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ovate, cucuUate, acuminated, equalling the flo-wers : sepals ovate 

 obtuse, lateral ones ascending : petals smaller, Knear-lanceolate : lip 

 3-lobed, about the lengtb of the sepals, lobes obtuse, entire, lateral 

 ones smaller : spur pendulous, clavate, somewhat shorter than the 

 ovary : flowers yellow. 



Pulney mountaias, among long grass. 



(2) P. Sttsanm-js. (Lindl.) 



Idmt. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 295. 



Orchis Susannse, I/itm. Willd. Lomr.Jl. Coch. — Habenaria 



SusanuBe, R. Br. prod. Bl/ume. — 0. gigautea. Smith. — H. gigantea, 

 Don. prod. 24. 



Mngram. "Wight 1. c. t. 920.— Eumph. Amb. v. t. 99, fig. 2.— 

 Smith Exot. Bot. 100.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3374. 



Spbc. Chae. Stem leafy, about 3-flowered : leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acute, upper ones cucullate, acuminated, sepals ovate obtuse, lateral 

 ones oblique, the dorsal one rhomboid : petals lineax-acute : lip 3- 

 parted, lateral lobes trnucated, many-cleft, the middle one linear : 

 spur double its length : flowers greenish- white or white. 



Pulney mountaias. Concans and Grhauts. 



(3) P. BEACHYPHTfxiA. (Lindl. J 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 293. • 



Engrcm. Wight 1. c. t. 1694. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves 2, radical, fleshy, reniform orbicular : scape 

 clothed with acuminate scales : bracts ovate-acuminate, cucuUate, 

 as long as the flowers : sepals ovate, roundish, upper ones obtuse, 

 lateral ones acute : petals smaller, ovate : lip deeply 3-cleft, shorter 

 than the clavate spur : ovary beaked : flowers white, spur greenish. 



Hills around Jooneer. Neilgherries and other Alpine localities. 

 Mowering in June and July. 



(4) P. (?) lAJTTHA. (R. W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1692. 



Spec. Chae. Stem leafy : leaves broad, cordate-ovate, obtuse, 

 stem-clasping, diminishing in size towards the apex where they 

 resemble large bracts : flowers solitary, sessile, posterior lar^r sepal 

 and petals united, helmet-like, ovate obtuse, lateral ones falcate, 

 longer than the lanceolate acute petals : lip broad obcordate, apicu- 



