Tas. 7486. 
HAEMARIA Dawsonrana. 
Native of Burma. — 
Nat. Ord. OncnipE2.—Tribe NEorriez. 
Genus Harmaarta, Lindl.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 601.) 
Harmaria Dawsoniana; caule robusto basi nudo, foliis ovatis acutis in 
petiolum roseum angustatis glaberrimis supra luride viridibus nervis 
nervulisque reticulatis sanguineis, subtus roseis, seapo pallide viridi, 
racemo ovariisque laxe pilosis, vaginis lanceolatis, floribus spicatis, 
bracteis ovario paullo brevioribus lanceolatis albis roseo-tinctis, 
perianthio 1 poll. diam. albo, sepalis late ovatis obtusis, postico minore 
erecto, lateralibus patentibus, petalis linearibus falcatis sepalo postico 
subcoherentibus, labelli albi basi saccati ungue lineari, limbo stipitato 
2-lobo, lobis oblongis truncatis divaricatis, sacco 2-lobo, columna clavata 
aurea, rostello furcato, anthera rostrata. 
H. discolor var. Dawsoniana, Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxx. (1874) 
p. 142. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. vi. p. 102 (in note). 
Aneectochilus Dawsonianus, Low ex Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1868) p. 1038. 
Haemaria is a small genus of Asiatic Orchids, of which 
only two species are as yet known, JJ. discolor, Lindl. 
(Goodyera discolor, t. 2055), and the plant here figured. 
These two are so closely allied that Reichenbach from im- 
perfect specimens of H. Dawsoniana described it as a 
variety of discolor, at the same time overlooking the fact 
that it had already been published as an Anectochilus by 
Low in 1868, also under the name of Dawsonianus. 
Referring to the plate of H. discolor cited above, or 
better to a figure in the Botanical Register, t. 271, it 
will be seen that it is a much more robust, more 
glabrous plant, with very dark green whole-coloured 
leaves edged with red, and having smaller flowers. The 
genus is allied to Anewctochilus, but the sac of the lip is 
concealed between the bases of the lateral sepals, other- 
wise the genera are exceedingly alike. 
-  H. Dawsoniana is a native of Burma, where it was dis- 
covered, I believe, by the Rev. Mr. Parish in the Moolmain 
district. Living specimens have been received at the 
JuLY Ist, 1896, 
