su ONCHIDS OF THIS STEEIII-HIIIALAYA.
caudicles íong, straight, tiiquetrous, dilated at the apex and each ending below in a
minute ovate gland. St¡¡)i>ms two, elliptic-glohosc, lying close together above the
entrance to the spnr. Kriintzlin in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI, 168.
Siltkim, at elevations of about 5,000 or 6,000 foot; in flower dni-ing August and
September; King, PantKng No. 182. Kliasia Hills at 5,000 feeti Lobb, Hooker fUm
and Thomson.
The flowers are pale gi'een.
Pl^te 4 1 1 .—r t t a l U i f a m , Hook. FLL. Paris of an entire plant; of ftnlwal siss, Fig. 1, floral
bract, ovary and flower, the Btigmas (s), 2 the petals, 3 upper part and beat of ovary, column witli tlie
autlicps, the lip aud its spur, iti projile, 4 poUiuia; all enlarged.
S. HABESÍKIA STESAHTHA, Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. VI, 153.
Height of plant 13 to 24 in., with no tirbor, but the roots tl.ick and fleshv.
S tm stent and sheathed at tho base. Ja®» about three or four, the lowest nsualiy
tl.c largest, 4 to 9 in. long, oblong-lanceolate to ohlong-oblanceolate, acute or subacutc,
very little narrowed to the long sheathing base; the npper part of the stem
with narrowly lanceolate acmmnats bracts -i to -75 in, long, dinihiishin=- upwards
0 to 9 m. long, laxly-flowered. Fh.m; -65 to -8 in. across; J!aml l„ct linearlanceolate,
as long as the shortly-stalked ovary in tho lower flowers, but shorter in
tno upper. S.f^U unequal; the dorsal concave, bimdly ovate, binnt, erect; the
lateral parr smaller, ovate-effiptic, sub-acnto, reUexed, all S-nerved. Petal, lono-er than
ho dorsal sepal, hnoar, blunt, 1-nerved, erect. Lip longer than tho sepals, lanceolate,
blunt, cnüre, 3-nervod; ,fur slender, cylindric, widening a Httie towards the tin
cu.™g, longer than the rather straight slender beakless ovary. MtM-cdk conver.,in^
at the apex; tho staminodes elongate; anther-tubes none; jolUnia broadly elliptic-clavate"
faintly grooved, their- caudicles rather shoi-t; the glands very large, elongate, situated
at the sides of the entrance to tho spur and reaching to tho stigma. conjoined
mto a small tiansveisely-oblong mass situated on tho upper maroin of the
entrance to the spur,
Sikltim, at elevations from 8,000 to 12,000 feet; Hooker, Thomson, Clarke Gammie
and others; m flower from July to September; Pantling No. 233. Chumbi (in Tibetl
Lang's CoUectors. ^ ''
The sepals and petals of this are green and tho lip is yellowish. It closely
resembles H. UUabrü, but has differently shaped ercct petals and a very different
column, tho stigma being singlo and transverse. The staminodes, too, differ in shape
from those of M. latilíérK, and the gland very notably so.
Pi.iTE 4I2.-i5,S»m» Hook. fll. A plant, of Fig, 1 „pal, „„d petal,
sopa^tod, 2 ovary „ d flower, ,„, /,•„ a, ,U,, 3 Hp, 4 eolmn. .towing the ..ftor-oeH. and
staauuodes, glands of the poUini, (f ,) and stigma (.), 5 polMa; all mhrg.d.
10. HABEMEIA B,UIERU!!.I, King and Pantling in Jom-N. As. Soc. Bong
Voh LXV, Pt. 2, 132.
Height of the whole plant 9 to 18 inches. Süm about -25 in. tliick at tho
b.i80, and with one or moro sub-acute convolute sheaths, lenves several, scattered,
HABE.NAKIA. 315
sessile; the lower one oblong, sub-acutc, with the Lase broad and sheathing, 3 to 5
in. long; the upper tliree or four lincar-lanceolate, diminishing in size upwards. Spihe
4 to 7 in. long, laxly-flowered; floral Iract linear-lanceolate, much longer than the
slender sessile ovary. Flowers -8 or -9 in. long to the tip of the spur. Sepah oblongovate,
the dorsal sepal conniving with the petals and forming a hood over the column,
tho lateral pair relieved. Petals aboiit as long as the sepals, broadly ovate, oblique,
sub-acute, the bases broad. Lip flcsliy, oblong, blunt, slightly broader towards the
base, entire, equalling the lateral sepals in length; spur slender, twice as long as
the ovary and curved forward.?, cylindric. Column stout. Anther-cells close togetiier,
parallel, without tubes; pollinia elliptic, slightly olavate, without caudicles, attached
obliquely to an elongate narrow gland truucate at each end; staminodes obovate, lying
transversely below tlio anther (their broad ends directed outwards), above the conjoined
stigmas and opposite the opening into the spur. Sligmas conjoined to form a bi-lobed
broadly elliptic mass under the orifice of the spur and between the narrow ends of
the staminodes.
Sikldm, in tho Lachen Valley, at an elevation of 9,000 feet; Sin-ga-le-la Kango at
elevations of 10,000 to 12,000 feet; in flower in July; Pantling No. 401.
This species resembles JI. Icptocaulon, Hook, fil., but has a broader lip, a longer
more curved spur, and coherent stigmas. It has also larger lioral bracts and broader
leaves. We have dedicated the species to jJIr. J. G-. Baker, F.RS., Conservator of
the Herbarium of the lloyal Gardens, Kew. The colour of its flowers is green.
PLATE 413,—Eaienaria Bakcriana, King and Pautliug. A plant, of natural the. Pig. 1 bract,
ovoiy and flower, 2 apex of ovary and column, showing the antíiera, staminodes (ul, stigma (s) and tie
entrance to the spur (tf), 3 tho petals, 4 the lip, 5 section oí spnr, G poUinia; ail enlarged.
11. H-vBE^^A^VIA JUNCE.*, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc. Beng.,
Vol. LXV, Pt. 2, 132.
A slender plant about 12 in. high. Leaf solitary from near the base of the stem,
from 1-5 to 2-5 in. long and -05 in. broad, narrowly oblong, acute, tapering from
below the middle to the narrowed sheathing base, the stem above the ler.f
(pedmicle of the spike) with two distant lanceolate bracts about -75 in long. Spike 2
to 4 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers -1 in. long; the floral Iract equalling or exceeding
the slender shortly stalked and slightly beaked ovivry. Sepals ovate-lanceolate,
acuto, the dorsal broader than the lateral tilightly spreading pair. Petals nanowly
oblong, tapering to the rather blunt and slightly incurved apex. Limb of lip as long
as the sepals, ovate-lauceolato, sub-acute, quite entire; the spur shorter than the limb,
vertically compressed, slightly curved and sub-clavate. Column with its summit beaked
and over-hanging the stigma; anther-cells close together, parallel, without tubes;
staimiodes large, ovoid-globose, lying by the sides of the oriiice of the spur. Siigmas
c.onjoined into a single large sub-globose mass lying aLove the entrance to the spur.
Sikkim, Lachen and Lachoong Valleys, Gnatong aud Sin-ga-le-la j at elevations of
11,000 to ]2,000 feet; in flower in Aiigust; Pantling Ko. 406,
This is neaa- H. nematocaulon, Hook, iil.; but that species has the lip superior,
tlic ovary being twisted to the extent of one complete spii-aL It has been found
AND, EOT. BJT. GAED., C.^I.CUTTA, Y,.L. Till.