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species found in Japan, the Ladrone Isles, and in New Caledonia ; as well as in Ceylon 
and at Noakote, in the entrance to Nepal. 
The Ophrydee, named from the European genus, Ophrys, are terrestrial plants, with 
tuberous. roots, found in the temperate and sub-tropical parts of the world. Some 
genera are peculiar to.the Indian Flora, as Ate, the most southern, found at 4,000 feet 
of elevation in. the Dindygul mountains ; Caloglossum in Mysore, Tavoy, and Nepal; 
Diplomeris in Silhet and Nepal ; Aopla in the latter only; with Hemipilia, of which 
the single species, however, H. cordifolia, extends from Gossainthan to Mussooree. 
The other genera found in the Himalayas. are better known, as their species chiefly 
occur in Europe, N. America, and N, Asia, as. Orchis, Gymnadenia, Platanthera, and 
Peristylus, with Aceras and Herminium, which occur only in Europe and the northern 
parts of Western Asia. ° 
‘The genus Orchis, containing nearly fifty species in the Old, has only one, 
O. spectabilis, in the New World, which extends from Canada to Carolina ; so one only is 
found in the Himalayas from Peer Punjal to Gossainthan, and this a variety of O. luti- 
folia, which occurs in the colder parts of Europe and of Asia. .Gymnadenia cylindro- 
stachya from Kunawur, differs little from the Siberian form of G. Conopsea. G. spathu- 
lata, a diminutive species, is found on Kedarkanta.. Aceras augustifolia, Peristylus 
goodyeroides, and Herminium gramineum, are found on the Mussooree Hills and in Nepal. 
Of Platanthera, the entire lipped species occur in the Himalayas. Among those with 
divided lip, ‘are species in Burma and>the Peninsula of India. P. Susanne (P. gigan- 
tea, Sm.?) extends from Amboyna to Canton, and from Java all along the Himalayas 
to'the Kheree Pass, and even to Mussooree. Of Habenaria, numerous in species in 
tropical parts of the world, several ‘occur in. the Himalayas in the rainy season. Of 
these, H. plantaginea and commelinifolia occur in the Peninsula of India, and also at 
Mussooree. H. stenopetala, (Lind. Sp. 60) from the valleys towards Cashmere, appears 
to be the most northern species. Satyrium, found in Southern Africa, has the same 
species S. Nepalensis, in the southern mountains of Dindygul and in Nepal, whence 
it extends north even as far as Cashmere, and also into Lower Kunawur, and thus has 
a very wide distribution. 2 aa te ae 
iPr. Pucene has discovered on Dhunoultee a new genus of the tribe Gastrodiea, 
of which the other two genera are found, Gastrodia in New Holland and Java, and 
Epipogium in Europe and Central Asia. Dr. F. describes his plant as having the habit 
and look of an Orobanche, with a monophyllous perianth, the sepals and petals being 
united into a tube for two-thirds of their length, whence he has named the genus 
Gamoplezis. , 
The Neottiee are terrestrial Orchidee of temperate, but also of tropical, parts of the 
world’; so we have them both in the southern latitudes and the colder mountains of 
India. Of the former, and of those peculiar to this flora, Hylophila and Myoda, called 
Planté indice by Endlicher, are found in Singapore and Penang. teria and Micro- 
chilus extend from the Mauritius and Java, with Zropidia from the Malayan Penin- 
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