OPHliYDEJE.
16. Ha b e s a e u Aitchisoki Reichb. f. iu Trans. Liun. SOC. Ser. 2, Eot. in,
Tillers about 9 cm. long, rather narrow, often divided at the ends. Leaves two,
near the base of the tali scapc, subopposito, 4—6 cm. long and about as wide, suborbicular,
with cordate sheathing bases, cuspidate at the apex, not margined, tinck,
darlt green above and with pale-coloured blotches, uniformly paler beneath. Sfilce 0—S
cm. long ; IracU of peduncle small, lanceolate, acuminate; iraets shorter than the
ovary, Tanceolate, acuminate. Jlmurs crowdod, subsecunJ, erect, 8 mm. in diam., yellowish"
reen. Sefah and petaU about equal in length; dorsal sepal erect, concave,
ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved; the lateral ones rcfleied, obliquely lanceolatc, acute. Petals
erect falcately ovate-lanceolate, 1-nerved, anrioled at the base in front. Lip a
little longer than the sepals, 3-partite above the base ; segments filiform, the two
lateral ones spreading and rccurved, narrower than the dodeied mid-segment. Spur
variable in length, but always much shorter than the ovary. Aiitlier broad, cells
nearly parallel; tules very short, incurved. FolUnia obovate, oaudides very short,
«lands small. Siigmatie processes thick and prominent. Jloslellmt minute. Oiiarii fusiform
curved. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 152; Boiss. Fl. Or. Supph 370; Kriintzlm
in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. xvi, 154; Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 346. B. iraeliffliilla Aitch.
& Hemsh in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii, 118 (not of KrSntzlin).
Mussoorie range, between 6,000 and 7,000 feet, llaeHnnon [Duthie's Nos. 31752
and 22991 ( i ) ] ; Nag Tiba in Qarhwfl, 9 to 10,000 feet, DuthUs edkctor So. 22991 (<i);
Kumaon 9 to 10,000 feet, DutMe-, flowering during July and August. This species
eitends westwards to Murree, Kashmir, the Kurram Valley, Afghanistan and Waziris.
tan.
Var. JosepM Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 152. Mnch smaller than 'the type.
Leaves 2-5 to 3-5 cm. long, not cuspidate at the ape., Spike fcw-flowered. Flowers
greenish. King & Pantling in Ann. E. Bot. Gaxd. Oalc. viii, 311, t. 408.
M. AsefU, Eeiohb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ic. 114.
Northern Kumaon in the Kali Valley 9 to 11,000 feet, D«tlde Nos. 3419, 6002,
flowering during July and August. Found also in W. Nepal in the Nampa Gadh up
to 12,000 feet Dutlm No. 6002(«), extending eastwards to Sikkim up to elevations
between 12 and 14,000 feet.
P l a t e 138. Habenatia Aitchisoni iJcidi. / . A p l a n t , - » / mtural site. Fig. 1, front
view of flower; 2, side view of ditto; 3, column, showmg the anther, staminodes, rostellum
and stigmatic processes; 4, pollinia ;—«ii i '
17. Habesama STENANTHi Hook. f. PI. Br. Ind. 163.
Height of plant 3 to 6 dm., with no tuber, the roots thick and fleshy. Stem
stout sheathed at the base. Leaves three or more, 1 to 2-25 dm. long, the lower
ones'larger, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute; upper part of stem
bearing lanceolate acuminate bracts 1 to 2 cm. long. Spike 1-25 to 2-26 dm.
long, lasly many-flowerod. Flowers 1'6 to 2 cm. across, green; floral hraei linearlanceolate,
equaUing or shorter than the shortly stalked ovary. Bepals unequal,
3 nerved; the dorsal crect, concave, broadly ovate, blunt; lateral pair smaller
HABEN ASIA. 1 87
refiexed ovate-elliotic. subacute. Petals longer than the dorsal sepal, erect, linear,
blunt, 1-nerved. Lip longer than the sepals, lanceolate, blunt, entire, 3-nerved ; spur
spreading, slender, eylindric, longer than the slender beakless ovary, dilated towards
the apex and slightly curved. Aitiher-cells diverging at the base, tubes none ; pollinia
broadly elliptic-clavate, faintly grooved, the caudicles rather short; glands large,
elongate, placed on either side of the entrance to the spur and reaching to the stigma.
Stigmas conjoined into a small transversely oblong body situated on the upper margin of
the entrance to the spur. Capsule 10 to 11 mm. long. King & Pantling in Ann. R.¡
Bot. Gard. Calo, viii, 314, t. 413.
Sosa forest in E. Kumaon between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, Dutiiie No. 3405.
Flowers during July and August, Found also in Sikkim, and at Chumbi in Tibet.
This species bears a close general reaemblanco to R. htilabm, but tlie eolumu is quite
difíereut, tlie stigma being single and transverse; the poUimar glands are also very
shaped.
18. Habenaeia ueceolata Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 73, t. I
Whole plant 5 to 15 cm. high. Tubers narrow, elongate. Stem slender, curved,
with a single sheath at the base. Leaf usually solitary, from below the middle of the
stem, 5 to 10 cm. long, nan-owly elliptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, tapering to the
long narrow tubular sheath. Peduncle with several distant bracts, the lowermost often
leaflike. lUKeme 1-6 to 5 cm. long, decurved, rather laxly flowered, secund. T'hwert
8 mm. long, longer than the ovai-ies, naiTowly campanulate, white ; fiorai hraet longer than
the shortly stalked tumid ovary. Sepals erect, nearly equal, dorsal not connivent with
the petals, elliptic, blunt, lateral pah: oblong, subacute. Petals as long as the sepals, free,
falcately oblong, blunt, tapering slightly to the base. Lip about as long as the sepals
and petals, decurvcd beyond the middle, oblong, shghtly concave, tapering and becoming
thicker towards the apex, minutely hispid near the base; spur shorter than the sepals,
inflated above the constricted nock. Anther-eells elongate, approximate but not touching,
parallel; poilinia ellipsoid, composed of large granules; glands about as long as the short
caudicles, acute at one end. Staminodes filiform, parallel to the anther-cells and
exceeding them in length, their apices free. Stigmas conjoined, large, occupying the
whole of the anterior surface of the column below the glands of the poilinia. Hook. f.
Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 165; King & Panthng in Ann. E. Bot. Gard. Cale, viii, 316, t.
415. Diphylax urceoiata Hook. f. Ic. PI. 1865; Kmzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 599.
Northern Kumaon in the district of Byàns 11,000 to 12,000 feet. DutMe No. 6003.
Flowers during August. Found also in Sikkim and on the frontiers of Nepal and
Tibet.
19. Habenakia Edgewohthii Hook. f. ex Collett Fi. Siml, 504, fig, 166,
Height of plant 3 to 7-5 dm, Tuhers oblong or sub-globose. Stem rather stout,
leafy, its base clothed with a few short loose sheaths, of which the upper one is usually
sub-foliaceous. Leaves 3-7 to 10 cm. long, the upper ones diminishing in siae, ovate or
oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, usually rather fleshy, the main nerves promineni
beneath, SpiJce 7'5 to 25 cm, long, many-flowered, rachis stout. Flowers rather crowded,
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