SPECIES CHINENSES. 189 
at north end of the Tali Valley. Lat. 25°55’ N. Alt. 7000 ft. 
November 1g10.”” G. Forrest. No. 7375. 
A much finer plant than Gymnadenia pseudo-diphylax, 
Kraenzl., but possibly a variety of that species which appears 
to be very variable in size of flower and lobing of labellum. 
\ Habenaria Beesiana, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu, foliis, inflorescentia persimilis Habenariae 
Forrestit, Schltr. ; labello trifido differt. 
Planta terrestris erecta gracilis 20-30 cm. alta. Tubera 
anguste oblongoidea. Caulis basi 2—3-foliatus, superne vaginis 
paucis acuminatis remotis praeditus, teres, glaber. Folia 
erecto-patentia, linearia acuta, glabra, 4-8 cm. longa, medio 
vix 2 mm. lata. Spica 7-12 cm. longa, sublaxe multiflora. 
Bracteae erectae, ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, ad medium 
ovarium pervenientes. Flores in genere inter minores, virides. 
Sepalum intermedium erectum, ovatum, obtusum, circ. 4 mm 
longum, lateralia deflexa, oblonga, obtusa intermedio aequilonga. 
Petala oblique ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, sepalis aequilonga vel 
paululum longiora ; labellum circ. 5.5 mm. longum, glabrum, in 
lobos tres lineares fere ad basin divisum; lobus intermedius 
lateralibus paulo longior ; ante ostium calcaris labellum carnoso- 
incrassatum ; calcar cylindricum, glabrum, incurvulum, ovarium 
aequans vel paulo superans. Ovarium cylindraceum 5-6 mm. 
longum, glabrum. 
“Plant of 4-9 inches. Flowers green. Dry openings 
amongst scrub on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. August 1910.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 6404. 
Very near H. Forrestii, Schitr.,and from the same area. In 
one plant the lateral lobes of the labellum are very short, and 
suggest a transition between the two species. 
Illigera grandiflora, W. W. Sm. et J. F. Jeffrey. Sp. nov. 
Species in sectione Appendiculatarum, Dunn prope J. tri- 
foliatam, Dunn ponenda ; floribus maximis a speciebus omnibus 
adhuc cognitis facile distinguitur. 
Frutex scandens 2-6 m. altus. Caulis striatus setis fulvidis 
plus minusve densis praesertim apud nodos praeditus, nonnun- 
quam subglabrescens. Folia trifoliolata, petiolis 5-12 cm. longis, 
foliolis chartaceis ovatis 6-14 cm. longis, 4-12 cm. latis, abrupte 
acuminatis, basi rotundatis, lateralibus obliquis, supra glabris 
costa media et venis 4—5-paribus plus minusve fulvido-setosulis 
vel nonnunquam glabrescentibus ; petioluli 1.5-2 cm. i 
Flores in cymas densas petiolis breviores vel in paniculas folia 
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