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frequently in company with Stylidinum uliginosum. The flowers and 
stalk are light pea-green. 
22. Peristylus chloranthus, Lindl., sp. u.; foliis 2-3 radicalibus ovatis 
acutis, spica spirali, scroto ovato medio antice depresso, labello tri- 
fido laciniis linearibus obtusis. (Zindl.) 
Common on the top of Victoria Peak, in marshy spots and slopes. 
The flowers, of a light green, appear about April. 
23. Habenaria /inguella, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 325.—Marshy 
spots on the top of Victoria Peak, flowering in July. A very pretty 
species. The flowers are at first pure yellow, which ultimately turns to 
a dark brown, the process usually commencing by a dark blotch in the 
sepals. ; 
24. Habenaria Miersiana, Champ., sp. n.; caule basi tantum foliato, 
foliis oblongis acutis, spica subcorymbosa, bracteis setaceo-acumina- 
tis ovarii longitudine, labelli subrotundi trilobi lobis lateralibus grosse 
dentatis intermedio obtuso longioribus, petalis sepalo dorsali galeato 
subæqualibus, calcare arcuato clavato ascendente labello duplo lon- 
giore. 
Very like the Nepal and Burmese H. geniculata, from which it dif- 
fers in the stem being only leafy at the base, in the shorter spike, and 
in the spurs being very much longer than the lip, instead of the same 
length. (Lindl.) 
It is a rare species, only seen by Major Champion in a ravine on the 
side of Victoria Peak, in September, 1847 and 1848. The flowers are 
pure white, with the extremity of the spur green. 
25. Platanthera stenostachya, Lindl., sp. n.; caule folioso, foliis oblongis 
acutis, bracteis herbaceis setaceo-acuminatis, sepalis carnosis obtusis, 
labelli trifidi lobo medio latiore, calcare labello duplo latiore. 
Next to P. cubitalis, but different in its shorter and broader leaves, 
less leafy bracts, smaller flowers, and much shorter spur. The petals, 
too, are as large as the sepals. The precise station is not recorded. 
(Lindl.) oi 
26. Platanthera Susanne, Lindl. Gen. et. Sp. Orch. p. 295.—Com- 
mon on the grassy slopes and summits of all the higher hills of Bong 
kong, flowering in June with Lilium Japonicum. : 
27. Platanthera Championi, Lindl., sp. n.; caule dense folioso, foliis 2 
ovato-oblongis acutis, spica foliosa, scia lateralibus patentibus dor- 
sali petalisque galeatis, labello obcordato, calcare brevissimo conico. 
