Herminium ophioglossoides Schltr., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 96. 1912.

Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur, Schuiteman, Andre, Jin, Wei-Tao & Jin, Xiao-Hua, 2017, A taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae), PhytoKeys 79, pp. 1-74 : 34

37. Herminium ophioglossoides Schltr., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 96. 1912. Fig. 9N

Monorchis ophioglossoides (Schltr.) O. Schwarz, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 95. 1949.

Type.

CHINA. Yunnan, Lijiang , 10000 ft, 07.1906, Forrest G., 2466 (Holotype: E! [E00188160]; Isotypes: K! [K000079034], P! [P00378738]) .

Description.

Plant 6-26 cm tall. Tubers globose to ovoid, 10-30 × 5-15 mm. Stem with 2-3 tubular sheaths and 1-3 leaves at base. Leaves elliptic-lingulate, 2-10 × 0.5-3 cm, apex obtuse. Inflorescence 4-20 cm; peduncle cylindrical, ebractiate or rarely single foliaceous sterile bract, 0.5-3 cm; rachis 1-14 cm, laxly many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 2-5 mm, shorter than ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers yellowish green; pedicel and ovary arcaute, twisted, beaked at apex, 4-10 mm. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-5 × 1-2 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 × 1-2 mm, apex obtuse. Petals narrowly lanceolate-caudate, falcate, 5-7 × 0.6-0.9 mm, apex obtuse. Lip oblong, 5-7 × 1.5-2.5 mm, base deeply concave with 1 mm, globose spur, 3- lobed at or below middle; lateral lobes linear, 2-4 × ca. 0.5 mm at base; mid-lobe linear, 3-5 × ca. 0.4 mm, apex acute. Column ca. 1 mm; pollinia globose; caudicles indistinct or very short, viscidia involute, hornlike, rostellum triangular, with arm-like lobes, stigma transversely oblong, situated below the rostellum. Fruit oblong, 5-11 mm long.

Flowering time.

June-July.

Habitat.

Terrestrial on grassy slopes at elevations of 2100-3600 m.

Distribution.

China (Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Qinghai, Tongde county, Hebei town, Naxiuma , 3550 m, 27.07.1990, Wu et al. 4978 (PE) ; Sichuan, Muli county, 3500 m, 16.06.1937, Yu C. T., 6324 (PE); South Szechuan between Yenyuan Hsien and Hunbea, 2900 m, 12.06.1914, Schneider C., 1465 (K) ; Yunnan, Lijiang County, near Jade Lake, 2800 m, 04.07.1996, Luo, Y. B., 59 (K); Lijiang, east of Yulong mountain , 2900, 05.08.1981, Beijing Hengduan Mountain Team ,02693A (PE); Lichiang Range, 3048 m, 06.1906, Forrest G., 2466 (K); Zhongdian, 3200 m, 01.06.1937, Yu T. T.,11475 (PE); Zhongdian county , Tuguanchun, 2870 m, 20.07.1997, Luo Y. B.,153 (9726) (K, PE); Hee-chan-men Pass, 14.06.1887, Delavay J. M., s.n (K) .

Figures

Figure 9. Lip of Herminium. A H. monorchis B H. chloranthum C H. pygmaeum D H. josephi E H. monophyllum F H. macrophyllum G H. macrophyllum H H. alaschanicum I H. coeloceras J H. fallax K H. longilobatum L H. elisabethae M H. alaschanicum N H. lanceum O H. quinquelobum P H. kamengense Q H. coiloglossum R H. biporosum.