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It has been introduced from Japan in a living state to the St. Petersburg 

 Botanic Garden by M. Maximowicz ; and the same or a very similar plant was 

 brought to this country by Mr. J. G. Veitch, on his return from Japan. 



The plant is a dwarf-herb, with short stems and approximate leaves, narrow- 

 ing into the petiole, which is dilated, so as to sheathe the stem by its base. The 

 form of the leaves is ovate, acute ; the margin being of a clear pale-yellow, and 

 the central part barred with bright-green reticulations on a deep olive-green 

 ground. The flowers are upwards of an inch long ; of a pale-pink color ; hairy 

 on the outside, with linear, erect sepals and petals, and a lip of the same form, 

 but shorter and recurved. It is related to the Georchis biflora of Lindley ; and 

 M. Maximowicz regards it as forming with that plant a very natural section of 

 the genus Goodyera. 



For garden-purposes, it will be very welcome ; because, with much of the 

 beauty of the Anasctochils, it is far more manageable than they. Indeed, M. 

 Regel states that it succeeds well in a cool house, if placed in a light situation, 

 protected from the influence of the sun by means of shading. 



In Japan it is only met with in cultivation, and brings a high price to the 

 Japanese dealers. M. Regel suspects that this and another species, G. veliitina, 

 something in the way of G. discolor, both come from the southern islands of 

 Japan. Their free growth, easy culture, and nicely-marked leaves, render them 

 both desirable for general cultivation. It is recommended that they should be 

 grown in flat pots, planted in freshly-gathered sphagnum, mixed with a little 

 loamy earth and sand, and kept rather elevated above the edge of the pot. 



