380 



On some Plants, mostly undescribed, 



folia Plantaginis lanceolatae sub-cBmulantia. Spica mediocrisj 

 tenuis. Bracteae ovario semi-breviores, acutae. Flores par- 

 vi^ viridi-lutescentes. Sepalum posticum subcordatum cum 

 petalis galeam efFormantibus : lateralia oblonga, oblique 

 reflexa, marginibus demum revoluta. Petala obliquiuscula, 

 sepalo postico paullo longiora, margine inferiore ad basin 

 subauriculata. Labellum trilobum, lobis lateralibus obtusis 

 patentissimis sursum arcuatis, paullo angustioribus, centrali 

 pendulo, paullo longiore vel subaequali. Calcar arcuatum, 

 subulatum, vel filiformi-clavatum, ovario J longius. Stami- 

 na sterilia dentiformia. Antherae loculi basi vix producti. 

 Stigmatis postici crura breviuscula sub-plana; st. lateralia 

 sublinguiformia, longe projicientia et calcaris faucem obclau- 

 dentia, cum basi labelli cohaerentia. Ovarium breviter ros- 

 tratum. 



This species was first brought to me in 1841 by the gar- 

 deners of the late Dr. Carey's garden, then under the care 

 of Dr. Voigt. It has very lately been introduced into this 

 garden, though it appears to be abundant about Serampore. 

 In technical characters it appears to approach to H. viri- 

 diflora,* and H. promensis.f It is I believe one of the 

 noveltiesj to be found in the MSS. Hortus Suburbanus 

 Calcuttensis, but I do not know under what name. 



Fig. 1. Plant, natural size. 



2, A flower, front view. 



3. Column and anther, sterile stamens and base of 



labellum. 



H. hamigera, (n. sp.) foliis amplexicaulibus 5-7 in parte 

 inferiore caulis oblongo-lanceolatis sub-canaliculatis margine 

 parce repandis, sepalis lateralibus patentibus, labelli tripar- 



* Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orcbid. p. 319. 

 t Op. cit. p. 320. 



t Among these I may mention Eriocaulon setaceum, and five or six 

 other species of the same genus, one or two species of Stylidium, two 

 or three species of Naias, etc. 



