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fact that Gray’s Manual of Botany did not give a fourth species, and of 
the three described it was natural that those which were not G. pubescens 
should be mistaken for the plant in question, which could not be dis- 
tinguished sufficiently from either of them—in fact, the geographical range 
as given in Gray’s Manual was misleading, and in part mistaken; the 
species G. Menziesii there described from New York and New 
Hampshire being confused with G. tessellata. Even in the Illustrated 
Flora by Britton and Brown, recently published, G. tessellata seems to 
have furnished some of the material for a description of what is there 
called Peramium Menziesii (i. p. 475). 
The main differences between the species of Goodyera named in this 
account may be summed up as follows :—G. pubescens has globular flowers, 
and two very short teeth on the stigma; G. repens aas a saccate labellum, 
with an elongated, recurved tip, the teeth on the stigma short ; G. tessellata 
has a less saccate labellum, the elongated tip slightly if at all recurved, 
and the teeth of the stigma equalling in length the body of the stigma ; 
and G. Menziesii has a slightly saccate labellum with involute margin, and 
the teeth on the stigma longer than in G. tessellata. 
Oakes AMES. 
North Easton, Mass. 
ORCHIDS OF LOWER BENGAL. 
ALTHOUGH our Indian Flora is extremely rich in Orchids, it is surprising 
to notice how limited in number are the species found in the low-lying 
districts known as the plains of Bengal. If we attempt to make any 
comparison with the number found in the hills, and right throughout 
Assam and Burma, we shall soon come to the conclusion that Bengalese 
Orchids are so limited in species that they hardly deserve to be spoken of. 
I think 1 am right in saying that the number of species found in Lower 
Bengal does not exceed a dozen, and these cannot be considered as typical 
or peculiar to this particular part of the Empire. 
The commonest of all, and the only one really typical of the Jungle, 
is the old Vanda Roxburghii, which grows under the most varied 
conditions ; and during the months of March, April, and May, the display 
formed by hundreds of spikes is simply delightful. There are some very 
distinct varieties, differing principally in colour, and the lips varying from 
light pink to deep brown, as well as nearly blue. The white form seems to 
be very rare, and we have in our gardens only a single record of a white 
variety, which unfortunately was lost a few years ago. 
Cymbidium pendulum may be mentioned next, and is often found in 
large clumps, sending forth its long drooping spikes, bearing a multitude 
