lip longer than the sepals trifurcate, side segments 

 filiform longer than the linear mid segment, spur longer than the ovary 

 very slender involute. H. hamigera, Oriff. in Oalc. Journ. Nat. Hisi. iv. 

 880, t. 20. H. tennicornis. Wall. mss. 



Thopioal Himalaya ; Garwhal, alt. 2-3000 ft., Sot/le, Edgemorth. Bhotan, 

 King. Assam, Walliah. Oeissa, Clarice. East Benq-al, Griffith. 



Stem 10-18 in., stout, with distant small sheaths above the leaves. Leaves 4-6 

 by lJ-2 in., acute or acuminate, base contracted, not petioled. SpiTce 5-7 in., 

 narrow; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; ovary ^ in ., curved, hardly beaked; sepals i in. 

 long, 3- nerved, lateral reflexed; petals as long, membranous, 2-nerved ; anther 

 rather small, tubes upcurved ; stigmatic processes short. Capsule i in., fusiform, 

 turgid, decurved, ribs thick, beak J as long as the body. 



56. K. affinls, WigJit Ic. t. 1707; leaves large elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate, spike elongate cylindric, bracts equalling or exceeding the 

 curved beaked ovary, sepals subequal or dorsal longest_ ovate-oblong ob- 

 tuse, petals as long linear- or oblong-lanceolate obtuse, lip longer than the 

 sepals 3-partite, side segments narrow longer than the linear obtuse mid 

 segment, spur half as long as the ovary slender incurved. 



Central India; at Singboom, Clarke. The Concan and Canara, Law, 

 Ritchie, &c. Tbatanoore ; on the Anamallay Hills, Beddome {in Serb. 

 Caloutt.) 



Stem stout, 1-2 ft.; clothed above the leaves with many erect lanceolate 

 sheaths. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2i in., hardly petioled, not margined. Spike 4-10 in., 

 rachis. stout ; bracts ^ in. ; flowers green ; ovary -J in., beak short ; sepals i in., 

 3-nerved ; lip twice as long as the sepals; anther broad, cells parallel, tubes shortly 

 upcurved,' glands of poUinia small; stigmatic processes large, clavate.— The 

 Travancore specimen has broader segments of the lip than the northern ones. 



57. K. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 1706 ; subscapigerous, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate acute, scape tall, raceme elongate slender lax-fld., bracts as long 

 or half as long as the ovary, dorsal sepal orbicular as long as the ovate 

 obtuse lateral, petals as large as the lateral obtuse, lip as long as the sepals 

 3-partite side lobes linear-oblong obtuse incurved shorter than the ovate 

 fleshy midlobe, spur slender rather longer than the slender beaked ^ovary 

 incurved tip thickened acute. 



Decoan Peninsula ; on the Ghats, from the Concan to the Nilghiris. 



Tall 1-2 ft Leaves 2-3, 6-8 by 2-4i in., sessile or subpetioled, acute or acu- 

 minate ' Scave with a leafy sheath below and slender ones above the leaves ; spike 

 10 in. and under; flowers distant, i in. diam, greenish; bracts lanceolate; nerves 

 of sepals and petals obscure; spur straight, pendulous; anther short, cells divergmg, 

 tubes short upcurved, caudicles of poUinia short, glands small ; stigmatic proces^es 

 clavate ; rostellum short, broad. 



