190 oPHiiyuE^.
22. HABESARIA ARCUATA Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. vi, 135.
jSlm very thick, leafy, leaves 7'5 to 10 cm., oblong-lanceolate, subacute, with
ebeathin^ bases, upper lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, ^jyiie broad, raany-flovvered ; J^orai
bracts herbaceous, linear-lanceolate, the lower ones much longer than the slender curved
ovaries. Flowers large, white. Sepals 9 mm. long ; dorsal cuculiate, beaked ; lateral pair
larger, oblong, obtuse, S-nerved, deflexed. Petals small, linear, 1-nerved, membranous. Lip
twice as long as the sepals, anricled at the base, puberulous, margins reflexed. Spur 5
to 6'3 cm. long, incurved, acute. AniAer large, broad, cells divergent, tubes erect ; jooZ^a'nza
with shoi-t stout cnudicles ; glands very large, ovate ; rosiellum broad, flat, acute. Plaianthera
armata Lindi. Gen. and Sp. Orcb. 289; Krnzl. Orch. Gon. and Sp. i, 633.
Mi;ssoorie, .Ro^?c;Naini Tal, Colonel Davidson. The single specimen in the Kew
Herbarium representing this species is the Nairn Tal one, and this was gathered in the
month of June.
23, IIABENÌKIA VIRIDIS R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 3, v, 192.
Tuhers ovoid, often lobed. Stem 7-5 to 10 cm. high. Leaves usually three or four
narrowly oblong, acuto or obtuse, smaller upwards, many-nerved, i lowers 9 to 13 mm.
long. Spike lax; bracts green, exceeding tbe ovaries, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate.
Sepals and petals green striped with dark red. Sepals sub-connivent, ovate-oblong,
concave, obtuse and cuculiate at their apices. Dorsal 7-nerved, the lateral pair obliquely
ovate. Petals erect, linear-oblong, equalling the dorsal sepal. Lip lineai'-oblong, pale
brown, widening towards the tridentate apex, the central tooth often veiy small ; spur very
short, obtuse. Anther with an emarginate apex, the cells diverging; •pollinia broadly
ellipsoid, composed of large grains; caudicles short, attached to minute glands, each of
which is concealed in a pouch formed by the rostellum, as in the genus Orohis. Syme
in Engl. Bot. (ed. 3 ) , ix 105, t. 1462; Hook. f. Student's Fl. Brit, Islands 376.
Feristylus viridis Lindi. Syn. Brit. Fl., ed. 2, 261 ; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 299 ; Rolf e in
Tourn. Lina. Soc, xsxvi (1903}, 54. Satyrium viride Linn. Sp. PI. 944. Orchis viridis
Orantz Stirp. Austr., ed, 2, 491. Gymnadenia viridis A. Rich, in Mém. Mus. Par. iv i>7.
Plaianthera viridis Lindi. Syn. Brit. Fl., ed. i, 261 ; Reiclib. Fl. Germ, xiii, 129, t. 434,
Ilimantoglossim viride Reiohb. FI. Germ. Excurs. 120. Cceloglossum viride Hartm. Handb
Skand. Fl., ed. 1, 329.
This interesting addition to the flora of British India was discovered in July 10OI
at Nai Gund near tlie Kamri Pass in N. Kashmir, by Inayat Khan, formerly Head
Plant collector to the Botanical Department of N. India, No. 25387, It was previously
known from Northern Europe (including Britain), Siberia, Dahuria, China and
N. America.
PLATE 141. Ilabenaria viridis E. Br. A plant,—(?/ natural size. Fig. I, side view
of single flower; 2, dorsal sepal; 3, front view of flower, with the sepals removed; 4,
side view of ditto, with sepals and petals removed; 5, pollinia;—all enlarged.
24. HAIEKAKIA FA'LAX King & Pantling in Ann. R. Bot, Gard. Cale, viii,, 325,
t. 4^8,
HABEMAEU. 191
Whole plant 1 to 3 dm. high. Tulers small. Stem with two tnblar bnlunt sheaths at
the base. Leaf solitary, 3'5 to 15 cm. long, narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, acute or
acuminate, tapering sliglitly to the short sheath. Peduncle long, with a single linear,
lanceolato acuminate bract. Spike 3-5 to 10 cm. long, laxly or densely flowered;
floral Iraet equalling or shorter than the slightly decurvcd ovary. Flowers small, green
Sepals about equal, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, the dorsal connivent with the petals to
form a hood; lateral pair erect, not connivent. Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse, variable as
to size. Lip not much longer than the sepals, flat, rather fleshy, hastately 3-lobcd from
about the middle;'side lobes oblong, obtuse, diverging; apical lobe longer than the side
lobes, oblong, obtuse, deflexed; spur saccate, much shorter than tbe sepals, 2-ribbed
inside. Column rather long. Anther-cells nearly parallel, but diverging at the base,
without tubes. Pollinia obovoid or clavate; caudicles short, tapering to the small cordate
glands. Staminodes small, globular, attachod about half-way up on the outer sides of the
anther-cells. Stigmas two, transversely oblong, touching by their ends and forming a
band below the anther-cells. lierminium fallaz Lindl, in Wall. Cat. 7412 ; Hook. f. Ic.
PI. 2198; Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 129. Peristylus Jallax Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 298; Krnzl,
Orcb. Gen. and Sp. i, 512.
Near Mussoorie 6,000 to 7,000 feet, Diiikie No. 21770 ; N i g TIba in Garhwal 8,000
to 9,000 feet, MacJcinnon, Dutkie Nos. 21769, 22987; Gori Valley in Kumaon, DiUhie's
collector No. 24058. Flowers during July and August.
25. HABJINARIA ELISABEIHJE, DutMe in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixxi, part II, 44.
Height of plant 3 to 4-5 dm., glabrous. TiAers ovoid. Leaves 2 or 3, approximate
towards the base of the stem, with one or two loose sheaths below, and a few lanceolate
and finely acuminate bracts above them, 6 to 13 cm. long and 1 to 2 cm. in breadth,
lanceolate, acuminate or the lowest one often obtuse, amplesicaul at the base, midrib
prominent beneath. SpiJce long, slender, many-flowered. Flowers small, sessile, rather
crowded, deflexed, gi-een; floral Iract lanceolate, acuminate, about half as long the
curved beaked ovary. Sepals and petals erect, connivent; dorsal ovate, concave; the
lateral pair obliquely ovate, obtuse. Petals a little longer than the sepals, obliquely
'ovate, obtuse. Lip longer than the sepals, 3-lobed to the middle, fleshy, the basal
portion trough-shaped; lateral lobes linear, spreading, their margins gibbous at the
base; midlobe oblong, obtuse, as long as the lateral pah- but broader. Spur one-fifth
the length of the ovary, ovate or obovate. Anthcr-cells parallel; pollinia obovate, curved,
attached by a short caudiolo to an oval gland. Stigniatic processes clavate. Staminodes
rather large. CyMe Falc. in Lindl, in Veg. Kingd. 193c. C. alpina Falc. MSS.
Simla Hills between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, Edgeworth, Lady E. Babinglon-Smith;
Mussoorie Hills from 6,000 to 9,000 feet, Edgeworth, Maekinnon, Duihie Nos. 21766,
22990; Jumna Valley in Garhwäl, Duthie No. 524; Pharkia at 11,000 feet, Edgeworth;
Naini Tal at 7,000 feet, Strackcy & Winierhotiom No. 32, Colonel Davidson; Ralam
Valley at 13,000 feet, S'raehey & Winterlotiom (named Berminium fallax). Flowers
in August, It has been found also on the Eastern Himalaya at Chumbi, and in
E. Tibet.
This speoieB is very similar at first eight to H. fallax, with which it has often been oonfounded.
The leaves, however, are never solitary, the flowers are smaller, more crowded and they are deflexed;