ffamaria.] orchidejE. 361 



Column narrow at the base, dilated at the top into a 2-lobed cup. Anther 

 adnate to the hinder lobe. PoUen-masses 3, granular, connected by a gland 

 at the top. 



A genus limited to a single species. 



1. H. discolor, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 490. Ehizome at the base of 

 the stem slightly succulent and creeping. Stem pubescent, ascending to 6 or 

 8 in. Leaves 3 or 3, near the base, stalked, ovate, 1 to 2 in. long, the up- 

 per ones reduced to sheaths. Mowers white, in a loose spike of 3 or 3 in. 

 Ovaries pubescent, near ^ in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, 4 to 5 lines long. 

 Petals narrow. Labellum full 4 lines long, wavy on the edge, with a terminal 

 transversely oblong dilatation. — Goodyera discolor, Bot. Reg. t. 371. 



On rocks in ravines behind the town of Victoria, and in a ravine of the Happy Valley, 

 very rare. Champion, ; also Wright and Hcmce. Not known out of S. China. 



24. GLOSSASPIS, Spreng. 



Habit and characters of the small-flowered Habenarias, except that the ter- 

 minal glands of the caudicles of the poUen-masses are received into distinct 

 cells of the stigma. 



A genus limited to a single species. 



1. G. tentaculata, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 284 ; Boi. Reg. t. 863. 

 Tuber ovoid. Leaves 2 to 4, at or near the base of the stem, ovate-oblong 

 or lanceolate, 3 to 3 in. lon^. Stem 8 in. to 1 ft. including the slender spike. 

 Bracts about the length of the ovaiy. Elowers green. Sepals and petals 

 scarcely 2 lines long, converging over the column. Labellum deeply 3-lobed, 

 with filiform lobes ftiU f in. long. Spur very short, vesicular. — Q. antennifera, 

 Eeichb. Fil. in Linneea, xxv. 325. 



Very common in moist situations, Champion, and others. Also on the adjacent continent, 

 but not known out of S. China. 



25. HABENARIA, WiUd. 

 (Peristylus, Blume, and Platanthera Rich.). 



Sepals and petals nearly aUke, or the petals narrow, all converging over the 

 column, or the lower sepals spreading. Labellum spreading, 3-lobed or rarely 

 entire, with a short or long spur at the base. Column short, with a short 

 beak erect under the anther. Anther terminal but adnate on the face of the 

 column ; the cells parallel or diverging, and sometimes free at the tips. PoUen- 

 masses 2, granular; the caudicles terminating in glands, distant from each 

 other, and not immersed in cells of the stigma. — Khizome tuberous, but 

 annually renewed by the formation of a fresh tuber, when the previous one 

 decays. Stems also annually renewed, erect, usually leafy at the base ; the 

 leaves passing into sheathing scales. Flowers sessile in a terminal spike, with 

 a bract under each. 



A large genus, dispersed over the greater part of the world. 



Spur much shorter than the ovary. 

 Labellum narrow, 3-lobed. Flowers small, greenish. 

 Spur very small, vesicular or ovoid. 



Lateral lobes of the labellum short, linear-falcate . . . . 1. JT. lacertifera. 



Lobes of the labellum very long and iiliform 24. Glossaspis. 



Spur cylindrical, half as long as the ovary 2. H. , 



