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THE JOUBNAL OB INDIAN BOTANY. the rainy season, before the grass has time to attain any considei f height. Here the specimens described below were collected. 3 plant has a solitary, radical, sub-orbicular leaf and^a short scape, 1 > ing one to four flowers. The petals are normally obliquely bipat **j with a broad upper and a filiform lower segment. The lip is tripai j with a linear-lanceolate middle lobe and filiform lateral segments. , spur is longer than the ovary. i

( 1 ) On a case of perfect pelory in Habenaria gra&difl Lindl.

A single specimen was collected exhibiting this very rare phenomenon (Big. 1).

The flower opens straight upwards, not outwards, as is normally the case in species of this genus, where the ovary is bent or twisted