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that we suspect they do not belong to the same plant. They are 
thick, short, and complicate, and were evidently distichously 
arranged. 
Geodorum pallidum, D. Don; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 176 ; 
syn. Geodorum candidum, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. ined.— 
Shan hilis. 
Eastern India, Burma, Malacca, and Ceylon. 
Vanda cærulescens, Griffith; Lindl. Fol. Orch., Vanda, p. 9; 
Bot. Mag. t. 5834; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. ined.—Shan hills terai at 
3000 feet. 
Burma. 
Spiranthes australis, Lindl.; Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 464 ; Wight, 
Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1724; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. ined.—Shan hills 
plateau at 5000 feet. 
Afghanistan and India to Siberia, China, and Japan, and 
southward to Australia and New Zealand, and very closely allied 
to the European S. æstivalis. This is the most widely spread 
of any species of orchid; and the genus Spiranthes, section 
Euspiranthes, has a wider geographical area than any other 
generic type of this natural order. 
Epipactis, sp. n. ?, alabastris lanatis sepalis petalisque latis.— 
Shan hills at 3500 feet. 
We have not succeeded in matching this in the Kew Herbarium, 
and the specimen is insufficient for description. 
Habenaria geniculata, D. Don; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 
p. 824; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. ined.—Shan hills at 4400 to 6000 
feet. 
Khasia hills. 
Habenaria rostrata, Wall.; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 325; 
Fl. Brit. Ind. v. ined.—Shan hills at 4400 feet. 
Khasia and Tenasserim. 
Habenaria ($ Vere) Mandersii, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
T'ubera non visa. Caulis simplex, erectus, 9-12 poll. altus, 
graciliusculus, per totum foliaceus, glaber. Folia subcarnosa, 
ovato-lanceolata, 1-2 poll. longa, acuta, amplexicaulia, caulem 
