26 PBOFESSOE lindlet's contbibtjtions to 



171. E. STENOPETALA; aphylla, scapo gracili 3-4-vaginato, racemo 

 brevi, bracteis ovatis acuminatis incurvis ovario longioribus, sepalis se- 

 cundis petalisque porrectis linearibus aequalibus, labello infundibiilari : 

 limbi trilobi lobis lateralibus rectangulis interraedio subrotundo crispo 

 ramentis 3 parvis fissis siuubus oppositis, calcare elongate apice 

 inflate, foliis hysteranthiis gramineis. 



Bootan; Panukka on dry hills, Griffith (847, Itinerary Notes, p. 164). 



Authentic specimens, sent me by Griffith himself, show this to 

 be a slender plant, with a graceful scape 18 inches high, termina- 

 ted by from 5 to 8 flowers, with large herbaceous bracts ending 

 in fine points. According to Griffith's Itinerary, the flowers are 

 purplish with darker veins; at least such seems to have been 

 written by that lamented botanist, as far as can be judged from 

 the wretched state of the printed text. 



CoBALLOEHizA, Haller. 



172. C.indica: floribus subglobosis, sepalis petalisque oblongis aequa- 

 libus secundis obtusis, labello unguiculato coneavo reflexo lamina 

 subrotundo-quadrata utrinque medio unidentata intus nuda. 



N. W. Himalaya; upper part of Hattee? T. T. (no number). 



A solitary specimen, found by Dr. Thomson, is before me. It 

 has no root, a stout scape a foot high with two distant close- 

 pressed sheaths, a loose spike of 7 flowers, with linear acuminate 

 spreading bracts, the lower of which are empty. The flowers are 

 about f inch in diameter. The only flower I have been able to 

 dissect had lost anther and pollen-masses ; but I think the plant 

 must belong to the present genus. 



The leafy Corallorhizas formerly published by me I have now 

 had better means of examining. G. foliosa I have redissected ; and 

 a second species, from Dr. Thomson, has proved to be in a good 

 examinable state. In both, the pollen-masses are globular, not at 

 all compressed, and in the latter I have found them attached to a 

 true caudicle with its gland. It is therefore clear that they must 

 be separated from Corallorhiza and placed near Eulophia, from 

 which their pollen-masses distinguish them. A third species is 

 the Siberian Corallorhiza patens. The alpine habits of all lead me 

 to propose the name of Oreorchis for this small group. 



Oeeoechis, gen. nov. 



Tuberosa. Folia ^ngusta radicalia plicata. Scapi simplices di- 

 stantes vaginati, apice dense racemosi. Sepala et petala sub- 

 gequalia secunda, lateralia basi obHqua. Labellum unguiculatum 



