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cum columna continuum tripartitum membranaceum intus bica- 

 rinatum. Columna elongata marginata, stigmate excavate. jPoI- 

 linia 4, globosa, disjuncta, caudicula lineari, glandula carnosa. 



173. O. foliosa; sepalis petalisque oblongo-linearibus, labelli lobis 

 lateralibus ovatis obtusis medianis, carinulis parallelis membranaceis. 

 — Corallorhiza with leaves, Lindl. in Royle's Botany of the Himalayas, 

 p. 362. 



Mussooree, Royle ; Lachen in Sikkim, at 11,000-12,000 feet, J. D.H. 

 (213), rare. 



Sepals red ; labellum white dabbled with red. Tuber roundish, 

 the size of sparrow's egg. Leaves from 5 to 15 inches long. Mowers 

 small, somewhat secund. In my sketch of Dr. Eoyle's plant the 

 lip has two distinct parallel carinulae terminating opposite the 

 re-entering angles of the lip : in the only imperfect flower from 

 Sikkim which it has been possible to dissect, the carinula3 are 

 short, broad, and acute ; yet the plants are indubitably the same. 



174. O. micrantha; tubere foliis seapoque praecedentis, labelli lobis 

 lateralibus filiformibus basilaribus intermedio apice lunato crispo basi 

 appendice cochleari carnosa instructo. 



N. W. Himalayas, 8000-10,000 feet; Yaklul Mountain, Kumaon, T. T. 



(214). 



Habit exactly that of the last. Elowers not a quarter the size ; 

 petals broader than the sepals. Pollen-masses 4, globular, per- 

 fectly distinct, on the end of a spathulate caudicle, connected with 

 an oblong fleshy gland. Capsules pendulous, oval, mucronate, 

 not dehiscent in the plant before me. 



175. 0. PATENS ; tuberibus ovatis monophyllis in rhizoma approximatis, 

 folio (latiore), scapi vagina in medio lineari herbacea patente, labelli 

 lobis lateralibus linearibus supra basin enatis carinulis 2 clavatis 

 distantibus. — Corallorhiza patens, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. 535. 



Siberia, Prescott. 



Flowers intermediate in size between the two preceding ; lateral 

 lobes of the lip springing neither from the base nor above the 

 middle, but below the middle. 



Ctmbiditjm, Swz. 



176. C. aloifolium, Swartz ; Wight, Ic. 1687?? 



Nilgherries, J. D. H. (234) ; Sikkim, 1000-3000 feet, J. D. H. (228). 



The racemes in the Sikkim plant are short, the flowers are 

 rather more fleshy, and the lip shorter than in the southern form. 

 There is however a drawing in Cathcart's collection representing 



