174 PROFESSOR LIND LEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO 



whence the name. I had however described it three years before 

 as a probable species of Otochilus, the pollen-masses of which had 

 not been found. And such it really is, as Griffith determined, 

 without however knowing that it was a described plant. The 

 stigmatic gland described by Wallich, but not represented in his 

 drawing, has no existence, as Griffith's figure and description 

 show, and as I have verified. The species is, however, remarkable 

 for having two straps holding together the pollen-masses in pairs, 

 each strap having a perfectly well-defined outline ; of these only 

 rudiments occur in the two other species. They are analogous to 

 the narrower and more obscure threads which occur in Pholidota 

 articuhta, as I learn from Dr. Hooker's drawings. 



III. Tiptjlaria, Nutt. Gen. Amer. ii. 195. 



9. T. Josephi (Bchb.f. ined.) ; labello acuminata. 

 Sikkim, 10,000-12,000 feet, J. D. S. (351) 



When Prof. Eeichenbach saw this in my herbarium he gave it 

 the above name, distinguishing it by its " having the lateral lobes 

 of the lip half ovate not acute, and by its shorter column." The 

 latter difference seems constant, the former cannot be relied on. 

 I, however, find that the lip of the Indian species is acuminate, 

 and the flowers smaller and darker coloured. The two plants are, 

 however, so much alike that I cannot avoid doubting their specific 

 distinctness. 



IV. Epipactis, Camerarius. 



10. E. veratrifolia, Boissier, Diagnoses, xiii. 11. — (E. consimilis, Wall. Cat. 

 7403, nee D. Don.) 



Peshawur, Major Yicary, J. D. H. (324) 



Identical with the plant found 'by Kotschy in the gorges of 

 Mount Elbruz, near Derbend. The plant intended by Don for 

 E. consimilis is E. latifolia. 



11. E. Royleana, Lindl. in Boyle's Illustr. 368. 



Eavine above Jungnam, Kunawur, T. Thomson ; a single specimen. 

 The bracts are short and broad, and the parts of the flower less 

 elongated than in 12. americana, which is very like this. 



12. E. latifolia, Swartz, Act. Holm. 1800, p. 232.— (E. consimilis, Don, Prodr. 

 p. 28. — E. macrostachya, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7404. — E. herbacea, Lindl. 

 in Boyle's Illustr. 368.— E. Dalhousise, Wight, Ic. t. 1723.) 



N.W. Himalaya, 6000-9000 feet, T. T. (323) ; W. Thibet, 7000-11,000 feet, 

 T. T. (322) ; Sikkim, 11,000 feet (323). 



The Himalayan plant is more robust in growth than the Eu- 



