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XCVIII. ORCHID ACEiE 
in., amplexicaul, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate or obtuse, 7-9- 
veined, mid-rib prominent beneath. Flowers very small, green, 
rather crowded, sessile ; spike slender, about 4 in. long ; bracts 
lanceolate, acuminate, equalling or exceeding the ovaries. Sepals 
erect ; dorsal concave, ovate, obtuse ; lateral obliquely ovate. 
Petals a little longer than the sepals, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse. Lip 3-cleft, fleshy, longer than the sepals, claw concave ; 
side-lobes linear, spreading, gibbous on their basal edges, mid- 
lobe broader but not longer than the lateral, straight ; spur short, 
obovate, one-fifth the length of the ovary. 
Near Simla, 9000-10,000 ft. (Lady Elizabeth Babington Smith) ; near 
Mussoorie, 8000 -9000 ft. ; Western Himalaya, 8000-10,000 ft. 
11. Habenaria galeandra, Benth. ; 
FI. Br. Ind. vi. 163. Glabrous or 
nearly so. Flowering-stem 6-10 in., 
slender, leafy. Leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, 1-2 in., sessile. Flowers | in. 
across, purple ; spike 2-4 in. ; bracts 
leaf -like, the lower much longer than 
the flowers, the upper shorter. Dor- 
sal sepal narrowly lanceolate, erect ; 
lateral about as long, falcately lanceo- 
late, acuminate and spreading. Petals 
a little shorter than the sepals, fal- 
cately lanceolate, obtuse. Lip broadly 
triangular, spreading or the sides re- 
curved, base shortly clawed, terminal 
margin notched ; spur short, conical, 
blunt. Stigma on the column below 
the anther. 
Simla, in grass, on sunny slopes, 6000 ft. ; 
August. — W. Himalaya. — Central India, 
China. 
16. HEMIPILIA. Derivation ob- 
scure. — Himalaya, Burmah. 
Hemipilia cordifolia, Lindl. ; FI. 
Br. Ind. vi. 167. Glabrous. Boot 
tuberous. Flowering-stem 6-12 in., 
erect, bearing a single leaf near its 
base. Leaf fleshy, stem-clasping, 
broadly ovate, 2-4 X 1J-2J in., acute, 
net-veined, dotted with purple, lateral 
nerves arching. Flowers J~f in. across, carmine-purple ; bracts 
lanceolate, acute, shorter than the ovary. Sepals equal, obtuse, 
lateral ones broadly sickle-shaped, spreading, upper one erect. 
Petals erect, forming a hood. Lip continuous with the column, 
Fig. 167. 
Hemipilia cordifolia. 
