82 INTRODUCTION. 
The following list gives the number of species contained in each of the forty-five 
genera : — Habenaria 31; Dendrobium 15; Liparis and Eulophia 9; Calanthe, Cymbidium and 
Негтіпштп Т; Cologyne and Goodyera 6; Lisiera and Orchis 5; Microsty tis, Oreorchis, Luisia, 
Vanda апа Pogonta 4; Oberonia, Bulbophyllum, Cirrhopetalum, Eria, Saccolabium and 
Epipactis, 3; Pholidota, Brides, Epipogum, Spiranthes and Cypripedium, 9. The remaining 
eighteen genera are represented by a single species:—Pachystoma, Phatus, Geodorum, 
Corallorhiza, Doritis, Ornithochilus, Sarcochilus, Rhynchostylis, Cleisostoma, Sarcanthus, Gastro- 
dia, Aphyllorchis, Galeola, Cephalanthera, Zeuxine, Ancetochilus, Hemipilia and Satyrium. 
The number of W. Himalayan species found in Sikkim is 105, and the following, 
thirty-five species extend to China :— Microstylis cylindrostachya, Liparis longipes, Dendrobium 
chrysanthum, D. clavatum, Cælogyne elata, Calanthe puberula, С. tricarinata, Eulophia 
fava, Е. nuda, Oreorchis foliosa, Corallorhiza innata, Cymbidium pendulum, С. longifolium, 
Ornithochilus fuscus, luisia teretifolia, rides odoratum, Epipactis consimilis,. E. gigantea, 
Spiranthes australis, Goodyera repens, G. procera, Zeuxine sulcata, Anæctochilus Roxburghii, 
Orchis Chusua, О, spathulata, Habenaria Susanne, H. ensifolia, H. intermedia, H. viridis, 
Н, goodyeroides, H. galeandra, Herminium augus/ifolium, H. Monorchis, Satyrium nepalense, 
Cypripedium himalaicum. 
Twelve species are found in Ceylon, viz.—JLiparis longipes, Pholidota imbricata, 
Eulophia nuda, Rhynchostylis retusa, Luisia teretifolia, Vanda parviflora, V. Roxburghit, 
Goodyera procera, Zeurine sulcata, Sei australis, Habenaria plantaginea and Satyrium 
nepalense, 
The following ten species extend to Britain:— Listera ovata, Corallorhiza innata, 
Goodyera repens*, Spiranthes autumnalis, LEpipogum aphyllum*, Epipactis latifolia*, Cephalan- 
thera ensifolia*, Orchis latifolia, Herminium Monorchis and Habenaria viridis. 
Pholidota imbricata and Spiranthes australis extend to Australia, and Epipactis gigantea 
and Goodyera repens occur in North America. 
The following twenty-four species are not at PT known to occur outside the 
area of the Western Himalaya :— 
t Mierostylis Mackinnoni—Dehra Dun and Mussoorie. 
Liparis diodon—Dehra Dun. 
-rostrata —Kumaon to Simla. 
Oreorchis indica —Garhwál to Simla. 
+ m Rolfei— Garhwál. 
+ Dendrobium Gambiei—Dehra Dun. 
+ Cirrhopetalum Hookeri—Garhwal. 
Eria alba—Kumaon to Chamba. 
$ — Hormusj:i— Dehra Dun and Garhwál to Hazara. 
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T Cymoidium Mac kinnoni—Mussoorie т range. 
5 Epipogum tuberosum— Kashmir. 
+ Listera Inayatt—Hazara. 
* Aiso in Sikkim. 
+ Pubiushed in Journ. As. Бос. Bins. Іххі (1902), Part i, pp. 37—45. 
$ Published in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvi (1897), Part i, 684 
§ Not previously published. 
