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XCVIII. OKUHIDACE2E 
5. Habenaria ensifolia, Lindl . ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 137, under H. 
pectinata. Glabrous. Flowering-stem 2-3 ft., sometimes more, 
robust, leafy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-6 in., conspicuously 
white-margined, pointed, base sheathing. Flowers ^-|; in. across, 
white : bracts narrow, long-pointed, ciliolate along the edges, as 
long as the flowers. Lip about 1\ in. long, 3-lobed nearly to the 
base, lobes spreading, linear, entire ; mid-lobe the shortest and 
thickest, with recurved edges forming a groove on its under side ; 
spur 1^ in., sometimes longer, green, curved, swollen towards the 
tip. Stigmatic arms long, incurved. (Fig. 165.) 
Syree ; August. — Himalaya, eastward to Khasia. 
Incorrectly associated with H. pectinata in FI. Br. Ind. 
6. Habenaria marginata, Colebr. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 150. Glabrous. 
Flowering-stem 4-8 in., bearing 2 or 3 sheathing, pointed scales. 
Leaves 3 or 4, near the base of the stem, ovate, 1^ in., margins 
yellow, base sheathing. Flowers \ in. across, crowded, yellow ; 
spike 14~2 in. ; bracts lanceolate, acute, ciliolate, slightly longer 
than the ovary. Sepals green. Petals yellow. Lip longer than the 
sepals, 3-lobed nearly to the base, lobes linear, entire, spreading ; 
side-lobes having filiform points, mid-lobe the shortest and 
broadest ; spur about as long as the ovary, swollen below the 
middle. Stigmatic arms long. 
Simla, on grassy slopes near the fifth waterfall, 5000 ft.; August. — 
W. Himalaya, 5000-7000 ft. — Throughout India. 
7. Habenaria Edgeworthii, Hook. f. in Herb. Keiv. Glabrous, 
except the sepals. Flowering-stem ft., leafy. Leaves ovate 
or oblong-lanceolate, the lower 1^-44 in., the upper gradually 
smaller, acute, nerves 5 or 7, sometimes 3, base sheathing. 
Flowers in. across, erect, yellow-green, not crowded ; spike 
3-10 in. ; bracts lanceolate, acute, the lower shorter, the upper 
longer than the ovary. Sepals green, pubescent, the margins 
minutely fringed. Petals yellow, thick, erect. Lip yellow, longer 
than the sepals, strap-shaped, undivided, broadest at the base and 
abruptly narrowed ; spur yellow-green, much longer than the 
ovary, slender, turned upwards, tip curved. Caudicles very short. 
Stigmatic arms oblong. (Fig. 166.) 
Simla, common; July, August. 
This plant is included in the FI. Br. Ind. vi. 153 under H. latilabris, 
Hook. /., but it differs from the Sikkim species described and figured under that 
name in the Annals of the Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta , vol. v. part i. 66 t. 100. 
In the Kew Herbarium there is a specimen of the Simla plant named H. Edge- 
worthii by Sir J. D. Hooker ; therefore I have adopted the name. 
8. Habenaria densa, Wall . ; FI. Br. I?id. vi. 153. Glabrous. 
Flowering-stem 1-2 ft., leafy. Leaves lanceolate, lower ones 2^ 
-4 in., the upper gradually smaller, acute, base sheathing. Flowers 
hardly J in. across, erect, rather crowded ; spike 4-10 in. ; bracts 
narrowly lanceolate, long- pointed, the lower much longer than the 
