48 135. ORCHIDACEX: NEOTTIEX. 
l. Gastrodia elata, Blume, Mus. Bot. ii. p. 174; Blume, Coll. 
Orch. Archip. Ind. et Jap. p. 143, t. 53, fig. 1. 
Hvrga: Iehang (A. Henry, 868, 4659 !), Changyang, S. Patung, 
at 3000-5000 ft. (A. Henry, 6078 '): SZECHUEN: without locality 
(Pratt, 100*). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan and Tibet. 
Native name * Fien-ma.”’ The root is a drug and is often 
eaten roasted like a potato (A. Henry). 
l. Cephalanthera erecta, Lindl. Gen. d Sp. Orch. p. 412: 
Blume, Coll. Orch. Archip. Ind. et Jap. p. 188, t. 65, fig. 2 5. 
Franch, et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 35. 
Serapias erecta, Thunb. Fl Jap. p. 27: Ic. Pl. Jap. i. t. 4. 
Hurren: Patung (4. Henry, 1429, 3761 !); SzECHUEN: 
S. Wushan (A. Henry, 5464 A !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
2. Cephalanthera falcata, Lindl. Gen. 4 Sp. Orch. p. 412; 
Blume, Coll. Orch. Archip. Ind. et Jap. p. 187, t. 65, fig. 1, et 
t. 66, fiv. E; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 35. 
Serapias falcata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 28; Ie. Pl. Jap. 1. t. 5. 
Cephalanthera platycheila, Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. iii. (1845) p. 335. 
Cephalanthera japonica, A. Gray, Pl. Jap. p. 319. 
CurKrAwG: Ningpo (Everard! Fortune!); SzECHUEN: S. 
Wushan (4. Henry, 56211). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
1. Epipactis consimilis, D. Don, Prodr. Fl. -Nepal. p. 28; 
Wall. Cat. n. 7403 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 126; King & 
Pantl.,in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii. p. 272, t. 364. 
Epipactis veratrifolia, Boiss, et Hoh. ex Boiss. Diagn. ser. 1, xiii. p. ll; 
Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. i. (1857) p. 174; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. p. 87. 
a Yunnan: Lunan, at riverside (4. Henry, 11108 !). Flowers 
brownish. Herb. Kew. 
Sikkim, Western Temperate Himalaya, Afghanistan, and 
westward to Syria. 
Lindley, relying rather on the locality than the characters 
given, has referred Don’s plant to E. latifolia, Linn.; but Wallich, 
on whose specimens it was based, credits the species to Don, and 
the characters, **floribus bracteis triplo brevioribus, labello 
cucullato, lamina acumiuata, perianthii foliolis longiore," agree 
