274 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Equisetum maximum Lam. Cro 
FE. limosum L. Ellingham ; esios Barton Broad. — Var. 
fluviatile (L.). Heigham by Norwich; Bradfield. 
Chara fragilis Desv. Roydon by Diss. 
C. polyacantha Braun. Roydon by Dis 
C. hispida L. Roydon by Diss ; Ridechsnd. Ranworth. 
C. vulgaris L. Roydon by Diss ; ; Flordon; Attlebridge. 
To the above list may be added Salia acuminata Sm., north side 
of the river, by the Dolphin eat Norwich ; I know of no other 
locality in the county for this wi 
Wo species pers above are 4 pete unrecorded— Lepidium 
Draba for v.-c. 27, and Ononis spinosa fo 
Every effort ae ieee made to avoid repeating Page stations 
in this paper; and if any such repetitions occur, it has happened 
invert, except in rare cases where confirmation seemed 
esirable 
NEW ORCHIDS FROM COSTA RICA. 
By A. B. Renpiz, M.A., D.Sc. 
I am indebted to M. Barbey for the two species described below. 
The plants were collected in Costa Rica by Mr. A. Tonduz, and 
flowered in M. Barbey’s collection at Chambésy, where I saw them 
a few weeks ago. 
Pleurothallis Simmleriana, sp. nov. Pusilla foliis anguste 
Menboolatis, apice minute tridenticulatis ; racemo solitario, floribus 
5 in apice pedunculi filiformis congestis, bracteis ~gi ovatis 
vel oe ee pe ee pedicellis valde gen culatis ; 
sepalis ochraceis cum vi sanguineis striatis, et pee 
punetulatis, sas Hiblanseas oblongo, apice - popnecnrr 7 
liberis, asymmetricis, oblongo- lanceolatis, ad m 
attenuatis ; petadi lis atro-sanguineis, rhomboideo- pathalatt: apice 
breviter subacuto; labello ad pedem columns articulato, sanguineo 
oblongo, 8-nervato, basi attenuato, sub undo min nute 
denticulato; columna sanguineo alato, Tseng dentato, anthera 
uniloculare, elas’ Sige flavi 
A small plant with leaves 3 cm. ale by °5 om. broad, and 
scapes ra 5 cm. mt being scarious tubular sterile bracts with 
a cuspidate apex, 3°5 mm. long. The flowers open singly, einen 
each other closely at the top of the scape; each springs from 
axil of a whiti si" multinerved bract 3-4 mm. long; flower- stalks 
strongly kneed, 5 mm. long, ovary 146 mm. Sepals with three 
broad deep siada veins on a pros dull ochre ground, dotted with 
crimson bet ween the veins, 7 m ong by 2 mm. ae the 
1-4 mm. broad; column 2°5 mm. y ‘75 mm., foot 1°5 mm “Jo ong. 
A distinct species of the Apod@ cespitose section. 
