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Ccelogyne precox, Lindl. (i. e. Ccelogyne Wallichii in Hooker's 



'Sikkim'). 8000-10,000 ped. alt. 

 Frequent. 



Satyrium nepalense, Don. On Tonglo top, 10,000 ped. alt. 

 And also there a Habenaria with non-fimbriated lip. 



There are in Sikkim, at 7000-10,000 ped. alt., many fine 

 Orchids to be seen in September; but the above list comprises 

 all that I actually saw in flower, walking on the ridge to Tonglo. 

 Near Darjeeling every showy orchid is stripped from the trees 

 for sale for a few pence in the station. 



CoMMELYNACEJS. 



Commelyna obliqua, Don (3 Mathewii, C. B. Clarke), and Cya- 

 notis barbata, Kunth, are common on cleared ground from 7000— 

 8000 ped. alt. Commelyna coelestis ( = C erecta, L., ex Asa Gray), 

 cultivated here for its beauty, has established itself as a weed at 

 7500-8090 ped. alt. Aclisia p Thomsoni, C. B. Clarke (supposed 

 by Haskarl to be a DichcBspermum), is abundant at 8000 ped. alt. 

 It is described in my monograph from imperfect material. It is 

 neither an Aclisia nor a Dicha&permum, and may be a new genus 

 next Anilema. I give a description of the species here, 



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Anilema? Thomsoni, i. e. Aclisia? Thomsoni, C. B. Clarke. Sta^ 

 mina omnino Commelyna, i» e. tria altero latere floris imposita abor- 

 tiva brevia, tria altero latere floris imposita pollenifera quorum me- 

 dium majus difforme. Ovarium elongatum subaequaliter triloculare, 

 in quoque loculo 5-6-ovulatum. Capsula angusta, apice acuminata, 

 15-sperraa, seminibus in quoque loculo uniseriatis. 



Not only are the stamens unlike those of Anilema, but the 

 capsule is elongate, tapering upwards, quite unlike the capsule 

 of any Anilema known to me. 



JuNCACEjE. 



Juncus biifonius, L., extends from Darjeeling to 8000 ped. alt. 

 in cleared places. Juncus castaneus, Smith, and J. concinnus, 

 Don, are on Tonglo top at 10,000 ped. alt. 



LlLIACE-E. 



Chloopsis caulescens,B/. ( = Ophiopogonspicatu», Auct.), abounds 

 from 7000-9000 ped. alt. 



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Fluggba intermedia? Schott, occurs from 7000-8000 pe 



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