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vallarioides, from which it differs in the form of the leaves, the 

 sessile flowers, &c. L. JEscholtziana, of which L. Banksiana is a 

 synonym, differs in its smaller long-stalked flowers and in the 

 form of its leaves. 



16. L. tenuis ; foliis ovatis acutis, caule capillari, bracteis parvis pedicellis 

 sequalibus, labello cuneato emarginato sepalis multd longiore. 



Sikkim, 11,000-12,000 feet, J. D. H. (354) 



A very slender plant. Lip apparently deep olive colour. 



17. L. miceantha; foliis subrotundo-ovatis radicalibus, racemo tenui, 

 bracteis pedicellis filiformibus multd breyioribus, labello ovato cucullato 

 trilobo sepalis vix sequali, lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio acutissimo. 



Sikkim, 10,000 feet, J. D. H. (353) 



A very remarkable plant, with the lip concave, not convex, and 

 scarcely so long as the sepals ; at its base it is furnished with a 

 pair of auricles, while the sides of the acute middle lobe have each 

 a single minute sharp tooth. 



VII. Neottia, Linn. 



18. N. listeroides, Lindl. in T&oyWs Himal. p. 368. 

 N.W. Himalaya, at 8000 feet, 23 Thomson (356). 



The specimens, like those brought home by Dr. Eoyle, appear 

 in two states, the one very much stouter than the other. 



VIII. Epipooixjm, B. Br. (Gralera, Blume, Bijdr. i. 415. t. 3. 

 Podanthera, B. Wight, Ic. t. 1759. Ceratopsis, Lindl. Gen. 

 et Sp. Orch. p. 383.) 



There is no doubt that all these genera are the same, and that 

 their supposed differences have been suggested by inexact obser- 

 vation, or insufficient comparison. Ceratopsis, founded on the 

 Limodorum rosetim of D. Don, was supposed by me to have cirrhi 

 on the column, such cirrhi being nothing more than the cartila- 

 ginous caudicles of its pollen-masses observed in an old and 

 withered flower. Bodanihera and Galera are not different from 

 each other even as species, and are merely Epipogiums with an 

 undivided lip bearing two hairy lines along the middle. The 

 following are the only species yet known. 



19. E. Gmelini, L. C. Richard ; Mchb.f. Orch. Germ. 1. 116 ; Hooker, Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4821 ; labello auriculato ovato inttis pulverulento seriatim papilloso, 

 calcare inflate 



Sirmur, N.W. Himalaya, at 8000 feet, T. Thomson (224). Two specimens 

 only seen. 



