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Vanilla, Plum. {Lindl. o. c. p. 434 ; Nat. syst. p. 341 ; — Endl. gen. pi. 

 I, p. 220.) 

 \. aromatica, Swz. {Lindl. I. c. — V. flore viridi et albo, fructu nigri- 

 cante, Plum. ic. p. 183, t. 188. — Epidendrum Vanilla, L.) %. v_/ Bra- 

 zil, near Rio Janeiro. Minaes Geraes. Has not fl. here. The dried 

 fruit is delightfully aromatic, and used in the manufacture of chocolate, 

 liqueurs, and various articles of confectionery. (Lindl.) 

 2. planifolia, Andr. {B. Repos. t. 538 ; — Lindl. o. c. p. 435 ; — Bl. Rum- 

 phia, \,p. 197, t. 68 — V. viridiflora, fi/. — Myobroma fragans, 6'a/«>6. 

 par. t. 82.) % v^/ W. Indies. Cultivated in India. Has not fl. here. 

 F, Neottie^. 

 Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 341 ; Endl. gen. pl 1, ;;. 212. 

 GooDYERA, R. Br. {Endl. gen. pl. 1, p. 214.) 



l.procera. Hook. {Exot. fl. t. 39; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 703. — Neottia 

 procera, Wall. ; B. Reg. 8, t. 639.) % Terrest. Khassya Mountains. 

 Nepal. Fl. smallish, white, C. S. 

 Zeuxina, Lindl. {B. Reg. 19, t. 1618. annot. ;—Endl. gen. pl. I, p. 216.) 

 I. sulcata, Lindl. {Wall. Cat. — Pterygodium sulcatum, Roxb.fl. ind. 3, 

 p. 452.) C^ "^^ Shioet-hoolee. % Terrest. Bengal, (Serampore,) 

 &c. Fl. small, white, and fr. C. S. 

 Anoectochilus, Bl. {B. Reg. 23, t. 2010 ; — Endl. gen. pl. 1, p. 216.) 



1. Roxburghii, Lindl. (Chrysobaphus Roxburghii, Wall.) % Terrest. 

 Khassya Mountains. Has not fl. here. 



6, Cypripedie^. 

 Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 341 ; Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 220. 

 Cypripedium, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 682, No. 3044 ; — Lindl. I. c.) 



l.insigne. Wall. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 746; — Lindl. coll. t. 32 ; — Hook, 

 exot. fl. t. 34;— 5. Cab. t. 1321 -,—8. M. 62, t. 3412.) % Terrest. 

 Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Fl. very large, green, variegated with 

 brownish and deep brown spots, C. S., but rare. 



2. venustum. Wall. (Spreng. I. c.,—B. M. 47, t. 2129;— .B. Reg. 10, t. 

 788.) % Terrest. Khassya Mountains. Fl. large, white, green- striped, 

 here purple haired, there marked with black spots and tinged with 

 purple, C. S., but very rare. 



Unknown to us, Malaxis? plicata, Roxb. (fl. ind. S, p. 4,")6.) %. Paras. 

 Sumatra. Fl. very small, greenish-yellow. In H. C. G. fl. July. (Roxb.) 



A number of other Orchiaceae have been introduced into H . C. G. chiefly 

 from the Khassya Mountains, but we are not acquainted with their names. 



* Octomeria gramini/olia, R. Br. B. .M. 54, t, 2764, % Terrest. W. Indies 

 — 0. Baueri, Lindl. % Terrest. W. Indies. — Chrysoglossum ornatum, 

 Bl. %. Terrest. Java. — Microstylis Wallichii, Lindl, %. Terrest. Khas- 

 sya MwUntains. — Dienia congesta, Lindl. ; B, Reg. 10, t. 825. %. Ter- 



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