Corybas himalaicus (King & Pantl.) Schltr.

Plant: 5-7.5 cm high 

Tuber: 6-9 mm in diam., depressed-globose, hairy  

Stem: glabrous 

Cataphyll: single, convolute near base of stem 

Leaf: solitary, 8-33 mm long, sessile just under the flower, concave cordate, acute, sometimes apiculate, green in color, the midrib and nerves white 

Peduncle: none 

Bract: linear-lanceolate, slightly longer 

Ovary: thick, sessile, slightly shorter than bract 

Flower: solitary, 15 mm long, dorsal sepal and labellum transparent, with rich dark purple markings 

Dorsal sepal: oblanceolate, blunt, concave, arching over the column and the basal half of the lip 

Lateral sepals: short, filiform, bifurcate, lying between the two spurs of the lip. 

Lateral petals: short, filiform 

Labellum: oblong, longer than the dorsal sepal, deflexed from about the middle; the basal portion convolute, with a pair of spurs, the anterior half with unequally denticulate margins, its apex blunt  

Spurs: 2, short, cylindric, straight  

Column: short, stout; stigma orbicular; anther erect.   

Distribution: SIKKIM. Lachen Valley, Lamteng, Pantling 385 (holotype CAL, not seen; isotype K). BURMA, Delei Valley, Kingdon Ward 8432 (K).

Ecology: In moss cushions on rocks and tree bases in shade