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Ancectochilus IMITANS ScLlechter (e descript.). Ignainl)i; teiTestrial ; 

 moist forest ; 2000 ft. 1844. Leaves dark bronze-green^ velvety witli ligbt 

 veiiiing ; bracts tinged red ; calyx greenisb, red tinge ; lip Avbite. 



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A, MONTANUS Scblecliter (o descHpt.). J\lt, ( -iiiiala ; abundant in dense 

 sbade of forest ; schist clay ; 2000 ft. 1100, Flowers pure white. Also 

 specimen from Pancber, '' Sons Ics forcts ; alt 600 metres." The plants 

 vary in size, becoming much larger than described ; the stem in the largest 

 specimen is nearly 25 cm. long^ and tlie leaves 5'5 cm. in length by 2*5 cm, 

 in breadth. Now Hebrides. 



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Paompai ; humus of creekside woods ; shales; 50 ft. 1000. Rhi/omo 

 creeping, erect stem fleshy^ green, leaves about 4, soft dark green, horizontal ; 

 lip white with orange blotch in throat, petals tinged wdth pink; 



TIhamphidia Vieillakdii Echb. f. R. Ngoye ; serpentine ; 400 ft. 2114. 



Couiboui Mts. ; serpentine ; 1000 ft. 2205. llumus in Spermolejns forest. 



Ilhizome elongated, creej)ing among humus and leaves ; leaves green, 



variegated above with dark* or light green })attern ; spike erect^ 1-2 ft., 



very brittle ; corolla wliite with slight blotches of yellow^, tip of column 

 dark. Oct. 



1{. RUBicuNDA Rchb. f. Isle of Pines (Ouro) ; frequent in coral forest ; 

 50 ft. 22G0. Corolla dull whitish-brown ; spike erect. Fiji Is., Loyalty Is. 



H. SCHIPTA lichb. f. Tgnambi ; luinms in forest ; gneiss ; 1500 ft. 1075. 



Mt. Panic ; forest ; gneiss ; 1200 ft. 1834, Long underground stem with 



elongated tubers at intervals ; flowers yellowish brown. 



TiiELYMiTRA LONGTFOLIA Forst. Tgnambi ; abundant on ground in forest- 



clearings ; gneiss ; 2000 ft. 1857, Tonine ; oj)en spaces in forest and 

 among Fteridium and Gleichenia ; 2000-3000 ft. 1946. Perianth pink, 

 becoming purplish. Australia, 



Microtis parvifloka P. Br. Ignambi ; occasional in Niaouli-Gleichcnia 

 association ; gneiss ; 2000 ft. 1492. Australia^ Indian Archipelago, 

 S. China. 



Pterostylis ACUMINATA P. Br. Mt. Canala ; Niaouli-grass association ; 

 schists ; 1500 ft. 1275. New South AVales. 



P. CURTA P. Br. Mt. Panic; on earth among rocks in forest; gneiss ; 

 4000 ft. 1817. Australia. 



P. NEOCALEDONJCA Schleclder. Ignambi ; moist forest ; gneiss ; 3000 ft. 

 1511, Flowers greenish-veined* 



