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iiifers in some small particulars from the Eu- 



specimens 



found by Dr. Thomson to be anything more than a slight tariety 

 Their general aspect is quite the same as usual, but the lip is more 

 acute, and its auricles are much smaller, or even obsolete* It 

 would seem, however, from the stains still observable in the 

 dried specimens, that the characteristic blotches on the lip of 

 the European state are also present, and the magnitude of the 

 auricles of the latter, like the length of the sepals and petals, is 

 inconstant. 



20. E. EOSEUM (Ceratopsis rosea, IdndL Gen. et S^. Orch, p. 383) ; labello 

 indiviso acuto intra apicem pulvinato-glanduloso lineis 2 gubescentibua 

 decurrentibus continuis, calcare clavato integro. 



Upper Nepal, Wallich, according to Z>. Don. 



No specimens of this exist among any of the modern collections 



examined 



Wallich 



Indian consignments. The 



than in S. nutans, there is a larg 



vexity just within the apex of the lip, and the spur is quite milike 

 that of either of the two other species. 



. 21, E. NUTANS (G-alera nutans, Bltime, L c. Podanthera pallida, Wi^ht^ 

 ^. c.) ; labello indiviso acuto apice piano lineis 2 pubescentibus decur- 

 rentibus continuis, calcare oblongo emarginato. * 

 Cejion, Thwaites. Macrae : Sikkim. in hot valleys, J. D. H. (348), Cathcart ; 



Wynaud, Wight 



diffl 



places, all of which I have examined except that from Java. Dr. 

 Wight*s artist has indeed represented three hairy lines upon the 

 lip of Podanthera pallida, but this is certainly an oversight, as I 



'am 



and Mr. Thwaites, but from Wight's own specimens. There 

 seems to be some difference in the colour of the plant, for Dr. 

 Hooker's figure represents it of a uniform pale straw colour, while 

 Cathcart and Macrae's draughtsmen have it whitish, with small 

 red speckles. 



IX. Spiranthes, Richard. 



autiunnalis. Rich. Orch 



Thomson 



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A couple of specimens gathered at this place are, I t 

 questionably our European species. 



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