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326, t. 430; Schlechter in Schum. & Lauterb. Nachtr. Fl. deut. 

 Schutzg. 79 ; not Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3397. — Herminium good- 

 yeroides Lindl. Wall. Cat. no. 7066 (1832). — Peristylus good- 

 yeroides Lindl. Orch. PL 299 (1835) as to name and synon., not 

 Royle Illust. Him. PI. t. 87; Rolfe Journ. Linn. Soc. 36: 54 (1903); 

 J. J. Smith Orch. Java 32. — Platanthera goody eroides Vidal 

 Phan. Cum. Phil. 80, 151 in part (1885). 



" H. goody eroides, labello trilobo : lobis integris obtusis subse- 

 qualibus, perianthii foliolis exterioribus ovatis acutis ; omnibus 

 conniventibus, calcare brevissimo saccato, spica elongata multi- 

 flora. Hab. in Nepalia, Wallich. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. 

 Folia late elliptica, acuta, 4-5-pollicaria, bipollicem lata, subtus 

 pallidiora : vaginis elongatis, tubulosis, indivisis. Bractece lance- 

 olatae, mucronatse, flores excedentes. Sptica terminalis, solitaria, 

 4-pollicaris. Flores cernui, figura et colore Habenarice albidce ; 

 at paulo majores." — Don, I. c. 



Plants 3-5 dm. high. Leaves alternate near the middle of the 

 stem, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 5-11 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide. 

 Bracts linear-lanceolate, those of the spike exceeding the lower- 

 most flowers. Spike densely flowered up to 1 dm. long, about 1.5 

 cm. thick, cylindrical. Divisions of the perianth yellowish green, 

 nearly equal in length. Sepals oblong, 5 mm. long. Petals 

 oblong, obtuse, gibbous on the anterior margin, 4 mm. long. La- 

 bellam trifid, about as long as the sepals ; lateral divisions nar- 

 rower and slightly longer than the obtuse middle one. Spur 

 scrotiform, slightly exceeding 1 mm. in length. 



For an instructive note regarding this species, reference should 

 be made to King & Pantling, Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya, 

 page 327. 



Prov. Rizal, Luzon, Ahern's collector, August 26, 1905 (no. 

 3242). — Luacan, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, July, 1904, A. D. E. 

 Elmer (no. 6625). — Green, fragrant, Maragondong, Prov. Cavite, 

 Luzon, July 30, 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4176). — Mendez Nunez, 



