A NEW CHINESE POGONIA. 247 



Ceratodon conicus Lindb. Kingstliorpe. 



Zyi/(jdon viridissimus Dicks. Abundant fruit at Davcntry, March, 

 1885. Sparingly at Sywcll and Great Houghton, 1885. 



Ort/iutrirhioii, Li/t'llii H. & T. Fruiting at Nobottle and Salcey 

 Forest; Castle Asliby (R. Rogers). 



Mniuni undidatum Hedw. Nobottle. 



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A NEW CHINE BE POGONIA. 



By H. F. Hance, Ph.D., F.L.S. 



Pogonia (Nervilia) Fordii. — Tubere rotundo v. oblougo albo, 

 folio uiiico hysterantho cordato-ovato acuminato margine undulato 

 sinu basali lato aperto concolori laete viridi sparsim pilosulo 20- 

 nervio nervis 10 alternis inconspicuis immersis reliquis magis con- 

 spicuis in pagina superiore laniinula v. crista parva elevata e 

 seriebus pluribus cellularum diaphanarum conflatis per totam 

 longitudinem instructis 2i- poll, longo basi 2J poll, lato petiolo 

 3^ poUicari suffulto, scapo 7-8 pollicari glaberrimo 4-floro squama 

 unica prfedito, bracteis lineari-setaceis refiexis, floribus pedun- 

 culatis nutantibus 10 lin. longis, perigonii subclausi segmentis fere 

 inter se aeqnalibus viridulis parpureo-striatis labello albido striis 

 purpureis divergentibus picto intus apice et secus medium dense 

 albo-villoso trilobo lobis lateralibus erectis acutis intermedio ob- 

 longo apice rotundato brevioribus, columua basin lobi intermedii 

 fere attingente. 



In montibus Lo fan shan, prov. Cantonensis, a cl. C. Ford 

 effoss^e plantae m. Maio 1885 in horto bot. Hougkongensi floru- 

 eruut. E stirpe viva erui characteres. (Herb. prop. no. 22301). 



P. flabelliformis Lindl. is doubtless the nearest ally of Mr. 

 Ford's trouvaille, which however differs, as shown by Blume's 

 beautiful figure and analyses, "^^^ by the shape and extreme villosity 

 of the middle lobe of the labellum, by the form of the leaves, and 

 especially by the very remarkable raised plate over the alternate 

 nerves, equally noticeable in the living and dry plant, nothing 

 approaching which can I anywhere find recorded. 



I am not aware that any species of Pogonia has hitherto been 



recorded from China, but I have a lovely species (§ Eupoyonia[ 



gathered in May 1881 on wet rocks near Wu hu, in the province 



of An liwei, at an altitude of 3000 feet, by Mr. Bullock, with bright 



scarlet flowers (according to the collector) an inch and more in 



length, and a fimbriate labellum. Furthermore, the Eev. B. C. 



Henry collected on the Lo fau shan range, in May 1883, at an 



elevation of 2500 feet and upwards, a plant which I am inclined to 



refer to P. opliio(jlossuides Nutt. (already known from Japan), though 



the blossoms are conspicuously smaller. 



I may take the opportunity of stating that Mr. Ford has quite 



recently found very sparingly, on Mount Parker, Hongkong, a Vri/da//- 



zynea, which does not appear to differ from the Javanese V. nuda Bl. 

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* Fl. Java iv. t. 56. 



