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Described from a single specimen which may not represent the 
normal habit of the plant, together with a single expanded flower. 
The structure of the basal lobe of the wings with its long acuminate 
crisped apex is that of the N. Chinese and Japanese J. Textor?, m 
which the peduncle is many-flowered. 
4, I. distracta, Hk. f., sp. nov. ; = 
ZECHUAN OCOIDENT, Huang Yah, locis humidis, alt. 1500- 
1800 m., EE. H. Wilson in Herb. Arnold Arboret., no. 3060, et 
ew. 
Herba fere glaberrima, gracilis, ramosa, floribus inter minores, 
ramis elongatis. Folia 5-10 cm. longa, apices versus ramorum 
conferta, sessilia, inferiora alterna, petiolata, membranacea, ovato- 
oblonga, acuminata, crenata vel crenato-serrata setulis imterjectis 0, 
suprema basi rotundata, inferiora basi cuneata petioloque gracili 
3-4 cm. longo instructa; nervi utrinque 6-7, graciles ; glandulae 
infrapetiolares 0. Inflorescentia pedunculata ; pedunculi graciles, 
2-3 cm. longi, biflori, glabri, pilosuli ; pedicelli florentes breves, 
fractiferi divaricati, 0°5-3 cm. longi, inferior basi, superior supra 
basin bracteati ; bracteae lanceolatae, 3-5 mm. longae. Flores ad 
2 em. expansi, roseo-purpurei; raphides 0. Sepala 2, ovata, 
cuspidatim acuminata, 7 mm. longa, 3-nervia, glabra vel pilosa. 
Vexillum orbiculare, 1°4 cm. diametro, basi intrusum, apice rotunda- 
tum, costa dorso late alata, ala apice rostrata. Alae sessiles, 2-2°5 cm. 
longae ; lobus basalis parvus, rotundatus vel decurvus, ambitu pur- 
pureus, distalis multo major, dolabriformis, dorso infra apicem saepe 
late excisus; auricula dorsalis in filum lamina dimidio brevius m 
calear labelli descendens productus. Labelli limbus cymbiformis, 
ascendens, 1'5 em. longus, acutus, basi in calcar crassum obtusum 
faleatae, polyspermae. Semina ovato-oblonga, 3°5-4 cm. longa, 
glabra, fusca, 
Closely allied to I. Faberi, but differing in the short spur and 
dorsal auricle of the wings, 2-flowered peduncle, & 
5. I. gasterocheila, Hk. f,, sp. nov. 
SZECHUAN OCCIDENT. Wa-shan, secus rivulos, alt. 900 m., 
E.. H. Wilson in Herb. Arnold Arboret., no. 3062, et 
Herba gracilis, glaberrima, 4 dm. alta, mediocriflora, caule sub- 
simplici inferne longo nudo. ; ? 
petiolata, membranacea, ovata, acuminata, serrulata, basi cuneata in 
petiolum gracilem 2-3 em. lon 
utrinque 6-7 tenuibus ; glandulae infrapetiolares 0. Inflorescentia 
edunculata ; pedunculi graciles, uniflori, florentes 1-1°5 cm. long, 
ructiferi duplo longiores; bracteae 
1-3 mm. longi. Flores ad 2 cm. ex 
Sepala 4, uninervia, 
longe acuminata, 2 
acuta 
Cc. 
