OECHIDS OP THE SIEEIM-HI MALAYA.
Soci. //.—Platyglossa.-Petals eatire. Lip 8-lobed or 3-partite, tlie
side lobes broad, the apical lobos narrow.
Sido lobes of lip ouneato or rouudod, tbe edges fimbriato or
cronate S. S Qoakiikia
Side lobes of Üie lip deeply pectinate.
Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminat«; sepals unequal, tho
lateral pair erect, with recurved apices; petals narrowlyoblong,
falcate, ciliate, not dilated at tie bsee; spur
slightly longer than tbe ovary 5. S. pcMnata.
Leaves narrowly elliptic; sepals narrowly eUiptic-oblong;
the lateral pair sub-falcate, borizontal, ciliolate; petals
mucb dilated ot the base on the outer side, tbe" inner
Burioco pubescent; spur much longer than tie ovary . H. ariaUna.
Beet. 2//.—TiuMEaoGi.ossA.—Petals entire. Lip 3-partite, tlio side-lobes
very iiaiTOW, usually filiform.
Stigmos conjoined beneath tbe orifice of tbe spur, obovoid with
a bifid apes 5. H. AHchmni.
Stigmas separated from each otber and lying at the sides of
or above the entrance to the spur.
L i p bastately 3-partite, tbe side lobes Iwr.'zontal; spur
shorter tban tbe sepals and much shorter tlxan the ovary,
olavate or fusifonu 6. E. amtata.
Segments of the lip all pointing forwards, tbo lateral
diverging, curved, longer tban tbe stouter straight middle
segment; spur veiy slender, not ckvate or bulbous,
much longer tban the ovary 7. H. furcifera.
Segments of tbe Up all pointing forwards, the lateral shorter
thou the flesuose central segment; spur balf as long as
the ovary, its apex globose or olavate S. S. mallei/era.
S e f f . IF.—IIOLOGLOSSA.—Petals entii'o. Lip narrow, entire or with minute
basal lobes.
* Stigmas conjoined, but not forming a band across tlie column.
Stamiuodes much shorter tban the anthor-oells; pollinia grooved
but not divided; flowers not secund.
Conjoined stigmas forming a small transversely elliptic body
situated between tbe polliniar glands and above the orifice
of tbe spur; lip lanoeolate, 3-nerved, quite entire . . . 0. H. slcnantha.
Conjoined stigmas forming au elliptic rotund vertically
grooved mass below the orifice of tbe spur; staminodes
obovoid, transvei-se 10. 3. Balmriana.
Conjoined stigmas forming a large globose mass above the
orifice of the spur; staminodes ovoid-globose . . . . 11. H. júncea.
Staminodes as long as the antber-cells and parallel with them;
pollinia divided to the base; stigma forming an entire ovate
area situated immediately below tbe pollmior glands . . . . 12. H. wccohiia.
"Conjoined stigmas forming a baud extending across the whole breadth
of tbe column.
Polliiüa without caudicles; sepals and petals counivent . . . IS. H. nom.tlocirulon.
HABENAEIA. 30 7
Pollinia with long caudicles; lip narrowly oblong, tapering,
acuminate.
Lip not bent near tbe apex; lateral sepals'müch convolute,
reflesed; floral bracts much longer than the flower,
recurved U. E. Sikkimoiitii.
Lip bent just below the apex; lateral sepals reflexed
but not convolute; floral bracts not much longer than
the flower, not decurved 15. H. Dyenaita.
• " S t i g m a s two, quite distinct.
Spur shorter tban the sépala and much sliorter tban the
ovary.
Lip oblong-lanceolate, dcflexed from the base, blunt,
fleshy, with two minute liorisontal sido lobes near the
base; spur compressed from 'front to back; sepals and
petals all connivent to form a hood 16. S. Bicrmanniana.
Lip linear, obtuse, straight, with a transverse callus on
the upper surface near the base, but with no side lobes;
spur laterally compressed; lateral sapals reflexed . . 17. M. densa.
Spur much longer than the sepals and also longer than the
ovary.
Pollinia sessile on a long narrow gland truncate at each end.
Leaves two, narrowly elliptic, acute; lip fleshy, oblonglaneeolate,
deflesed ; staminodes smooth, ovate,, falcate,
pointed; stigmas broadly oblong, curved, situated at the
sides of the orifice of tbo spur IS. S. lepiocaiiloit.
Leaf solit-ary, oblong-oblanceolato, blunt; lip lanceolato,
not deflexed; staminodes large, globose, rugulose;
stigmas orbicular-ovoid projecting 19. S. oligantha.
Pollinia with caudicles and smoll elliptic or elliptio-rotund
glands.
L i p tapering slightly to the apex, almost terote; petals
bluntly caudate-acuminate 20. S. laUlabns.
L i p fleshy, cylindric; petals bluntly acuminate, not
caudate 21. S. Ctimmintiaun..
[^ct. F.—Pbuisttlus.—Petals entire, sometimes broader than the lateral
sepals, and often fleshy; lip little or sometimes not at all
longer than the sepals, 3-lobed in its anterior half ; spur
shorter than tho sepals and much shorter than the ovaxy,
often wide or globular.
Stigmas conjoined into a nan-ow renilom horizontal band; spur
horizontal, cylindric E. albo-uuirginila.
J distinct.
Leaves several.
Spur fusiform, lateral sepals spreading SS. M. Parishii.
Spur ovoid, constricted at the neek; lateral sepals pointed
upwards tentaculata.
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