196 OPHRYDE^.
PLATE l i d . Habenaria Griffithii Hook. f . A plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, side
vic-w of flower; 2, lip; 3, front view oi column, showing the anther, the two filiform
staminoles and the forked rostellnm; 4, column, seen from behind; 5, pollinia;—all
enlarged.
42. Herminium Linn.
Erect terrestrial tuberous-rooted herbs of small size, Loaves solitary or few, canline
or radical, sheatliing at the base. Flowers in spikes, green or green and white. Sepals
subequal, free, or the dorsal conniving with the petals to form a hood, the lateral
pair spreading, sometimes fleshy, always entive. Lip adnate to the face of the column,
as long as or longer than the sepals, often fleshy, broad or narrow, entire or 3- or
5-fid., the base concave or very shortly saccate, the upper surface sometimes with calli
nr pits near the base. Oohmn very short; antkcr-oelh adnate to its face, parallel or
slightly divergent below; polUnia two, the caudicles usually short or sometimes absent;
the glands small and orbicular or elliptic, or large hollow and horn-like. Staminodes two,
mgulose, attached outside the anther-cells. Stigmas 2, distant or conjoined. Species
about 14, in the temperate and alpine regions of Europe and Asia.
1. H. Monorchis.
2. E. angustifoliiu
3. 3. Jilaokinnoni.
¡i.. II. eonge&ttm.
. Buthie
Lip 3-lobed.
Petals subconnivent witli the dorsal sopal, flowers green.
Spike short, leaves broadly lanoaolate
Spiko long and narrow, leaves liaoav-lanceolate . .
Sepals and petals spreading.
Petals and lip white, the lip obscurely saeoate
Flowers altogethei- green, lip distinefcly saccate
Lip entire.
Leaves two or three
Leaf solitary.
Leaf short, oblong-lanceolate, petals green, subrotund 6. S. pugioniforme.
Leal linew'-lanoeolate, petals yellow, linear 7. U. graminexm.
1. HERMINIUM MONORCHIS, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v, 191.
Plant 7-0 to 15 cm, high. Tuhers globose or ellipsoid. Stem with one or two
fiheaths at the base, the upper one often leaflike. Leaves two or three, near the base
of the stem, 2-5 to 10 cm, long, oblocg-lanceolate, acute, shining. PeduneU bearmg one
or two lanceolate acuminate bracts. Spike 2-o to 5 cm. long, densely flowered,
cylindrical or snb-secund. Flowers decurved, 4 mm. in diam., yellowLsh-green, muskscented
; floral bract lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than oi: equalling tho ovary. Sepals
3 mm long, oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, the lateral pair narrower. Petals connivent with
the sepals and a little longer, obliquely oblong-hgulate, tips fleshy. Lip as long as tho
petals, 3-fid., concave at the base, lobes narrow, obtuse, tho middle one the longest.
AnilJr-cells diverging above ; pollinia globose, caudicles very short and slender, glands
concave. Staminodes sub-globose, rugulo^e. Rostellum prominent at the base of the
anther-cells. Capsule i mm. long- turgid, twisted, its beak curved downwards. Lmdl.
Gen. and Sp. Orch. 305; Reichb. Fl. Germ, xiii, t. 415; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 82; Hook. i.
HEESItNIUM. A»»
Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 128; Krnzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 531; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc.
xxxvi (1903), 51. Opkrys Monorchia Linn. Sp. PI. 947.
Throughout the Western Himalaya at elevations between 9,000 and 14,000 feet.
Hazara, Duthie's collector Nos. 21316, 23170; Baltistan, T. Thomson, Buthie No. 12010;
Kashmir, C. B, Clarke Nos. 30737, 31509; Lahul, Jaeschke ; Vm.gi, Duthie's collecioj
No. 23391 ; Hattu near Simla, T. Thomson; Gangotri Valely, Dtdhie No. 516 ; Kumaoa
Sirachey & Winterhottom No. 34, Dutkie Nos. 3415, 6009, DidMe's collector No. 24106
Flowers during J u l y and August. It is found also in Sikkim and in China, and is
widely diflused in N. Asia and Europe.
PLATE 146. Herminium Monorchis R. Br. A plant,—«?/ natural size. Fig. 1, side
view of flower; 2, ditto, with the sepals removed; 3, column, with lip attached; 4,
pollinia ;—all enlarged.
2. HEBMINIOM ANGUSTIPOUUM Benth. ex Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 129.
Tuhers small, oblong or ellipsoid. Stem tall, 2'5 to 7'5 dm., clothed at the base
with acutc tubular sheaths. Leaves usually three, up to 2-5 dm. long, linear, acuminate,
with long sheaths. Spike 6 to 25 cm. long, narrow, cylindric, many-flowered. Flowers
crowded, very small, green; floral bract linear-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than or
equalling the ovary. Sepals sub-equal, oblong, obtuse, the dorsal one connivent with the
petals to form a hood; lateral pair spreading. Petals linear, as long as the sepals. Lip
much longer than the sepals, deflexed from the base, auricled on its lower half and with
a small concavity at the base, apical portion 3-fid; midlobe much shorter than the
slender curved filiform side lobes. Anther-cells pai-allel, contiguous; pollinia pyriform,
with truncate bases, caudicles very short and slender; glands minute, discoid. Staminodes
largo. Stigmas two, transversely oblong, lying close together below the anthercells.
King & PantHng in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, 332, t. 434; OoUett Fl.
Siml. 499, t. 163; Krnzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 533; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvi
(1903), 50. Aeeras angustifolia Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7061 ; Gen. and Sp, Orch. 282;
Bot. Reg. under t. 1525 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 43; Royle 111. Bot. Him. t. 87;
Wight Ic. 1691. IL. longicruris, Wright in Mem. Amer. Acad. Ser. 3, vi, 141. Thisbe
Falc. in Lindl. Veg. Kiugd. 183c (name only).
Abundant throughout the Western Himalaya from Kashmii- to Kumaon at elevations
between 4,000 and 10,000 feet, flowering during July and August. It extends eastwards
to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, the Khasia and Naga Hills, also in Tenasserim, China, Japan,
Java and Timor.
3.\HEKMIIIIUM MACKINKONI Duthie in Journ. As. Soc. Ix3i (1902), part
2, 44«.
Whole plant up to 2'5 dm. Tubers narrowly oblong. Lower portion of the stem
clothed with a few close-fitting tubular subacute sheaths. Leaves two, 12 to 14 cm. long
and 1 to 2 cm. in breadth, oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, with loosely
amploxieaul tubular bases, 3-5 veined. Spike cylindric, about 11 cm. long, many-flowered.