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ovato obtusiuscule acutato, supra basin medio lamellis 2 parallelis, 
basi paulo ampliatis antice leviter divergentibus, in medio labelli 
terminatis ornato, sepalis aequilongo, infra medium 2°5 mm 
lato, anthera humili, canalibus perbrevibus, arise triangulo ; 
ovario cylindraceo-fusiformi, glabro, c. 0°5 cm. lon 
“Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers green, deliciously fragrant, 
odour resembling vanilla. Open mountain meadows on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. 
II-12,000 ft. July 1906.” No. 2590. 
This interesting species is closely allied to the Himalayan 
H. Josephi, Rchb. f., but has a dense many-flowered inflorescence 
of smaller flowers rid broader leaves. Besides, there are distinct 
differences in the shape and the keels of the labellum. 
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jv’ Herminium forceps, Schltr. Comb. nov. 
Peristylus forceps, Finet in Rev. Génér. Botan. xili (Igor), p. 521. 
“Plant of 4-8 inches. Flowers green, fragrant. Stony 
mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 20’N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. October 1906. G. Forrest. 
No. 3075. 
This plant should rather be regarded asa species of Herminium. 
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‘“ _Herminium coeloceras, Schltr. Comb. nov. 
Peristylus coeloceras, Finet in Rev. Génér. Botan. xiii, p. 519. 
‘Flowers rose-purple and white, fragrant. Dry pasture 
on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 
g-10,000 ft. July-August rg06.”’ G. Forrest. No. 4878. 
This species as well should be regarded as a Herminium. 
To the same genus belongs H. ecalcaratum, Schltr., which has 
also been published by Finet as Peristylus, and is too a plant 
from Yunnan. 
Herminium unicorne, Kranzlin. 
“Plant of 3-8 inches. Flowers white, fragrant. Dry, 
stony pastureland at the base of the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 12’ N. Alt. 8500-9000 ft. July 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2583. 
Herminium Souliei, Rolfe in I.F-.S. iii, p. 51. 
“Plant of 8-12 inches. Flowers green. Grassy openings in 
pine forests on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 
