200 OPHRYDEiE.
Above Gulmarg in Kasbmii' at about 13,000 feet, Aitchison ; GarbwiU, on the northern
slopes of Srikàuta in tho Bâghirâtlù Valley at elevations between 14,000 and 15,000
feet, Di'.thie No. 517. Flowers in August. Found also iu Sikkim.
7. HEEMINIUM GRAJIIKELBI Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7413.
Height of plant 5 to 20 cm. Tubers unequal, oblong or sub-globoso. Stem with a
single loose sheath at its base. Leaf solitary, linear or narrowly oblaneeolate, acute,
very variable in length, but shorter than the inflorescence.' Scape naked, slendftr but iirm.
Spiha y to 9 cm. long, laxly many-flowered ; the rachis striated and somewhat hispid.
Flowers minute, secund, yellowish-green ; floral hract about 5 mm. long, equalling or
sboi-ter than the curved beaked ovary, subulate fi-om a broad clasping base, entire or
occasionally more or less trifid. Dorsal sepal oblong or broadly ovate; the lateral pair
ovate, obtuse, spreading. Petals erect, as long as the sepals, sub-falcately linear, obtuse,
thick, yellow. Lip entii-e, shorter than the petals, ovate-acuminate, slightly saccate at
the base ; basal portion pale yellow, curved forwards, concave, the margins cihate ;
terminal portion bright yellow, tilted upwards and with reflesed edges. Anther-cells
parallel; pollinia sub-globose, white tinged with lilac, caudicles very slioi-t ; glands large,
sinning, green or tinged with brown. Staminodes large, rugulose. Sligmalic processes
short. Rostelium large, recurved, retuse, fleshy. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 305 ; Royle
111. t. 87, fig. 3; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 131; Krnzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 535.
Neottia monophylla Don. Prod. 27. Spiranihes monophjlla Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii, 709.
N. W. India, Royh\ Garhwal, Falconer-, Mussoorie range, very common on limestone
rocks at elevations between 5,000 and 7,000 feet, Edgeworth, Mackinnon, Duthie
Nos. 17S28, 217T0, 22713; Kumaon at about 8,500 feet, Strachey & Winterbottom
No. 31 ; Sarju and Kali Valleys in Kumaoc, Duthie's collector No. 24107. Flowers
during July and August. It extends into Nopal.
This species is not included in CoUett's Flora of Simla, where it no doubt oocurs. Owing
probably to its small size and incoaBpiouous eolouriag, it bas as yet escaped notice.
PLATE 148. Herminimn graminenni Lindl. A plant,—of natural size. Fig. 1, side
view of flower; 2, ditto, with the sepals and petals removed; 3, a trifid bract; 4,
column showing the anther-cells, staminodes, stigmatic processes and the prominent
rostelium ; 5, pollinia ;—all enlarged.
4 3 . H e m i p i l i a Lindl.
Terrestrial 1-leaved tuberous-rooted herbs. Leaf radical, broad. Flowers laxly
racemose. Sepals equal in length, lateral spreading. Petals broadly ovate, entire.
Lip continuons with the columo, broad, obscurely 3-lobed, spreading ; spur trumpetshaped.
Column veiy short ; rostelium broad, projecting from between the anther cells,
complicate; stigmatic processes none; anther-cells diverging, tips produced into grooves
of the rostelium; pollinia 2, caudicles long; glands distant, exposed.—Species 6—one
Himalayan, one in Bui-ma, and four in China.
HEMIPILIA CORDIFOLIA Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 296.
Plant 1-5 to 2 dm. high, glabrous. Tubers ovoid or subglobose. Leaf fleshy,
ampleiicaul, 5 to 10 cm. long, ovate-cordate, obtuse or acute, many-nerved. Raceme
lax-flowered, 5 to 6 cm. long; tho peduncle bearing one to three lanceolaie,
acuminate bracts. Flowers about 1-5 cm. in cUam., purple; Jloral iracfo lanceolate,
acuminate, shorter than the slender curved beaked ovaries. Dorsal sepal erect, 13 mm.
long, ovate-lanceolate, with a blunt inflexed ti]); lateral pair spreading, equalling the
d o i i l in length, falcately oblong. Petals a little shorter than tho sepals, obliquely
ovate, sub-acute, erect and forming a hood with the dorsal sepal. Lip continuous with
the column, :j-lobed, the lateral lobes rounded and reflcxed; mid-lobe broad, subcrenate
bluntly acuminate, pubescent; spur trumpet-shaped, doflexed, shorter than the ovary,
often lobed at the apex. Anther^cells nearly parallel, distant. Pollinix obliquely davate;
caudicles dilated above, curved; glands minute, discoid, bifid. Capsiih 3-5 cm. long.
Royle 111. I-Iim. Bot. 367; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 167; Krnzi. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i,
650; Collett Fl, Siml. 506, fig. 167. Platanthcra cordifolia Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7049.
Simla at 6,000 feet, Gamhle Nos. 4650, 6441 ; Mussoorie rango. Falconer,
Edgeivortk Mackinnon, DvMie No. 21768; Kumaon at 7,000 feet, Strachey cj- Winterbotiov
No. 37 • below Naini Tal 5,000 to 6,000 feet, Colonel Davidson, Duthie No. 4425. Flowers
duiing August and September. It extends eastvyards to Nepal.
PLATE 150. Hemipilia cordifolia Lindl, A plant,—O/ natural size. Fig. 1, side view
of flower; 2, front view of ditto, deprived of the sepals and petals and with tho
lip spread out; 3, front view of column; 4, p o l l i n i a e n l a r g e d.
4 4 . S a t y r i u m Swartz.
Terrestrial erect leafy herbs with undivided oblong tubers. Leaves (in the Indian
species) large, fleshy, with wide sheaths. Floivers in dense spikes. Sepals and petals
subsimilar, free, spreading or reflexed. Lip superior (the ovary not being twisted), adnate
to the base of the column, erect, broad, hood-shaped, 2-spurred or 2-saccate. Column
muclr arcned, terete. Stig-.na single, convex or concave, borne on the upper lobe of the
column. Anther-cells dorsal or lateral, tumid, sub-parallel, their tubes at a lower level
than the stigma, pointing forward; pollinia 2, caudicles curved, ending in two large
sometunes connate glands.—Species about 100, mostly in extra-tropical S. Africa.
SATVEIUM SEPALENSE, Don. P r o d . F l . Nep. 26.
Whole plant 5 to 7-5 dm. high; tuber oval, producing stolons each with a small
tuber at its end. Stem glabrous, bearing several broad imbricating sheaths at the
base. Leaves two or three, fleshy, 1 to 2-5 dm. long and 3'5 to 9 cm. broad, narrowly
elliptic, subacute, thoiv -bases broad and sheathing. Pedrmcle, clothed with many
.sub-tub'ular lanceolate-oblong acute or acuminate bracts. Spike 5 to 17 cm. long,
densely flowered. Flowers 8 mm. across at the mouth, pii^k or white, sweet-scented;
fl.oral bract oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, deflexed, much longer than the turgid ovary.
Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, recurved, ciliolatc. Petals narrower than the sepals, obtuse,
entire Lin superior, hooded, broadly oblong, keeled on the back; spurs usually twice
as ions as the ovary. Column cui-ved, expanded at the apex. Stigma projecting
forwards above the anther, convex, anticous. Anthei--cells turgid, distant and subparallel
on the sides of the column below the stigma; pollinia 2, pyriform, bipartite; caudicles
slender, curved, directed dovinwards and forwards, each ending in a thick discoid gland.
Staminodes rugulose, placcd above the anther-cells; rostelium broadly and bluntly
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