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CXXXVl. ORCHIDE^. 
[Habenaria. 
dull olive green with white spots or plain. Scape 6 to 12 in. tall. 
Bracts ovate-acuminate, Flowers 6 to 20, rose-pink or white, 
x in. wide. Sepals ovate. Petals ovate. Lip 1 in long, side- 
lobes very broad round, midlobe reniform or nearly orbicular retuse, 
base narrowed. Hab. Limestone rocks. Lankawi, Kwah; Terutau 
(Curtis). 
var. minor Ridl. is a smaller form with plain leaves and white 
flowers. Distrib. S. Siam. 
(4) H. Susannse By. Prodr. 312; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 137. 
H. gigantea Don. Prod. 24; Bot. Mag, t. 3374. 
A tall stout plant, 2 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-oblong, 2 to 6 in. 
long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide. Raceme 3- to 5-flowered. Flowers 3 to 4 in. 
across, white fragrant. Upper sepal broad rhomboid, laterals 
blunt quadrate-oblong. Petals linear acute. Lip side-lobes very 
broad pectinate, midlobe linear, spur twice as long as ovary, 4 in. 
long, cylindric. Hab. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Setul (Haniff). 
Distrib. India, Burmah, China, Malay Isles. 
(5) H. roseata Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 49, p. 
42. 
Stem slender, 2 ft. tall. Leaves few, distant linear-acute, 3 in. 
long, -25 to *5 in. wide. Raceme lax, about 9-flowered. Upper 
sepal ovate blunt, boat-shaped, forming a hood with the oblong 
petals, pale rose pink, laterals oblique ovate blunt, 3-ribbed, spread¬ 
ing. Lip trifid to base, lobes narrow linear, white, middle one 
longest, -5 in. long, spur slender, *75 in. long, slender geniculate 
in middle. Hab. Rare. Setul heath among bushes (Ridley). 
Distrib. Trang. 
(6) H. acuifera Wall. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 325; Hook. 
F.B.I. vi. 146. 
Rather slender plant, 6 to 15 in. tall, with scattered linear- 
lanceolate leaves, 1-5 to 275 in. long, *25 in. wide, passing into 
narrow setaceous bracts. Spike short, 1*5 in. long, bracts longer 
than ovary. Flowers yellow, *6 in. wide. Sepals oblong, upper 
one broad, laterals concave. Petals much smaller linear-oblong. 
Lip as long as sepals, side-lobes short subulate, midlobe linear, 
spur slender slightly clubbed, half as long as ovary. Hab. Tringganu, 
Ismail Rantau (Down). Jalor, Bisera t (G wynne Vaughan). 
Distrib. Khasiya, Tavoy, Indo-China, China. 
(7) H. Kingii Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 144; Ridl. Mat. i. 227. 
H. Murtoni Hook fil. l.c. 
Whole plant 1 to 2-5 ft. tall; stem rather stout, 4-angled ciliate 
on angles. Leaves crowded towards base, lanceolate or elliptic- 
lanceolate, 6 to 10 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, undulate, shining green. 
Raceme 6 in. long, lax. Flowers numerous, whitish green. Bracts 
•75 in. long. Upper sepal hooded, obovate, *25 in. long; laterals 
deflexed cultrate triangular, falcate, base narrowed. Petals linear 
blunt. Lip 8-Iobed, lobes narrow linear equal, spur arched, slender 
