XCVIII. ORCRIBACE^ 
501 
Lip 3-lobed. 
Side-lobes of lip fringed. 
Spur 4-5 in. Flowers 3-4 in. across, white 
Spur 1-1 1 in. Flowers 1-2 in. across. 
Petals glabrous, linear, narrower than the dorsal 
sepal, sides nearly parallel .... 
Petals pubescent, broader than the dorsal sepal, 
the outer margin rounded, projecting 
Spur 2~l in. Flowers 2 in. across .... 
Side-lobes of lip entire. 
Lip lobed nearly to the base. 
Flowers white . 
Flowers yellow ....... 
Lip lobed at the tip only. 
Leaves clustered about the middle of the stem, 
ovate, acute. Flowers white .... 
Leaves scattered, chiefly below the middle of the 
stem, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers green 
Lip undivided. 
Lip narrow, strap-like. Flowers green-yellow. 
Spur longer than the ovary ..... 
Spur shorter than the ovary ..... 
Lip broadly triangular. Flowers purple 
1. IF. Susannce. 
2. IF. pectinata. 
3. H. arietina. 
4. H. intermedia. 
5. H. ensifolia. 
6. H. marginata. 
9. IF. goodyeroides. 
10. H. Elisabethce. 
7. H. Edgeworthii. 
8. H. densa. 
11. H. galeandra. 
1. Habenaria Susannse, R. Br. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 137. Gla- 
brous. Flowering-stem 2-4 ft., robust, leafy. Leaves over- 
lapping, ovate-oblong, 2-6 in., base sheathing. Flowers 2-4, 
pure white, 3-4 in. across, nearly sessile, erect, fragrant ; bracts 
leaf-like, nearly 3 in. long. Petals linear, falcate, acute. Lip 3- 
lobed nearly to the base ; side-lobes broad, the margins cut into a 
comb-like fringe, the segments unequal and often forked ; mid- 
lobe narrowly lanceolate, entire ; spur green, slender, 4-5 in. long. 
Stigma on the front of the column. 
Simla, on pastures below 6000 ft. ; July-September. — Tropical Himalaya. — 
Deccan. — -Burmah, China, Malay Archipelago. 
This fine Orchid was formerly abundant on the spur below Bishop Cotton’s 
School ; it is now nearly extirpated near Simla, but in 1 886 it was still common 
about Khyree-ghat and Syree. 
2. Habenaria pectinata, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 137. Glabrous. 
Flowering-stem 1-2 ft., robust, leafy. Leaves narrowly sword- 
shaped, 6x1 in., 3-nerved, base sheathing. Flowers about 1 in. 
across, pale yellow-green or white, crowded ; spike 3-8 in. ; bracts 
leaf -like, the lower ones longer than the ovary, the upper about as 
long. Sepals green. Petals glabrous, narrower than the upper 
sepal, sides slightly curved, nearly parallel. Lip 3-lobed nearly 
to the base ; side-lobes fringed, comb-like, the segments variable in 
length ; mid-lobe linear, entire, rather longer than the side-lobes ; 
spur green, £ in. long, swollen at the tip. Stigmatic arms dilated 
in the upper half, curving outwards. 
Simla, common ; July-September. — Simla to Sikkim. 
The comb-segments vary so much in length that X suspect two species may 
be confused here. 
