104 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
Epipactis consimilis, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 28; I.F-S. iii, 
p. 48. 
“Plant of 10-14 inches. Flowers green. Dense, shady 
thickets in side valleys on eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 18’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft... June —1o06; — -G. Forrest. 
No. 2454. 
No. 2430, partly. 
Neottia micrantha, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 458; I.F-S. iii, 
p. 40. 
“Plant of 6-14 inches. Flowers pale brown, segments of 
perianth with scarious segments. In very dense, shady pine 
forests on a chalky soil on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 12’. Alt. 10,500-11,000 ft. June 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2274. 
C 
- Neottia grandiflora, Schltr. Sp. nov. Plate Ixxx. 
Terrestris, erecta, saprophytica, 20-32 cm. alta; radicibus 
numerosis, carnosulis, flexuosis, glabratis; caule crassiusculo, 
tereti, apicem versus sparsim papilloso, vaginis 4-5 alte amplec- 
tentibus obtusis obsesso, vaginis 2 superioribus suboppositis ; 
racemo dense multifloro, cylindrico, usque ad 17 cm. longo, 
3-35 cm. diametiente; bracteis erecto-patentibus, ellipticis 
obtusis, ovarium paulo superantibus, extus sparsim papillosis ; 
rhachi papillosa ; floribus in genere magnis, erecto-patentibus ; 
sepalis extus sparsim papillosis vel subglabris, 0°6 cm. longis, 
intermedio oblongo, subacuto, lateralibus falcato-ellipticis apicu- 
latis, margine anteriore medio dilatatis ; petalis oblique lineari- 
bus vel lineari-ligulatis, apicem versus sublatioribus obtusius- 
culis, marginibus revolutis apice irregularibus, sepalis sub- 
aequilongis ; labello circuitu cuneato-obovato, 1°5 cm. longo, 
supra medium usque ad 1 cm. lato, usque ad medium bilobo, 
lobis oblique oblongis obtusis, margine exteriore plus minusve 
subcrenato-irregularibus, minutissime papillosis, callo bifido 
parvulo in basi labelli, linea media incrassata interjecta; columna 
leviter arcuata, basin versus paulo dilatata, glabra, c. 0-5 cm. 
longa ; ovario clavato, sparsim papilloso, c. 0°7 cm. longo. 
“Plant of 9-14 inches. Perianth fleshy, segments rich olive- 
green, bordered by a lighter shade. Damp, shady situations 
in mixed forests on the eastern slope of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 1o—10,500 ft. August 1906.’’ G. Forrest, 
No. 2652. 
From all other species this is well distinguished by its large 
flowers and the broad lobes of the labellum. 
