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GENUS LX. HABENARIA. 



Oynandvta Monandrla. Seas Systs 



Berw. From Hahma, a rein or thong, alluding to the long etrap- 

 ehaped spur. 



Gen. Chae. Perianth of the Orchis : spur elongated : column 

 free, reclinate : anther with the bases of the cells loosened, diverg- 

 ing, and adherent to the channels of the stigma : glands naked : 

 heak flat, adnate to- the anther : stigmatic processes fleshy, two, 

 prcgec^ting beyond the anther, usually adnate to the mouth of the 

 spur, various in form. 



(1) H. LlNDLBTAlfA. fR. W.j 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. t. 922. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves few, distant, roundish ovate cordate, 

 acuminated : raceme many-flowered : bracts leafy, equalling the 

 flowers : posterior sepal truncated at the apex, lateral ones ovate 

 acute: petals 2-parted, segments Hnear subulate, about equal : lip. 

 3-parted, middle segment the longest. 



Pulney mountains in pasture. 



(2) H. HJETNDAITA. (Imdl.J 



Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. S20. 



Engrao. Wight 1. c. t. 923. 



Spec. Chae. Leayes narrow oval, acute : raceme lax, secund, 

 few-flowered : bracts leafy, cucullated, somewhat ventricose, 

 acuminated, longer than the flowers : lip 3-parted, segments about 

 equal the length of the sepals, middle one narrow oval, lateral ones 

 fijiform, incurved : sepals and petals about the same length, con- 

 nivent: spur pendulous, filiform, shorter than the ovajy: flowers 

 pale yellowish green. 



Neilgherries in pasture. 



(3) H. fiAarFLOEA. (A. Mich.J 



Ident. Kichard Ann. des Sc. xv. p. 70. 



Engrm. Wight 1. e. t, 924. 



Spec. Chae. leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, plicate, occupying 

 the lower part of the stem : stem 1 — 2-flowered : flowers long- 

 peduncled, bracteate : bracts convolute, oval, acute, usually shorter 

 than the" peduncle : petals oval-oblong, acuminate, with a longer 

 linear appendage : Hp 3-parted, lateral segments the longest, linear- 

 subulate, somewhat spreading : spur longer than the ovary, processes 

 of the stigma long, obtuse. 



Neilgherries, on clifts near Kaity Waterfall. 



