190 MR. P. GROOM—CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
General Remarks on Lecanorchis. 
Lecanorchis reminds one alternately of Aphyllorchis and of 
Galeola. In general shape, and the possession of curious stomata, 
it vividly recalls Aphyllorchis. In its strongly xerophytic struc- 
ture—for a strong cuticle coats the shoot as a whole—and in 
particular in the hypodermal tracheides of the scales, it resembles 
Galeola. It differs, however, from both plants in the curious 
modified velamen which clothes its roots, and in the absence 
of any root-hairs. 
EPrPoaUM nutans, Reichb. f. (Galera nutans, Blume). 
The genus Epipogum includes two species: the one, E. aphyllum, 
being distributed over Europe and Northern Asia; the other, 
-E. nutans, found in tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 
Of E. nutans Blume speaks as follows :— 
“ Habit. Semel tantum in eam incidi in declivibus uvidis ad 
montem Salak Javz occidentalis, mense Novembris florentem. 
“Descr. Tuber solitarium, sesquipollicare, elongato-ellipsoideum, 
obtusum, terre oblique immersum, solidum, carnosum, intus 
albidum, extus fuscum, obsolete annulatum. Scapus circiter 
pedalis, crassitiee penne cygnes, teres, fistulosus, eburneus, 
semipellucidus sive florum instar aspectus quasi vitrei, inferne 
rectus ac squamis aliquot distantibus amplexicaulibus obtusis 
tenuissimis membranaceis primo appressis tandem disruptis 
vaginatus, superne flexuoso-nutans, bracteis plurimis alternis 
vagis erecto-patentibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis mem- 
branaceis pallidis unifloris cireumsessus . . . .” 
Fig. 2. 
Epipogum nutans. 
This species agrees with the European Z. aphyllum in the 
