3, EpiPAcns GISANTEA Dougl. ill Hook. Fl. Bov. Amer ii 202 t 202
stem 3 to 6 dm., clothed at the base with bro-ad loose sheaths. Lemie, \ to 1-5 cm
long, oTOte-lancaokte to linear-lanceolate, the mai-gins and nerves beneath scabrot.s'
Raceme, 1 to 2 dm. long, the rachis pedicels and oyaries pubornlons. flower, droopin,.
distant, pedicelled, cm. in diam.; imrfe longer than the flower.,, lanceolate, acnminat"
t h e lower ones large and leaf-lite. Sep.als and petals about 3 cm. long, connivent
Sepak groen Temed with r e d ; dorsal sepals erect, broadly ovate; the lateral pair ovatelanceolate,
subacnte. Petah rather shorter, obhqnely ovato, obtuse, often veined with
red. Lip longer than the sepals; iypoehik large, saccate, mnoh broader- than tie ovate
or ovate-lanceolate epiohile. Column stout with two bluish lateral horns below the
chnandnum, Capale 2-3 cm. long, obovata-oblong. S. Watson Bot. King's Exped 341-
Bot. Oalif. ii, 137; Coulter Bot. E o c t y l i t . Flora 843; Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Amer Bot'
lii, 304; l i n d l . in Benth. PI. Hartweg. 53; Bot. Mag. PI. 7690; Eolfo in Jonrn. Linn.
Sec. sxxvi, 49. B. amerieam Lindl. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iv, 38Ó; Gen. and Sp Orch 462
E. Stiyham Lindl. in Koyle 111. 368; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 461 ; in Jouin Linn'
Soc.i, 174; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 126; Collett Fl. Siml. 499. Cephálmthem EoyUrn,
Kegel rn Act. Hort. Petrop. vi, 490; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 85.
Kagán Valley in Hazara between 8,000 and 12,000 feet, Dnthii, eoUeetor ; Baltistan
at 8,000 to 9,000 feet, T. Thomson, DutUe No. 12075; plentiful also in Kashmir and
eastwards to Kumaon at elevations between 7,000 and 11,000 feet. Flowers durin.^
July. It extends eastwards to Nepal and S i k i m , and beyond the N.-W. Frontier it i°s
found in Wa^ih-istan, and in the neighbourhood of Gilgit and Samarkand. It occurs also
in China and in N. and Cent. America.
S P I E A H T H E S .
T R I B E v.-GOODYEREiE.
Anther posticous, vertical but inverted; pollinia two, or four in two pairs, attached to
a single gland either by one or by two caudicles, or without a caudicle ; pollen granular
or sectile.
Stigma single, antioous ; pollinia 2, or 4 in two pairs
Spike spirally twisted, lip not eaoeate, pollinia 4 . . 36. Sjiii'antliss.
Spike not twisted, lip saccate, pollinia 2 37. tìBudaera.
Stigmas 2, distant, lateral polUnia 2, bipartite (4 in
Anacioehilws Roxlurghii)
Lip Baccate or eymbiform at the base 38. Zewiiie.
Lip sparred, its apex deeply 2-lobed 39. AmIoMlm.
86. Spiranthes Hichard.
Terrestrial herbs with tuberous or fibrous roots. Stm leafy. Leaves {in the Indian
species) Knoar. Mmere small, secund, in a spiral spike. Sepal, subequal, free or sometimes
cohenng with the petals to form an erect hood, the lateral pair gibbous at the
base. Zip erect, entire or 3-lobed, tbe base concave, but neither saccate nor spurred,
the disk bearing lamellaj or calh. Oobmn short, terete. Stignu, single, broad, anticous;
rostelbm erect, obtuse or elongate and bifid. Anther erect, 2-celled; follim 4, united in
pairs, sessile on a small gland. Species about 80, in temperate and tropical regions.
Roots fibrous, leaves !
and caalinc
Boots tuberous, leaves ovate all ladic
'. australis.
aiitumnaUs,
1. SHEANTHES ADSTBALIS Lindi, in Bot. lb. t. 823.
Whole plant 1-5 to 4-5 dm. high. Booi-JOre, thick and fleshy. Stem stout or
slender. Zeaves alternate, clustered near the base of the stem, 3-5 to 10 cm long
shortly sheathing, linear or oblanceolate, acute or aonmhiate. PedmcU with a few
distant very acuminate bracts. Spite 7'5 to Io cm. long, raohis glandular-pubescent
Flower, very small, crowded, secund, arranged in a spiral, white or pink; floral hrmi
ovate, longer than the sessile ovary; perianth 3 to 5 mm. long. SepaU subequal ovateoblong,
with broad bases and acute reflesed tips. Petal, smaller than the sepals'linear
obtuse, their apices reflexed. Up oblong, crisped, its base saccate and biglandular, the
apex s.b-qiiadrate, truncate, eroso. Column short. Bottellum pointed, 'stiyma, broad
Caps,de about 12 mm. long, fusiform, ridged, pubescent. Lindl. Qon. and Sp. Orch 464-
in Journ. Linn. Soc. i, 178; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 270; A. Rich, in Ann Sc'
Nat., Sor. 2, XV, 78; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 102; King & Pantling in Ann. K
Bot. Gard. Cale, viii, 278 t. 369; Collett Fl. Siml. 495; Eolfe in Journ Linn Soc
xxxvi, 41. S. Ikmosa and purvifora Lindl. in Bot. Eog. under t. 823. S. ama,na
Bunge Enum. PI. China 63. & ,mo!-Zelandia, Hook. i. Fl. New Zeal. 243 Neottie,
australi, E. Br. Prod. 319 ; Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 27. ii. cri,fata Bhimo Bijdr. 406
ANN. HOY. BOT. GAUD., CALO., VOI. I X .