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than the flowers, the upper as long as the ovary. Sepals green, 
lateral spreading, tips reflexed, upper one white inside. Petals 
white. Lip 3-lobed to about two-thirds of its length, green or 
yellow-green, except the narrow, white base ; side-lobes deeply 
fringed, the segments long and narrow ; mid-lobe linear, entire, 
as long as the side lobes ; spur 2^ in., pale green, curved, swollen 
towards the tip. Stigmatic arms spreading, tips recurved. (Pig. 164.) 
Simla, common on banks or grassy slopes; July, August.— Himalaya, 
Kashmir to Sikkim. 
