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JUNIPERUS EXCELSA, Bieb. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 708. i 
Badghis : December 6, 1884 ; Paropamisus range : 1125, May 25,1885. Native names: 
Archa, Ors, Orsa. А large tree, common and, in many places, forming good forests, at 
altitudes above 4500 feet. Its timber is employed extensively for all purposes and 
for fuel. 
PINUS HALEPENSIS, Mill. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. у. p. 695. 
Khorasan: 1126, August 23, 1885. Native name Naoju. Cultivated round gardens 
and orchards to break the force of the wind. Also common near shrines. The cone and 
the tree both go by the same native name. The timber is largely employed in the wood- 
work of houses. 
ORCHIDEÆ *, 
ORCHIS LATIFOLIA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 71. 
Khorasan : 675, June 18, 1885. Іп moist meadow-land, at 3000 feet altitude and 
upwards; common ; Badghis and Khorasan. Тһе tubers, called Salap or Salab, exported 
in some quantity from Persia by way of Herat to India. 
* Dr. H. G. Reichenbach has kindly contributed the following rectification of the determination of one of my 
Kuram Orchids :— 
НавЕхАРТА Аттонтзомт, Reichb. f., n. sp.; tuberidiis cylindraceis, foliis suboppositis transverse ellipticis, acutis, 
pedunculo longe exserto, distanter vaginato, vaginis triangulis acutis ; racemo densifloro, subsecundo, bracteis trian- 
gulis, acutis, uninerviis ; ovaria pedicellata dimidia subæquantibus ; sepalis tepalisque rostrato-conniventibus ; sepalis 
triangulis, trinerviis, tepalis subsequalibus basi interna subangulatis ; labelli tripartiti partitionibus linearibus acutis, 
lateralibus nunc divaricatis, calcari filiformi apicem versus ampliato, nune uncato, ovarium pedicellatum non sequante ; 
cruribus stigmaticis retusis basi nune connatis.—“ Habenaria brachyphylla, Lindl.,” Aitchison! in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
. Bot. xix. p. 188. Flores belle virides: “ bright green." 01. Aitchison eum magno gaudio dicata. 
Darban valley, Kuram district, “in solo argillaceo sylvarum, alt. 7500 ped.," Aitchison ! 
Вресішіла Kewensia ejusdem speciei sequentia Sikkim 10,000—11,000 ped., 7. D. Hooker, no. 59 Herb. Ind. Or. 
(no. 303 MSS.) (qui plantam statu puleherrimo sine dubio detexit) Lali valley above Budhi 10,000—11,000 ped., 
J. Е. Duthie ! Murree Himal. 7000 ped., Aitchison! Herb. Faleoneri, no. 1036, Kew Distrib. sine loco. ! 
Plante duse affines sunt. 
HABENARIA BRACHYPHYLLA, Reichb. f.— Platanthera brachyphylla, Lindl. Orch. p. 293!; Wight, Icon. v. t. 1694! 
. Habenaria crassifolia, A. Rich. in Ann. Se. Nat. вет. 2, vol. xv. p. 72, t. 3c(1841). Recedit vaginis in caule crebris, 
inflorescentia bene spirali, sepalis crassioribus brevioribus, latioribus, acutis, lateralibus revolutis, tepalis ellipticis 
uninerviis nervulo altero brevissimo nune addito, supra basin angulatis, labelli tripartiti, partitionibus abbreviatis, 
latioribus, cruribus stigmaticis minutis vere absconditis, calcari magis апай recto descendente. Flores dicti viridi- 
albi, calcari viridi (flowers greenish white, spur green). ; 
Specimina in herbariis Kewensibus numerosa. Typus Lindleyi (уно brachyphylla, Hb. Wight.), Nilgher- 
ries, Wight !, Perrottet! 1822, Katery Nilag. Metz.! Ghats, near Toorneea in the Deccan, Aug. 1852, Stocks! 
Khasia Hills, Lobb! : : 
Similis preterea huie plants est Habenaria vaginata, А. Rich. in Ann. р и sér. 2, vol. жін: р. 269, t 17, 4 
(1840). Hee planta Abyssinica optime recedit tepalis magis lunatis, labelli partitionibus lateralibus divaricatis nec 
orsi ibus stigmaticis maximis retusis, | ; : 
Toti peg нен basiliaribus sunt hm:—1. Habenaria platyphylla, Spreng. 2. Habenaria plantaginea, 
lind. 8. Habenaria rotundifolia, Lindl. (Habenaria diphylla, Dalz. typica herb, Dalzell in herb. Kewensi). 
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