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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 J 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 l|-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. Kew. Glabrous, 
except the sepals. Flowering-stem 2J ft., leafy. Leaves ovate 
or oblong-lanceolate, the lower l|-4-| in., the upper gradually 
smaller, acute, nerves 5 or 7, sometimes 3, base sheathing. 
Flowers J— J 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. Edgeworthii 
by Sir J. D. Hooker ; therefore I have adopted the name. 
8. Habenaria densa, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 153. Glabrous. 
Flowering-stem 1-2 ft., leafy. Leaves lanceolate, lower ones 2J 
-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 
