415 



middle lobes straight, pointed, rough, shorter than the broader half- 

 lanceolate, denticulate lateral ones : ovary attenuated at both ends, 

 ventiioose in the middle, scarcely half the length of the filiform 

 long spur : flowers white, 



Pulaey mountains. Malabar. Neilgherries. 



(23) H. MODESTA. (Bah.) 



Ident. Dalz. in Hook. Joum. Bot. II. p. 262. 



Spec. Chae. Stem leafy at the base, naked above : bracts half 

 the length of the ovary : lip 3-cleft, lateral divisions linear-lanceo- 

 late, free, spreading, middle one ovate obtuse, shorter, introrse, 

 cohering with the apices of the petals and the upper sepal, and 

 concealing the column : spur filiform, a little longer than the ovary : 

 flowers greenish-white. 



Salsette, flowering in August. 



(24) H. CAEANjEifsis. (Bah.) 



Ident. Dalz. 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Lower leaves somewhat rounded, upper oblong- 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved: bracts acuminated, shorter than the ovary: 

 upper sepal rounded, petal^half- ovate, obtuse : lip 3-parted, middle 

 division oblong, rather obtuse, lateral ones shorter, cuneate, trun- 

 cated : spur clavate,' shorter than the ovary : flowers small, yellow. 



Island of Caranjah. 



(25) H. cANBiDA. (Bali.) 



Ident. Dalz. 1. c. 



Spec. Char; . Stem 1 foot, leafy : leaves sheathing at the base, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, 8 — 5-nerved, changing aboye 

 into floral bracts, which are longer than the ovary: upper sepal 

 ovate, obtuse, lateral ones oblong: petals entire, oblong, rather 

 acute : lip 3-cleft, middle one broad-lanceolate, obtuse, lateral 

 linear-falcate, all the same length : spur slender, filiform, shorter 

 than the ovary : flowers few, white. 



Southern Concan. 



(26) H. STTAVEOLENS. (Bah.) 

 Ident Dalz. 1. c. 



Spec. Chak. Stem half a foot, leafy only at the base: leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, erect, folded, half the length of the scape: scape 

 angled, 1-bracteate in the middle, few-flowered : floral bracts 

 foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sheathing, as long as the ovary: 



