SCHLECHTER—ORCHIDACEAE. . 95 
Orchis latifolia, Linn., var. 
“Plant of 9-15 inches. Flowers rose-purple, with deeper 
markings. Moist pastureland on the eastern flank of the Tali 
Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. g-10,000 ft. August 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 4887. 
~ Orchis tetraloba, Schltr. Comb. nov. 
a 
Peristylus tetralobus, Finet in Rey. Génér, Botan, xiil 
(1901), p. 524. 
This plant is better regarded as a species of the genus Orchis, 
Linn. It is nearly allied to O. puberula, King and Pantl. from 
the Himalayas. The plant is well figured by Finet on t. 13 of 
the above-mentioned publication. 
“Plant of 6~10 inches. Flowers pale rose. Moist, stony 
mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 8-go0oo ft. May-June 1906.” 
Forrest. No. 4862. 
‘Plant of 10-14 inches. Flowers purplish-rose. Moist 
mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 810,000 ft. June 1906.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 4863. 
This has been collected before by Delavay. 
Orchis basifoliata, Schltr. Comb. nov. 
Peristylus tetralobus, Finet, var. basifoliatus, Finet in Rev. 
énér. Botan. xiii (1901), p. 524. 
A species nearly allied to, but quite distinct from O. tetraloba, 
(Finet) Schltr. Finet considered it to be only a form, but the 
distinguishing characters fully justify its being regarded as a 
distinct species. The plant is well figured, too, by Finet on the 
t. 13 of the above-mentioned publication. 
“Plant of 5-8 inches. Flowers pure white, basal portion 
of labellum, with a few markings of pale purple, faintly fragrant. 
Very boggy open situations at base of eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 10’ N. Alt. 8500 ft. July 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2544. 
Orchis spathulata, Rchb. f., ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. vi, p. 127; 
LF-.S. ii, p.50. Finet in Rey. Génér. Bot. xiv (1901), p. 516. 
“Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers rose-purple. Moist, stony 
mountain pasture on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40’N. Alt.11,oo0ft. August 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 4886, 
