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1. Cheirostylis chinensis, Kolfe, in Ann. Dot. ix. (1895) p. 158. 
Formosa: South of island (A. Hance, 390!), summit of 
Ape’s Hill, Takow (4. Henry, 320!). Herb. Kew. 
2. Cheirostylis flabellata, Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. v. p. 16, 
t. 1727 ; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. i. (1857) p. 187, exel. 
syn. Grift.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 105, 
Goodyera flabellata, A, Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér, 2, xv, (1841) p. 79, 
t. 12. 
Hoxcekoxsa (Ford, 130!). Herb. Kew. 
North and South India. 
3. Cheirostylis yunnanensis, Rolfe, in Kew Bulletin (1896), 
p. 201. 
Yunnan: shady rocky places at Mengtze (Hancock, 251), 
Flowers white; very rare; Woods at 4600 ft. in shade, on 
stones (A. Henry, 10423!). Herb. Kew. 
Habit of C. flabellata, Wight, but with much larger flowers 
and petals much longer than the sepals. 
l. Odontochilus Elwesii, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vi. p. 100 ; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2167. 
SzECHUEN : Mount Omei, 5000 ft. ( Faber, 939 ). Herb. Kew. 
Sikkim, Assam, Upper Burma. 
The Chinese plant has slightly larger flowers, but the whole 
plant is similar in other respects to the Indian one. 
2. Odontochilus yunnanensis, Rolfe, n. sp. 
Rhizoma repens. Caulis erectus, 4-8 poll. longus. Folia 
petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, acuta, 2-3 poll. longa, 9-18 lin. lata ; 
petiolus 9-10 lin. longus, basi in vaginam spathaceam amplexi- 
caulem expansus. Jtacemus 2—4 poll. longus, multiflorus. Bractee 
lanceolate, acute, 6-8 lin. longæ. Pedicelli 4-5 lin. longi. 
Sepalum posticum ovato-oblongum, subobtusum, 3 lin. longum ; 
lateralia patentia, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 4 lin. longa. Petala 
oblique semiovata, subobtusa, cum sepalo postico in galeam 
conniventia.  Labellum 7 lin. longum, basi angustum, apice in 
laminam bilobam dilatatum ; lobi oblongi, subdivaricati; unguis 
utrinque appendiculis linearibus 3-4 instructus, basi in saeculum 
globosum 13 lin. latum dilatatus. Columna 2 lin. longa. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, mountain forests, at 5000 ft. (4. Henry, 
11110!). Flowers yellow. Herb. Kew. 
Allied to O. Clarket, Hook. f., a native of Sikkim, but differing 
in numerous details. 
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