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1. Luisia Hancockii, Rolfe, in Kew Bulletin (1896) p. 199. 
Luisia teres, Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1879) p. 60 (non 
Blume). 
CuEKTANG: western hills, Ningpo, growing on a wax-tree 
(Stillingia sebifera) beside the river—very rare ( Hancock, 22 !); 
on bare rocks (Hickin!), Rock Lan of the natives. Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
In habit similar to Z. teres, Blume, but more slender, the 
flowers smaller, and the lip differently shaped. 
2. Luisia Morsei, Rolfe, n. sp. 
Herba cirea + ped. alta. Caulis validus. Folia rigida, teretia, 
2-4 poll. longa; vagin: corrugate. Racemi breves, pauciflori. 
Bractee late ovate, subacute, divaricatie, rigide, 1 poll. longc. 
Pedicelli cirea 4 lin. longi. | Sepala et petala subeequalia, oblonga, 
subobtusa, 3 lin. longa. Zabellum 34 lin. longum; hypochilium 
late triangulare, 23 lin. latum; epichilium late rhomboideo- 
ovatum, retusum, 21 lin. latum. | Columna brevissima. | Capsula 
clavata, } poll. longa. 
Kwaxasr: Lungehao (Morse, 101, herb. 4. Henry !). Herb. 
Kew. 
Nearest allied to L. teretifolia, Gand, (at least as to the Indian 
plant so named), but the leaves are shorter and stouter, aud the 
flowers much larger. 
3. Luisia teres, Blume, Rumphia, iv. p. 50, in nota; Blume, 
Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 64; Lindl. Fol. Orch., Luisia, p. 235 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 28. 
Epidendrum teres, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 30; Thunb. Ic. Pl. Jap. i. t. 7. 
Cymbidium triste, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orch, p. 167, ex parte, non 
Willd. 
SzECHUEN: without locality (Pratt!). Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
Readily distinguished by the bifurcate lip with acute lobes. 
4. Luisia teretifolia, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy., Bot. p. 427, 
Atlas, t. 37; Blume, Rumphia, iv. p. 50, t. 194, fig. 3, t. 197, 
fig. D ; Lindl. Fol. Orch., Luisia, p. 2; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vi. p. 22. 
Haran (A. Henry, 8686!). Herb. Kew. 
India and Malaya, Marianne Islands, and perhaps New 
Caledonia. 
The specimen Ze äm young fruit, but the lip seems identical 
with that of the Indian plant. The New Caledonian locality 
remains doubtful, as the specimen has lost all its flowers. 
