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ovary, the upper equal to it. Sepals green, thick. Petals yellow- 
green, fleshy. Lip green, slightly longer than the sepals, undivided, 
linear, thick ; spur green, turned downwards, much shorter than 
the ovary, lower half dilated, tip rounded. Caudicles very short. 
Stigmatic arms large, oblong. 
Simla, common ; August, September.— Himalaya, eastward to Sikkim. 
9. Habenaria goodyeroides, Don ; Fl.Br. Ind. vi. 161. Glabrous. 
Flowering-stem 1-2 ft., robust. Leaves about 4, placed close 
together near the middle of the stem, ovate, 3| x 3 in. or larger, 
base sheathing ; below the leaves are a few scales, above them 
sessile bracts. Flowers ^ in. across, yellow-green, crowded ; spike 
6-10 in. ; bracts lanceolate, as long as the ovary. Lip broad, 
recurved, longer than the sepals, tip 3-lobed, mid-lobe the broad- 
est ; spur small, bag-like, narro’wed at the mouth. Stigmatic arms 
short, oblong. 
Simla, 6000 ft. ; August. — Himalaya. — Throughout India and Malaya. 
10. Habenaria Elisabethae, Dutliie , n. sp. Tubers ovoid, If in. 
long. Flowering-stem sulcate, glabrous. Leaves 2|-4 in. by J-J 
