500 
XCVIII. OBCHIDACEiE 
the base of the column, longer than the sepals, linear, base 
minutely concave, tip divided into 3 pointed lobes, the side ones 
much the longer, curved ; spur none. Column very short, bearing 
2 ear-like processes. Anther adnate to the face of the column ; 
pollinia 2, caudicles attached to 2 globose, viscid glands which in 
young flowers are concealed in a minute pouch. (Fig. 163.) 
Simla, common in grass; August. — Himalaya to Khasia. — Tenasserim, 
China, Japan. 
15. HABENARIA. Derived from the Latin habena, a thong 
or rein, referring to the linear, projecting, stigmatic arms of most 
species. — Temperate and tropical regions. 
Loot tuberous. Flowering-stem erect, usually leafy. Sepals 
and petals nearly equal ; the upper sepal concave, erect, the lateral 
ones flat and usually spreading or reflexed ; petals erect. Lip 
continuous with the base of the column, 3-lobed or undivided, 
spurred at the base. Anther adnate to the short column, 
cells usually diverging and produced into tubes ; pollinia 2, cau- 
dicles thread-like, attached to 2 small, globose, naked, viscid 
glands. Stigma in H. Susannce and H. gcdeandra on the column 
below the anther, in the other species consisting of 2 projecting 
arms. 
