I S 4: OPHEYDE^.
the ovary, slender, currod. Anther-iuhes long, flexuous; pollinia orate, obliquely attached
tn the long slender flexuous caudicles; discs small, flat. Staminodes large and prominent.
Siigmaiia processes globose. Cipsule with a long slender beak, curved, ridges
thick and promiuent. Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. TÍ, 14t; Krantzlin in Engler's Bot. Jahrb.
STÍ, 202; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 421.
Dehra Dun, Mackinnon (Duthie's No. 21765); Garhwál and Kumaon, up to 5,500
feet, Royle, Falconer, Dutliie, Mackinnon^ etc.
PLATE 135. Habenaria pubescens Lindl. A plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, a single
flower; 2, back view oí ditto; 3, front view of column, showing the base of the lip, the
stigmas, the staminodes and the glands of the pollinia; 4, pollinia;—all enlarged.
13. HABENARIA FURCIFERA Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 319.
Whole plant 2'5 to 4*5 dm. high. Stem sheathed at the base; leafy below the
middle, bracteate above. Leaves 6'ó to 11'5 cm. long, elliptic, acute or acuminate,
slightly narrowed to the sheathing base. Bracts on the upper portion of the stem
lanceolate, acuminate, diminishing in size upwards, Raceme 12-5 to 17'5 em. long,
many-but laxly-flowered. Fhvjei's about 13 mm. across from base to apex, green; fioral
iract linear-lanceolate, acuminate, about equalling the ovary. SepaU unequal, the dorsal
ovate-oblong, obtuse, concave; the lateral pair rather shorter, broadly and falcately
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, spreading. Petals as long as the dorsal sepal, and
with it forming a hood over the column, oblong, retuse. Lip longer than the sepals,
trifúrcate to the base; the lateral segments filiform, diverging, curved, longer than the
stouter blunt middle one. Spur slender, longer than the ovary, laterally compressed,
curved at the apex. Anther-cells contiguous, diverging at their bases, their tubes rather
short; pollinia falcately ovoid, their caudicles slender, slightly curved, attached to
narrowly oblong glands. Staminodes rather large and broadly oblong. Stigmaiio processes
short. Capsuk fusiform, decurved, shortly beaked and with thick ribs. Hook. f. Kl^
lir. Ind. vi, 149; Krnzl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvi, 161; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 356;
King & Pantling in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, 313, t. 410. H. hamigera Griff,
in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist, iv, 380, t. 20. M. iemiicornis Wall. MSS.
Delira Dun, I^lackimon, Dutkie Nos. 2314, 2323, 21754, Gamble No. 23178,
Siwalik range, Duthie's collector No. 24168; Jlussoorie hills 4,000 to 6,000 feet, Rogle,
EJgnvorth, Mackinnon, DuÚiie. Nos. 21754, 22992. Flowers during August. It extends
eastwards to Bengal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Upper Burma.
14. HABENARIA MAEGISATA Colebr. in Hook. Fl, Exot. t. 136.
SubscapigerouH. Tubers small, narrow, cylindric. Leaves few, subradical, sessile,
2 to 12-5 cm. long, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, margins pale yellow. Scape 1 to 15
dm. long; sheaths erect, lanceolate. Spike 5 to 15 cm. long, many-flowered; Jloral bract
nearly equalling the ovaries, with pale ciliolate margins. Flowers 1'5 cm. in diam.,
greenish-yellow. Dorsal sepal erect, broadly ovate; lateral falcately oblong-lanceolate
spreading or deflexed, 3—5-nerved. Pffals falcately oblong, erect, forming a hood with
t h e dorijal sepal, 2-nerved. Zip longer than the sepals, 3-partite; lateral segments
narrowed and with filiform points, mid-segments shorter and broader, with the margins
HABENAEIA. 185
reflexcd. Spur about as long aa the curved ovary, laterally compressed at the apex.
Antker-clcls distant; tubes funnel-shapod, short, spreading. Pollinia with short geniculate
caudicles, glands rather large, triangular, flattened. Staminodes elongated. Sligmaiio
processes long, adnate to the base of the column for two-thirds of their length. Capsule
1'4 cm., fusiform, turgid, fiurved. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 320; Dalz. & Gibs.
Bomb. Fl. 268; Griff. Notul. iii, 371; Ic. PI. Aa. t. 341; Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist,
iv, 382; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 150; Krantzlin in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 164; Orch.
Gen. and Sp. i, 360; Gollett Fl. Siml. 504. Platanthera margínala Lindl. in Wall. Cat.
7038. Habenaria promensis Wall. Cat. 7033; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 320. Orchis
mysorensis and davala Herb. Heyne.
Simla, 6,000 feet, Collctt-, Siwalik range and Dehra Dun, Duthie's collector
No. 24172; Garhwál and Kmnaon up to 11,000 feet. Falconer, Strachey &
Winto-boliom No. 38, Dutkie, Mackinnon, etc., flowering iii August. It extends westwards
to Simla, Chamba and Kashmir, and eastwards to Bengal, and groves as a weed
in the Calcutta Botanic Garden; it is also found in Burma and in Western and
Southern India.
PLATE 136. Habenaria marginata Colebr. A plant,—f/ natural size. Fig. 1, side
view of single flower; 2, front view of ditto with the sepals removed; 3, Up seen
from beluw; 4, side view of column with spur and ovary; 5, pollinia;—a
15. HABEXARIA DIPHYLLA Dalz. iu Hook. Journ. Bot. ii (1850), 262.
Tubers small, elongate or globose. Leaves radical, usually two, 2'5 to 5 cm. in
diam., orbicular, cordate, margined, rather fleshy. Scape 1 to 2'5 dm., slender, manyflowered,
the peduncle with distant sheathing lanceolate acuminate bracts; fioral Iraci,
much shorter than the slender curved ovaries. Flowers distant, spreading, white,
tingpd with green. Sepals subequal; dorsal erect, 5 mm. long, ovate, concave, acute;
lateral pair deflexed, obliquely ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved. Petals linear, white,
as long as, and forming a hood with, the dorsal sepal. Lip much longer than
the sepals, 3-partite, segments filiform, the lateral pair spreading and spirally
twisted at the tip-s, mid-segment shorter, deflexed; spur 8 mm. long, shorter
than the ovary, inflated towards its acute apex. Anther broad, its cells distant, tubes
very short; pollinia dimidiate-ovate, obliquely attached to caudicles, equal to them in
length; glands small, subglobose; staminodes large, petaloid, sub-patent, with incurved
tips, Stigmaiic processes elongate, clavate, adnate to the mouth of the spur. Rostcllum
obscure. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 268; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 151; Krnzl, in
Engl, Bot. Jahrb. xvi, lo4; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 846. B. Jerdoniana, Wight le.
1715. n. Sutleri Reichb. f. in Linnsea xxv, 229. Platanthera. canarensis Lindl. in
PI. Hohen. exsicc. No. 142. Liparis diphyllos Nimmo in Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL. 252.
Dehra Dun, MacUnnon (Duthie's No. 25411); Garliwal, Falconer. Flowers during
August. It is found also in Eastern Bengal and Chota Nagpur, and from the
Konkan to Malabar.
PLATE 137. Habenaria diphylla Dah. A plant,—o/ natziral size. Fig. 1, single
flower; 2, ditto, with sepals, petals and portion of lip removed; 3, front view of
column;—all enlarged.
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