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longus. Folia opposita, sessilia, latissime ovata, brevissime 
apiculata, basi truncata, glabra, multinervia, 3-4 cm. longa, 4-5 
cm. lata. Scapus gracilis, puberulus, 5—9 cm. longus, 5—10—florus. 
Bracteae ovatae vel oblongo-ovatae, subacutae, 5~7 mm. longae. 
Pedicelli 6-7 mm. longi. Flores mediocres. Sepala patentia, 
oblonga, subobtusa, 5-7 mm. longa. Petala linearia, subobtusa, 
5-7 mm. longa. Labellum cuneato-obcordatum, apice breviter 
bilobum, subcrenatum, basi subcordatum, 1.3-1.4 cm. longum, 
~g-10 mm. latum, radiato-venosum, medio obtuse carinato. 
Columna arcuata, subclavata, 4 mm. longa. 
“ China :—N.W. Yunnan. Among the undergrowth of the 
temperate rain forest, with Oxalis, Arums, and Liliaceae, where 
the forest is densest. One of the few plants with green 
flowers. Salwen-Mekong divide, E. slope, 10,000 ft. June IgrI.”’ 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 149. 
Allied to L. grandiflora, Rolfe, but readily distinguished by its 
narrower cuneate-obcordate lip. The flowers are also rather 
smaller, the leaves broader, and the stem shorter. 
Nervilia tibetensis, Rolfe. Sp. nov. 
Tuber subglobosum, circiter 1.3 cm. latum. Folia non vidi. 
Scapi graciles, 15-20 cm. longi, vaginis spathaceis paucis obtecti. 
Bracteae lineari-lanceoatae, subobtusae, deflexae, 7-II mm. 
longae. Pedicelli graciles, apice incrassati, 4-5 mm. longi. 
Ovarium ellipsoideum, 3 mm. longum. Sepala et petala sub- 
conniventia, lanceolata, breviter acuminata, 1.4-1.5 cm. longa. 
Labellum trilobum, 1.2 cm. longum, I cm. lati; lobi laterales 
semioblongi, truncati, prominente radiato-venosi; lobus inter- 
medius obovato-quadratus, emarginatus, 4 mm. longus; discus 
trinervis. Columna clavata, 6 mm. longa 
“ Tibet :—Chamutang, Salwen River, 6000 ft. June 1911.” 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 151. 
Allied to Nervilia Aragoana, Gaud. (Pogonia flabelliformis, 
Lindl.), but with a fewer-flowered inflorescence, more truncate 
side-lobes to the lip, and the column only a third as long as the 
sepals and petals. 
ge Cypripedilum Wardii, Rolfe. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma repens; radices numerosissimae. Caules erecti, 
15-20 cm. longi, medio vel infra medium triphylli, basi vaginis 
spathaceis paucis obtecti. Folia alterna, subsessilia, elliptica 
vel lanceolato-elliptica, subacuta, 5-9 cm. longa, 1.5-3 cm. 
lata, venis numerosis, molliter pubescentibus. Scapi graciles, 
pubescens, 9-11 cm. longi, apice uniflori. Bracteae ovatae vel 
ovato-lanceolatae, pubescentes, 2-2.3 cm. longae. Pedicelli 
circiter 1 cm. longi, dense pubescentes. Flores mediocres. 
