Herminium bulleyi (Rolfe) Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 7: 130. 1936.

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6. Herminium bulleyi (Rolfe) Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 7: 130. 1936.

Peristylus bulleyi (Rolfe) K. Y. Lang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 448. 1987.

Peristylus gracillimus (Hook. f.) Kraenzl. f. lankongensis Finet, Rev. Gén. Bot. 13: 522. 1901. Type: CHINA. Yunnan, Mt. Hee-chan-men above Lan-kong, 2800 m, 3.9.1884, Delavay J. M., 681 (Holotype P! [P00363886]).

Habenaria beesiana W.W. Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 189. 1914. Type: CHINA. Eastern flank of the Lichiang Range, Lat. 27° 30' N, 10,000 ft, August 1910, Forrest G., 6404 (Holotype E! [E00381988]; Isotype K! [K000796957]).

Platanthera praeustipetala Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 103. 1921. Type: CHINA. Yunnan, Pe Tsao Lin, Tén S., 1384 (Holotype: C).

Basionym.

Habenaria bulleyi Rolfe, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 25. 1913.

Type.

CHINA. Yunnan, eastern slopes of the Tsan-Shan Range, west of Talifu , 7800 ft, 15.09.1905, Forrest G., 895 (Holotype: E! [E00059069]) .

Description.

Plant slender, 15-30 cm tall. Tubers oblong, 1-3.5 × ca. 0.5-1 cm. Stem with 2 tubular sheaths, 2-4 leaved. The two lowest leaves subopposite, others more distant, linear, 4-10 × 0.2-0.6 cm, apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescence 15-25cm; peduncle cylindrical, slender; peduncle-scales1-3, linear-lanceolate, 5-7 mm; rachis 5-15 cm, laxly many-flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 mm, shorter than ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers yellowish green, secund; pedicel and ovary 5-10 mm, apex beaked. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, concave, 1.5-3.5 × 0.6-1.2 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals oblong, oblique, 3-4 × 0.8-1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3.5 × 1.5 mm, fleshy above middle, apex acute. Lip narrowly oblong, 3-4.5 × ca. 0.4 mm, 3 -lobed near middle; lateral lobes oblong, 0.6-2.5 mm; mid-lobe linear-oblong, 2-3 mm, wider than lateral lobes, apex obtuse; spur pendulous, curved forward, cylindrical, 4-6 mm, equal or longer than ovary, apex dilated, obtuse. Column ca. 1 mm; viscidia ellipsoid, rostellum triangular, stigma ca. 1 mm, drawn out at the base of the lip.

Flowering time.

July-September.

Habitat.

Terrestrial in forest margins, in dry pastures in open pine forest, or on grassy slopes at elevations of 2500-3500 m.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, Yunnan).

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Sichuan, Daocheng county, Riwagongshe, Xiayong , 3300 m, 24.08.1981, Hengduan Mountain Team , 4193 (PE); Daocheng, 3500 m, 18.08.1973, Sichuan Botanical Survey Team, 2534 (PE); Muli, 03.08.1937, Yu T. T., 7560 (PE) ; Yunnan, Dali ( ‘Tali’), 3000 m, 08.1914, Schneider C., 3100 (K); Heqing county , 2500 m, 18.08.1929, Chang Q., 23708 (PE); Lichiang Range, 3050 m, 08.1922, Forrest G., 22016 (K); Shangri-La, 3200 m, 15.07.2001 , HK Kadoorie Team, 1114 (PE); Shangri-La, 3250 m, 09.08.1981, Tang Z. X., Tian X.W., Zhang Z.H., 842 (PE); Xianggelila (Shangri-La), 3300 m, 13.08.1962, Zhongdian Team, 734 (PE); Shangri-La, Xiaozhongdian farm, Dongshan, 3250, 13.03.1981, Beijing Hengduan Mountain Team , 3025 (PE); Zhongdian County, Mt. Haba Shan , 07.2002, 2700 m, Sun Hang, 05 (K) .

Notes.

Herminium bulleyi is similar to H. mannii but the spur of H. bulleyi is much longer and curved whereas H. mannii has a scrotiform spur.