52 135. ORCHIDACEX: OPHRYDE.. 
ovato-oblonga, subobtusa, 14-13 lin. longa. Petala subtriloba, 
2-25 lin. longa, basi lata, apice caudato-acuminata. Labellum 
2-23 lin. longum, tricuspidato-trilobum, basi latum, concavum, 
ecalearatum, lobis lateralibus divaricatis oblongis subobtusis brevi- 
bus, lobo intermedio eaudatc-aeuminato. Columna brevissima.— 
Herminium alaschanicum var. tangutica, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. 
St. Pétersb. xxxi. (1887) p. 105; Mél. Biol. xii. p. 548. 
Kansun: Tangut, in rupibus, 10,100 ft. (Przewalski!) Herb. 
Kew. 
Very distinet from the Mongolian Herminium alaschanicum, 
Maxim., to which it has-been referred as a variety, both in 
habit and structure. 
1. Gymnadenia conopsea, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 
p. 191; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p.275; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 
p. 61: Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. p. Sl; Franch. Pl. David. i. 
p. 294. 
Orchis conopsea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 942. 
Habenaria conopsea, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Dot. xviii. (1880) 
p. 354 (non Aeiehb. f.). 
Cum: Pohuashan (David); SzECcHUEN: Tatsienlou (Soulié, 
100, 506!) ; without locality (Pratt, 672D. Herb. Kew. 
Widely diffused in Europe and Siberia, 
2. Gymnadenia cucullata, Rich. in Mém. Mus. Par. iv. (1818) 
p. 57: Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 279; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pekin., 
in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 477. 
Orchis cucullata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 939. 
Habenaria cucullata, Hófft, Cat. Kursk. p. 56, ex Ledeb, Fl. Ross. iv. 
p. 66. 
Himantoglossum cucullatum, Reichb. Fl. Germ. Excurs, p. 120. 
Carm: Pekin (Mavimowicz); ` Heen: Fang, at 8000- 
9000 ft. (A. Henry, 6873, 6890, 6899 B!); Kawsum: Tangut 
(Przewalski!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Central Russia from Moscow eastward, through Siberia to 
China; also in Sikkim. ` 
3. Gymnadenia Faberi, Rolfe. 
Habenaria Faberi, Rolfe, in Kew Bulletin (1896), p. 201. 
SZECHUEN : Mt. Omei, on rocks at 9000 ft. alt. (Faber, 319 D. 
Herb. Kew. 
Allied to G. Pinguicula, S. Moore, but the flowers are only 
about a fourth as large. It also approaches G. gracilis, Miq. 
