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erect, OTate-oblong, the lateral pair falcately obloag, spreading. P d a h linear-lanceolate,
adpressed to and forming a hood with the dorsal sepal. Lip flabelliform, clawed, twice
as long na the lateral sepals, puberulous; side lobea semi-ovate, entire or toothed,
often overlapping at their apices; midlob© a little shorter, linear-oblong, deflexed;
spur equalling the OTary, slender. Anther broad, cells divergent; tubes short, upcurved;
folUnia globose to ellipsoid; caudicles curved, lineai--ciineate, glands falcately ovateacuminate,
combined when youag. Stigmatio processes large, fleshy, oblong; rosiellum
triangular, broad. Staminodes prominent. Capsule fusiform, curved, its beak short aod
slender. Wight Ic. 1710; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, U 1 ; Krnzl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb.
xvi, 197; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 413. Gymnadenia platyphylla Lindl. Wall. Cat.
7053. Orchis phiyphjllos Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 609. 0. tenuis Herb. Rottl.
Dehra Dun, Falconer (Kew Distrib. No. 1032), Duthie Nos. 7654, 24174, Mackimon's
collector (Duthie's No. 25417); below Mussoorie, DuiU'')s colhctor No. 23002; Biusar in
Kumaon at 7,500 feet, Strachey & Winkrbottom No. 36; below Naini Tal, Colonel
Davidson, C. W. Eope. Flowers during September and October. It extends eastwards
to Sikkim and Chota Nagpur and southwards to Central and S. India and Ceylon.
PLATE 132. Habenaria plantaginea Lindl. A plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, single
flower; 2, ditto, with the sepals removed; 3, column ovary and spur; 4, front view of
column; 5, pjllinia; 6, ditto, taken from a bud and showing the connate glands;—crZZ
enlarged.
10. HABENAEIA. TRIPLORA Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 25.
Stem 4-5 dm. high, leafy throughout, rather stout, terete, sheaths at the base
loose-fitting. Leaves 2'5 to 7-5 cm. long, "ovate-lanceolate, acute, the upper narrower and
acuminate. Floral hracts leaflike, embraciag the ovaries of the large erect flowers,
keeled on the back, membranous. Flotvers 1 to 3, shortly pedicelled, white. Sepals
about 2 om. long, suberect with recurved apices, strongly veined; dorsal ovate,
rounded; lateral pair falcately lanceolate. Petals very small, linear-subulate, l-nerved.
Lip flabelHform, about 3 cm. long. 3-partite to about the middle, gibbous at the
b a s e ; side lobes semi-oblong or hatchet-shaped, the margins creaulate; midlobe a little
shorter, linear; spur slender, straight, as long as the ovary, flattened near the tip.
Anther very broad, quadi-ate, truncate, cells marginal; tubes short, froe; pollinia
semi-ovate; caudicles a little longer, curved, dilated above, glands minute. Staminodes
triangular, spreading. Sttgmas inconspicuous. Rostellum broad. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi,
142. Platanth^ra Candida Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7035; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 295; Krnzl.
Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 610.
Jaunsar, in the Tonse and Mautar Valleys, 4,000 to 5,000 feet, Osmaston (Duthie's
No. 23102); near Tehri in Garhwal, MackinnorCs collector (Duthie's No. 25419); Kumaon
near Loha-thal 5,000 feet, Strachey & Winterbottom No. 44; :
Askot in J K . Kumaon
4.000 to 5,000 feet, Duthie No. 5995. Flowers in August.
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Nepal and Lower Bengal.
PLATE 133. Habenaria tiiflora Don. A —of natural size. Fig. I, single flower;
2 ditto, with sepals removed; 3, l i p ; 4, front view of column, with petals attached; o,
pollinia;—aZi enlarged.
11. HABENARU COMMELINIFOLIA Wall, in Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 325.
Whole plant 6 to 9 dm. high. Tubers ellipsoid or cylindrical, Lower portion of
stem bearing a few loose slieaths. Leaves scattered, 8 to 15 cm. long and 2 to 3 cm.
in breadth, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sub-coriaceous, acute and often sub-spinescent
at the apex, margins white. Bracts between the leaves and the spike linear-lanceolate,
acuminate, ciliolate. Spike 1 to 2 dm, long, many- and laxly-flowered; floral bracts
erect, nearly equalling in length the long beaked ovary, scaberulous on both surfaces and
ciliolate along the edges. Flowers 1'4 to 2 cm. in diam., white, inodorous. Sepals
scaberulous; dorsal small, saccate, with a short recurved beak; lateral pair much shorter,
hatchet-shaped, beaked, with the veins deeply looped or arched. Petals unequally oblong,
smaller than the lateral sepals. Lip divided into three long slender filiform segments,
2-5 cm. from its base to the tip of the mid-segment; lateral segments 3 cm. long, curved
downwards; mid-segment channelled, longer than the lateral pair, spreading, scaberulous;
spur 6 to 7 cm. long, slender and curved downwards; its upper portion faniiel-shaped
and nearly white, the apex clavate and green. Anther-cells elongate, distant, diverging at
the base; the tubes long and straight; pollinia small, oval; caudicles very long, dilated
upwards, trausluccnt, glands minute. Staminodes seated on the long arms of the column
and curving round in front of the anther-tubes. Sligmatic processes large, clavate,
incurved; rostellum triangular. Ovary including the long slender beak 3 cm. long. Griff.
Notul. iii, 372; Ic. PI. As. t. 339; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 143; Krnzl. in Engl. Bot.
Jahrb. xvi, 137; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i. 322. Plalanthcta commelinifolia Lindl. iu Wall.
Cat. 7037. Orchis commelimfolia Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 451; Grab. Oat. Bomb. PI. 201.
0. stylosanthes Herb. Ham.
Kangra Valley, Edgmorth; near Simla, 6,000 feet, Collett; Siwalik range, Duthie's
collector No. 24166; Dehra Dun in open grassy spots, Duthie No. 2067 (1881,) Mackinnon
(Duthie's No. 21751); Gaihwal 3,000 to 5,000 feet, Falconer, Duthie No. 521; Kumaon,
Wallich, Royle, Strachey & Winterhotiom No. 43; Kali Valley, Dathie's collector No.
24054. Flowers during August and September. It extends eastwards to Parasnath and
Upper Burma, and southwards to Central and S. India.
PLATE 134. Habeaaiia commelinifolia Wall. A plant (upper and lower portions),—«)/
natural size. Fig. 1, side view of single flower; 2, ditto with the lateral sepals, the
petals and lip removed; 3, front view of column; 4, pollinia;—«// enlarged.
12. HABENARIA PUBESCENS Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch, 322.
Tubers elongate, stout, often divided, with a f ew thick and fleshy fibres from their
bases. Stem about 4 dm. long, clothed at the base with two or three tight-fitting
sheaths, pubescent. Leaves crowded towards the base of the stem, about 1 dm. long and
4 cm. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, tapering to their bases, 7 to 9-nerved, nerves not
prominent; margins undulate, ciliolate. Raceme with a f ew empty leaf-like bracts at its
base, 1'3 dm. long, many-flowered, lax, pubescent; floral bracts shorter than the longbeaked
ovary, ovate, acuminate, ciKoIate. Flowers small. Dorsal sepal 3-ner?ed, erect,
broadly ovate, a little shorter than the dimidiate ovate obtuse reflexed lateral ones.
Petals narrowly falcate, longer than the dorsal sepal, and forming an arch with it. Lip
3-partite, longer than the sepals; segments linear, the lateral ones with filiform tips; the
midlobe about as long as the lateral ones, blunt, keeled beneath. Spur about as long aa