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immediately beneath the rostellum. Anther-beak decurved. Pollinia 

 sub-obovate, divergent when released from the anther ; the caudicle 

 acuminate and the gland oblong. 



Sikkim : above Sureil ; elevation 6,500 feet : flowering in August. 



A very distinct species, named in honour of M. Franchet, the 

 distinguished French Botanist who has so successfully elaborated the 

 extraordinarily rich collections made by the Abbe Delavay in the 

 highlands of South- Western China. 



GOODYERA, R. Br. 



Goodyera Hemslkyana, n. spec. Height of entire plant 6 to 10 in. 

 of which 3 in. are spike: roots few, thick. Leaves 3 to 5, scattered, 

 unequal, broadly ovate, acute, glabrous like the stem, dark green with 

 white nerves "8 to 1*8 in. long and - 5 to 1 in. broad. Flowers sub- 

 secund, "5 in. long, the bracts equalling the ovaries. Sepals 3-nerved, 

 white with pink lips, the laterals ovate- acmninate, the dorsal oblong- 

 lanceolate and clothed externally with long- sparse hairs. Petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, falcate, 3-nerved. Lip oblong with a sharp tooth at each 

 side of the mouth of the sub-saccate base ; the limb oblong entire, 

 obtuse, the lamella 1 scabrid. Column beaked. Pollinia elongate-obovate, 

 with a short caudicle and a long narrow lanceolate pointed gland. 



Sikkim: on Senchal ; elevation 7,000 feet : flowering in July. 



This differs from G. vittata, Benth., notably by its laxly hairy 

 sepals, and by the scabrid lamella? of the lip. Dedicated to Mr. W. B. 

 Ilinisley, F.R.S., formerly Assistant for India, now Principal Assistant, 

 Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. 



GASTRODIA, R. Brown. 



Gastrodia Dveriaxa, n. spec. Rhizome short, twice as thick as 

 the stem, horizontal, with slender spreading roots. Stem about the 

 thickness of a crow-quill, 12 to 15 in. long, bearing sheathing bracts 

 •5 in. long at intervals. Floivers 3 or 4 near the apex of the stem, 

 *5 or '6 in. long, brownish, nodding. Sepaline tube cylindric, glabrous, 

 the mouth 3-lobed. Petals minute, sub-rotund, entire, inserted on the 

 sepaline tube near the bases of two of its sinuses. Lip as long as 

 the column, but shorter than the sepaline tube, ovate-lanceolate, 

 clawed, ilat with undulate-crenate edges and with 4 parallel thickened 

 lines from the base to nearly the tip : claw short, and bearing two 

 sub-globular calli. Column with winged sides, the apex truncate and 

 4-toothed ; pollinia narrowly and obliquely ovoid. 



Sikkim : at elevations of 7,000 feet ; flowers in August. 



This is allied to G. exilis y Hook, fil., but that species has smaller 



