410 



(4) H. L0N9ICA10ABATA. (A. Eich.) 



Ident. Eich. 1. c. 



Engram. Wight 1. c. t. 925. 



Spec. Chae. Eadical leaves numerous, oblong-eUiptic, acute : 

 upper leafless part of the stem clothed with the sheaths of numerous 

 depauperated leaves : flowers 1 — 2, large, long pedtmeled : bracteas 

 convolute, oval acuminated, length of the peduncle : sepals diverg- 

 ing, petals erect, lanceolate: lip trifld, middle segment lanceolate 

 narrow : lateral ones broad, truncate crenate : spur very long, two 

 or three times the length of the ovary and peduncle. 



Pulney mountains. Neilgherries (rare). 



(5) H. CEiKiFEai. fldndl.J 



Ideni. Lindl. 1. c. p. 323. 



Migram. "Wight 1. c. t. 926. 



Skec. Chae. . Badical leaves oblong lanceolate, spike many- 

 flowered : bracteas acuminate, about one-third the length of the 

 ovaries : lip 4 times longer than the sepals, unguiculate at the base, 

 limb 4-parted, lobes much acuminated, upper sepal and petals 

 galeate : spur curved, compressed, clavate, longer than the Hp. 



Locality not given. 



(6) H. MONTANA. fA. Rich. J 



Ident. Rich. 1. c. p,. 73. 



Engrm. Wight 1. c. t. 927. 



Spec. Chae. Stem erect, scaly at the base : leaves sheathing, 

 ablong lanceolate, acute, sub-plicate, 4 — 5, perfect, approximate, 

 the rest passing into long lanceolate very acute sheathing scales : 

 racemes few, 4 — 5-flowered, lax : bracteas oblong- lineai-, very 

 acute, shorter than the very long ovary : sepals glabrous : lip three 

 cleft, middle lobe lanceolate acute, lateral ones broader, truncated, 

 irregularly cut on the margins, stigmatic processes obtuse, short : 

 spur longer than the ovary. 



Pulney mountains. Kaity waterfall. Neilgherries. 



(7) H. EOTtrHDiroiiA. fldndl.J 



Ident Lindl. 1. c. p. 306.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 267. 



Spec. Chae. Leaf solitary, radical, cordate, sub-rotund : raceme 

 3 — 5-flowered : petals 2-cleft, anterior segment subulate : Kp 

 3-partite, divisions nearly equal, middle one broader : flowers 

 white. 



Between Eam Ghaut and Belgaum. Sewnere fort. Flowering 

 in July and August. 



