A taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) Author Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China Author Schuiteman, Andre Science Directorate, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW 9 3 AB, U. K. Author Jin, Wei-Tao State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China Author Jin, Xiao-Hua State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar xiaohuajin@ibcas.ac.cn text PhytoKeys 2017 2017-04-19 79 1 74 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.79.11215 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.79.11215 1314-2003-79-1 254BFFC9FF9A3360AA0D4550FF8FFFEE 576376 26. Herminium kamengense A.N. Rao, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 25(2): 287. 2001. Figs 9P , 10E Type . Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra Region. Kameng district , Bomdila , 2500 m , Rao A.N. , 30600A ( Holotype : TIPI!) . Description. Plant 15-35 cm tall. Tubers ca. 1.5 x 0.5 cm. Stem up to 18 cm tall, slender, with about 2 tubular sheaths in the lower half, 23-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong or narrowly laceolate, acuminate, 27 x 1.5 cm, sheathing at base. Inflorescence 24 cm long; rachis about 6-12 cm long, many flowered. Flowers about 7 mm long, green, floral bracts 6-10 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than ovary, pedicel and ovary 6-9 mm long. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm,; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, 2-3 x 1.4-2 mm, apex obtuse. Petals 2-3 x 0.7-1 mm, subfalcate, oblong-lanceolate, apex subacute. Lip broadly ovate, with a circular concavity at base; 4 x 3 mm, base dilated, 3-lobed above middle, lateral lobes oblong, 1.5 x 0.5 mm, midlobe 0.5 x 0.5 mm long, triangular; lateral lobes 1.5 mm long, narrowly oblong, divergent, projected forwards. Column about 1 mm long, with 2 staminodes. Pollinia sectile, obovoid, with minute viscidia, rostellum triangular, stigma transversely oblong situated below the rostellum. Fruit oblong, 6-10 mm long. Flowering. August-September. Habitat. Terrestrial in Quercus forest on moist slopes at elevations of 2200-2500 m. Distribution. China, India, Nepal. Specimens examined. Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra Region : Kameng district , Bomdila ( 2500 m ), Rao A.N. , 30600AB (CAL). NEPAL : Koshi , Dhankutta District , between Sidhuwa and Chitrye , 2200 m , 19.08.2012 , Raskoti B. B. , 00357 (KATH) .