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Lip twice as long as the lateral sepals, narrowly oblong, deeply cleft 

 at the apex, with two slightly spreading obtuse lobes, midrib thickened. 

 Column short, stout, dilated at the base and apex. Anther suborbieular, 

 bifid at the apex. Pollinia narrowly obovoid. Ovary oval or subglo- 

 bose, about as long as its stalk, glandular-pubescent. 



Western Himalaya; in the Kagan valley of the Hazara district. 

 Discovered in July 1897 by Inayat Khan, head plant- collector of the 

 Botanical Department of N. India (No. 22,596). 



A shorter and much stouter plant than L. Lindleyana, and with 

 shorter and more densely-flowered racemes. The shape of the sepals, 

 petals, anther and pollinia are altogether different. 



8. Listjera microglottis Duthie, n. sp. 



A leafless parasite, 2-33 dm. in height. Root-fibres clylindrical, 

 brittle, pale yellowish-brown. Stem about as long as the receme, nearly 

 white, bearing 2-4 loose-fitting obtuse pale sheaths. Rachis of raceme, 

 pedicels and bracts glandular-pubescent. Flowers crowded, about 7 m. 

 in diameter, pale green ; pedicel a little longer than the ovary ; floral 

 bract equalling or exceeding the pedicel, oblong, obtuse or subacute. 

 Sepals ovate, subacute, about 4 m. long ; the lateral ones somewhat oblique. 

 Petals as long as the sepals, linear, margins reflexed. Lip linear- 

 spathulate, equalling the petals in length, entire at the apex, margins 

 reflexed. Column erect, a little shorter than the petals, dilated towards 

 its base and apex. Pollinia 2, globose, without caudicles, extremely 

 deliquescent. Ovary with pedicel 8 m. long. Capsule turgid, its ridges 

 thick and often bearing short, broad-based, tootb-like projections. 



Western Hiulaaya: in Tehri-G-arhwal, east of Tehri, growing 

 under oaks and rhododendrons at elevations between 5,000 and 6,000 feet, 

 P. W. Mackinnon's collector; also on the wooded hillsides below 

 Mussoorie at similar elevations. Flowers during August and September. 

 This plant, although resembling L. Lindleyana in general habit, differs 

 from any known species of Listera (including heottia) by its very re- 

 markably restricted petal-like lip. 



9. Aphtllorchis Gollani Duthie, n. sp. 



A tall leafless terrestrial herb, from 4 to 5 dm. in height. Rhizome. 

 with numerous far-extending fleshy roots, not scaly. Stem erect, stout, 

 bearing several unequal tubular blunt sheaths. Raceme about 1 dm. long, 

 Flowers several, 2 cm. long. Floral bract a little longer than the ovary, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-7-nerved, at first deflexed, ultimately 

 erect. Sepals 2 cm. long, erect, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with 

 spreading tips; their nerves, as also the ridges of the clavate ovary, dark 



