412 



Spec. Chab. Leares oblong-acuminate, . channelled : raceme 

 oUong, densely many-flowered: bracts, hooded, acuminate, longer 

 than the ovary : Hp 3-lobed, pubescent, middle lobe linear-acute, 

 lateral ones roundish, flmbriate-oiliate : upper sepals and petals 

 converging, galeate, pubescent, anterior sepals sub -triangular, 

 tomentose within; twice as large : spur pendulous, clavate at the 

 apex, longer than the Hp : flowers white. 



NeUgherries, in pastures, flowering in August and September. 



(13) H. PiAWTAGnrEA. fZindl.J 

 Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 323. 



S^n. Orchis platyphyUos, Eoxb. 



Engrm. Wight 1. c. t. 1710. 



Spec. Chab. Eadical leaves oblong, acute or obtuse : spike lax, 

 seeund: bracts membranaceous, acute: lip 3-cleft, roundish, middle 

 lobe linear, acute, lateral ones broad,' denticulate, about equal : 

 sepals about, equal, ascending: spur filiform, pendulous, longer than 

 the beaked ovary : flowers white, spur green. 



Hills between TinneveHy and Travancore. lyamtdlay hiUs. 

 Monghyr. Bombay. 



(14) H. ptATTPHTLiA. fSpreng.J 

 Bent. Spreng. Syst. III. 690. 



8yn. Orchis plantaginea, Roxh. — 0. platyphyUos, WilM. — 0. 

 Boxburghii, P&rs. 8yn. II. 503. 



• Mgrav. Eoxb. Cor. 1. 1. 37.— Wight 1. c. t. 1709. 



Spec. Chab. Badical leaves orbicular, acute, horizontal: spike 

 dense, many-flowered : bracts bristly-acuminated, half the length of 

 the ovary: lip 3-toothed, middle tooth linear-acute, lateral ones 

 short, toothless : sepals equal : spur filiform, very long, thickened 

 at the point : flowers white. 



Neilgherries. lyamuUays. Circars. Flowering from July to 

 September. 



(15) H. COMMEIHTIPOLIA. fWoU.J 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c, p. 325. 



Syn.. Orchis commeUnifolia, Eoxb. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, flat : spike loose, many- 

 flowered: bracts ' leafy, acuminated, ciliated, nearly equal to the 

 long-beaked ovary : li^ 3-cleft, lateral segments bristly divaricate, 

 middle one Unear-acuminate, longer : petals oblong, and with upper 



