172 F. Fedde. 
siamensis, in having a very short or obsolete acumen to the antheriferous- 
scales, instead of the long and slender one which they possess. 
According to the description of Micholitz C. Micholitzii has a sub- 
terranean caudex or stem. Both C. pectinata and C. siamensis develop a 
trunk which may be 6 feet or more. 
17. Schizandra Henryi C. B. Clarke, |. c., p. 162, fig. 55. 
Scandens, foliis longe petiolatis ellipticis vel late ovatis utrinque 
acutatis; pedunculis petiolos superantibus. 
It differs from other known species chiefly in the shape of its leaves 
and in the length and stoutness of its peduncles, The flowers are white, 
unisexual, and borne in great profusion. The leaves are coriaceous, 
shining, with bright red petioles. In shape these leaves vary from 
elliptic, through broadly ovate, to cordate-ovate-acuminate on one and 
the same individual. The twining stems are more or less triangular 
each angle being prominently winged. After flowering the carpel-bearing 
column elongates very considerably and becomes fleshy; in this fleshy 
receptacle the mucilaginous berries are embedded. The whole fructifi- 
cation, Mr. Wilson tells us, is eaten by Chinese country-folk, who designate 
this plant the Tieh-ku-san. 
This species is not uncommon on rocks in the mountains of Westerm 
Hupeh and Szechuan, at an altitude of between 2000 and 5000 feet 
(Henry no. 1785 et 9193b). ` 
18. Eulophia paniculata Rolfe, 1. c., p. 197. 
A densely-tufted epiphyte with stout, woody rhizomes about 3/, inch 
broad. Pseudo-bulbs approximate, ovate-oblong, irregularly 5 angled, 3 
to 5 inches long 1!/, to 2!/, inches broad, diphyllous. Leaves strap- 
shaped, subacute, coriaceous, conduplicate at the base, 16 to 19 inches 
long by 9 to 14 lines broad, irregularly marbled on the upper surface 
with dull, dark green on a pale green ground. Scape stout, erect, about 
5 feet high, extending in a much-branched panicle above. Flowers very 
numerous and loosely-arranged, dusky-brown on the sepals, the petals 
and lip yellowish-green veined and somewhat retieulated with purple- 
brown colour. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to 8 lines long, 
those at the base of the side branches 6 to 10 lines long. Pedicels 
slender, ?/, to 1!/, inch long. Sepals spatulate, obtuse, narrowed at the 
base, 6 to 9 lines long. Petals elliptical-oblong, obtuse, somewhat undu- 
late, 4 to 6 lines long. Lip strongly three-lobed, 4 to 51} lines long by 
nearly as much broad; side lobes suborbicular; front lobe again divided 
into two broadly-rounded lobes; disc with three prominent longitudinal 
keels, the outer pair terminating abruptly below the middle, the median 
one extending further and terminating in a pair of diverging, flattened 
calli above the mouth of the spur; spur oblong, obtuse, 1!/, to 2 lines: 
long. Column oblong, curved, about 2 lines long. 
Native of Madagascar. 
