162 csLviii. oECHiDEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Hdbenaria. 



spur very short fusiform. Peristylus Parishii, Beicltb. f. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. XXX. 139. 



Tbnasseeim ; at Moulmein, Farisli. 



Stem below the leaves very stoat, 3-4 in., laxly sheathed, above the stem 3-6 in., 

 with 2-3 lanceolate sheaths. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., acute or acuminate. Spilce 

 4-6 in. ; biacts J-f in. with filiform tips and flowers appressed to the racbis ; ovary 

 J in. ; sepals i in. ; petals ovate-cordate, obtuse ; lip very variable in form, broad or 

 narrow, lobes short obtuse, or the middle one narrower and longer. — Turns black in 

 drying. The specimens are not good. Perhaps a form o{ goodyeroides. 



95. K. Wightii, Trimen Cat. Ceyl. PI. 91; tail, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate, spike elongate narrow dense-fld., bracts longer than 

 the ovary, flowers small, lateral sepals oblong obtuse dorsal shorter 

 orbicular or very broadly ovate, petals very broad obliquely orbicular 

 nerves branched, lip shorter than the sepals broad entire or shortly 

 3-lobed, spur small scrotiform. H. goodyeroides, Hook. Bot. Maq. t. 3397 

 (not oflAndl.). Peristylus plantagineus, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 300 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 921 ; Thwaites JSnum. 310. P. elatus, Dalz. in Mook. Journ. 

 Bot. iii. (185) 344.. 



The CoNCAN, Nimmo ; Malwan, Dalzell, &o. Tkavancoee ; at Paul Ghat, 

 Wight. Ceylon, Macrae. 



Stem 1-2 ft., rather stout, loosely sheathed below the leaves and with lanceolate 

 sheaths above them. Leaves 5-7 by 2^—8 in., acute or acuminate. Spilce 

 i-S in. ; bracts J in., lanceolate ; ovary ^^ in. ; flowers greenish white ; sepals 

 1-nerved, lateral J in., apiculate below the lip, dorsal J in. shorter ; lip contracted 

 beyond the very short broad concave base ; anther rounded, cells parallel with 

 short recurved tubes ; poUinia elavate, caudicles very short, glands small solid ; 

 stigmatic processes short ; rostellum short, acute. — Dalzell describes the petals as 

 longer than the sepals. I do not find the erect long narrow processes on each side 

 of the anther figured in Bot. Mag. — The Travancore plant figured by Wight pre- 

 cisely resembles the Concan one. 



96. H. Iiawii, Hooh. f. ; stem slender not tall, leaves few elliptic or 

 lanceolate, spike slender, flowers few or many distant very small, bracts 

 longer than the ovary, sepals obtuse, dorsal elhptic, lateral linear-oblong, 

 sepals very broad obtuse, lip as long as the sepals broadly obtusely 3-fid, 

 spur Email globose or olavate. Peristylus Lawii, Wight Ic. t. 1695 ; Dalz, 

 So Gibs. Bomb. M. 270. 



Bbhab; on Parusnath, alt. 4200 ft., Clarke. The Concan and Maisoe, 

 Lawj &c. 



Stem 6—10 in., loosely sheathed below the leaves. Leaves 3-5, membranous, 3-4 

 by 1-2 in., subpetioled, acute. Spihe narrow, strict, 2-3 in., lax-fld. ; bracts ^-j in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, membranous ; ovaiy J in., straight or curved, almost beaked ; 

 flowers J in. diam., yellow ; sepals J-i in., 1-nerved, at length spreading ; petals 

 thick ; lip broad with a concave claw ; anther-cells parallel, tubes 0, pollinia elavate, 

 caudicle 0, glands small, stigmatic processes elavate ; rostellum short, acute. — Wight's 

 figure is of a very indiflferent few-fld. specimen. 



97. K. Brandisli, Sook. f. ; very slender, leaves scattered towards 

 the middle of the stem linear- or oblong-lanceolate acute, spike very long 

 laxly many-fld., bracts nearly as long as the erect not beaked ovary, lateral 

 sepals linear obtuse, petals broader ovate-oblohg, lip clawed 3-partite, 

 segments much longer than the sepals, lateral segments capillary, midlobe 

 short, spur very short globose. 



Pegu, JBrandis (Serb. Eort. Calouft.). 



