396 



(2) P. Lawh. (R, W.) 

 dent. "Wigiit 1. c. t. 1695. 



Spec. Ghae. Stem loosely sheathed at the base, 3 — 4-leaTed in 

 the middle, above naked: leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, scape 

 exceeding the leaves, thin : sepals linear-lanceolate, obtuse, narrower 

 than the petals, Hp equalling the sepals, 3-lobed at the apex, lobes 

 all equal : spur short, bladdery. 



Belgaum. 



(3) P. GOODTEKOiDES. fZindl.) 



Idmt. Lindl. 1. c. p. 299. 



Syn. Habenaria goodyeroides, B. Bon. prod, nep.p. 25. 



Migrtm. Bot. Mag. t. 3397. 



Spec. Csab. Stem erect, round, leafy, upper leaves gradually 

 increasing in size : flowers small, white, in a densely crowded 

 spike, furnished with lanceolate bracts. 



South Concan, flowering in the rains. 



(4) P. ELATTJS. (Bah.) 

 Idmt. Dalzell in Hook. Journ. Bot. III. p. 344. 



Spec Ceae. Stem vaginate at the base, leafy ia the middle : 

 leaves few, spreading, elliptic, lower ones obtuse, stem-clasping, 

 upper longer, acute, with a callous mucro, all shorter than the 

 scape, abruptly passing off into acuminate scales : upper sepal 

 rounded, lateral oblong, hooded at the apex, with a mucro on the 

 back : petals longer, lip almost entire, rounded like the petals : 

 spur spheroidal, scrotiform : bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer 

 than llie flower : spike cyUndric, many-flowered : flowers small, 

 crowded. 



Malwan, flowering in July. 



(5) P. sPTBAjjs. (A, Rich.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1696. 



Spec. Chae. Stem slender, leafless at the base, loosely sheathing : 

 leaves 3 — 4, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, sheathing at the base: scape 

 above clothed with acuminate scales passing into bracts : spike 

 spiral, flowers small: bracts lanceolate-acuminate, as long as the 

 flowers : sepals ovate, oblong, obtuse : petals lanceolate, acute : Hp 

 saccate at the base, 3-oleft, fleshy, lobes linear-obtuse : flowers 

 greenish-white. 



Neilgherries in pastures. 



