ANNALS OP EOrAL BOTANIC GAEDES, CALCUTTA.
PLATE 99.
Habenaria [Flaiufjlossa) triflora, Dmi.'í
K. íríjlora; caule dense folioso, foliis subercctia imbrieatig ellipticis acutis in braeteaa
augiistlores foliaceaa ovaría superantes ü-anseuntibus, spica brevi dense multiflora, ñuribiia
amplia albia, sepalia orbicularibus, petalis minutis liueaiibua, labelle magno aepalia
nndto majore lato obcordato sina elongate fero clauso, lobis lateralibus semi-orbieularibwa
v. dimidiato-obovatia integernmia, terminali lincari lateralibus vix longioro,
calcare ovario multo longiore, anthera latisaima.
Hab.—unrecorded.
Sfsm stout, closely invested by the imbricating snbcrect leaves, probably more than
a foot high, the upper part (above figured) 8 in., with the inflorescence. Zanves
U—2 inches, smaller and narrower upwards, and paaaiog into long greeu lanceolato
aheathing bracts an inch long and moro, froai ainongat which the perianth with ita apur
alone protrudes. SpUce deuaely-fld., probably elongating to several inehea; ovaries 1 in.,
not beaked; flowers 1 in. broad, pure white. Snpah incurved, 5-norved, the outer pair
with branching nervales towards the margin; petals 1-nerved. Zip as broad as the reat
of the flower, cleft nearly to the base into two very .broad lobca, with a slender inter
mediate lobe and 2 calli at the base; spur slender, green, much longer than the ovary,
slightly curved. Anther very largo and broad, celia marginal incurved; roatellum
apparently a minute tooth on tbe broad face of the colamn.
I have been mucli exercised in my mind about the drawing here reproduoed, which represents
n remai'taUy fine plant, unfortunately with no note of locality or collector, but presumably one
that flowered in the Calcutta Botanic Garden. At first I was disposed to consider it a mauy-floweted
gigantio state of tbe Himalayan iZ. Injlvu, Don., which has similarly short, often imbdeatlng leaves,
bug bracts, erect Sowers, small narrow petals, a large broad Up with two basal calli, very long spur,
and broad anther; but in that species the lateral sepals are narrow and erect, tbo flowers I—S only, and
Ihs side lobes of tbo lip cronnlate. There is no othor species to whiolr tl.is is at ah nearly allied;
and considetlns tbe danger of constituting new speoies on drawings, ospeciaUy on those of native artists',
it appears to me the best cornse to refer it donbtfiilly to R. with which it agrees in the bracts,
large Bowers, smeH linear petals, tho spur, approximately in the shape of the lip, and especially in tho
broad anther.
rig. J, front and 2, back views o£ floiror; 3, the samo wítk the pcrlanth-aegmcats idisplaced; 4, lip;
B, poiliaia—aíí enUrg^.
PLATE 100.
Eabesakia [Ilohglma) latilabuis, Hook. /.
M. laiilàbris-, caule sajpius elato, foliis seaailibus late obevato-v. elliptico-oblongia
acnmin'atis, spica'multiflora, bractcis herbaceia inferioribua floribua longioribua superioribus
ovario asqlrilongis, floribua flavo-viridibus, aopalo dorBali late ovato orbiculari v. oblongo,
lateralibus reflesis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatia acutis, potalis polymorphis, labollo sepalis
loDo-ioie integro linearidanceolato v. oblongo latoribus rcSexis, calcare ovario curvo
rostmlo multo longiore incurvo. Hook. f . FI. Brìi. Ind. vi. 153. Platanthera acuminata,
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Liadl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7010; Oa. ami Sp. Onkid. 239. P. latilobris, Lindl. Cm mi
Sp. I. c. P. Orcliidis, Wall. Cat. 7039, B.
H a b . - T e m p e r a t e Himalaya, from Kashmir, alt. 5—10,000 ft., to Sikkim olt 7—
13,000 ft.. Central India, Hopo (Uerli. Glarha). '
str.m 6—13 in., stout or alender, from an elongate horizontal rather fuaiform tuber
lanes, lower 3 - 5 in., about 7-nerved, upper gradually amallcr. Sfike 3—10 in., lai!
fld.; bracts lanceolate or tho upper ovate-lanceolate (the latter foliaceoua) • ovary
i - i m., often strongly carved to one side, ahortly beaked; flowers very'variable
m SI», A - 1 .„. broad. Sepale 3-5-nervod, green; petals yellow-green, erect, fleshy
from hnear and gibbous on one aide to dWdiato-ovate or broadly ovale with tho outer
base ipbbeus. Lip yclW-greon, thick, linear or lanceolato or almost ovate side,
refle.ved; spur stout or slender, often upcurved involute or fle.xuous. rathei
sma , broad, cells contiguous without tubes; pollinia pyriform, caudiolea short, glands
amafl; atigmatie processea large, aubglobose; restellum short, triangular, obtuse Camuh
J in., sessile, fusiform, shortly beaked, more or less carved or twisted.
A very common Himalayan species, and most vatiaUe. The trivial name is very iaannpomnt I .
that of having been preoccupied for 11. Al. „„»¡„„ of CeyloT he L Z . T T « ,
was ireporativ. according to the c.^ent inles of nomenclatare. lu it, ^ aa7^e al ' thf
of tofci,.,, here llgmed appro.clos the M. Hook. f. „t Sittim H i L a v . Tldi if !
s end» plant with the lateral sepals hnear, aad so strongly r.fle.cd a. to giv, tr» flo™ ft .„ear
0 being laterally compressed. The two may probably prove to be varietfes of one " h. . 3 ™
th, accompanying plate „ado ¡rem diiereut plants; ligs. 1 and 2 have lin, J , 7, T / "
figured) broader eve. than th, oommo. states of L l J l . , L with r fl ted d,.' l l "
IS estremely narrow, linear' and flat, as it is in IT ittmlb- firr B , '' "
I . this and aUied species the springs XTuI '^T Z T IT X
cyhadiio horiiontal tuber, which is .nnir.lly renewed. branched snb-
Th. plat. i. . repredaction of a drawing inscribed " Silrkim, Sincbal, 8,000 ft., Aug 1876 "
PLATE 101.
Habex.uiia (Pi¡,ll,staoli¡/a) Helfebi, / « . / .
H. Helferí-, caule pubescente ad apicem folioao, foliis aessilib,,, 11 i
H a b . - K h a s u Hills, Simo,,,. Tenasskrik, at Moulmein, mi/.r, Fari,/,
Recurved. : long or less, lateral recurved