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TEE VEGETATION OP THE ZEMV 
Rhizoma breve, radicibus multis fibrosis fasciculatis globum 3-4 cm. 
diametientem fingentibus. Caulis 15-30 cm. altus’ 2-5 mm. diametiens, 
parte inferiori glaber, parte superiori pubescens rubris squamis indutus, 
2“— 3-foliatus, Folia squamiformia subscqualia, obtusa. Racemi 10-30- 
floriferi. rubro-pubescentes. Flores 5 mm. diametientee, laxe racemosi 
vel interdum 2-3 approximati, cum ovario 1 cm. longi ; bractea 5-16 mm. 
longa, linearis vel lineari-oblonga, acuminata, erecta, ovarium et interdum 
fiorem excedens. Sepala 3-4 mm. longa, subaequalia, oblonga, obtusa. 
Fetala minora, obtusa. Lahellum variabile esse videtur, nunc ob- 
iongum, sepala paullo excedens, nunc angustius, fere duplo, excedens 
apice invoiuto bifido. Capsula 7-8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, ovoidea, 
costata, areolata, seminibus squamiformibus. 
Lachen and Zemu Valley, Nos. 1020, 2657. Named in honour of 
the late Mr. Eob^rt Pantling, the authority on Himalayan orchids. 
324. Epipactis Br. 
846. Epipactis latifolia Sw. 
Lachen, 8-9,000 ft.. Nos. 2648, 2650. 
325. ©rcMs Linn. 
845^. OrcMs Ciiiisiia Don. 
Lachen, Zemu, 10-13,500 ft.. Nos. 1067, 1241, etc. Frequent. 
848. ®rcMs liabeiiarioides King and Pantl. 
Zemu, 11-12,000 ft.. No. 1083. 
326. MermiBiuM Linn. 
849. Merminiiim orbicular© Hook. f. 
Zemu, 12,000 ft., No. 1594. 
850. Menuiumm gracile King & Pantl. 
Zemu Valley, 14,000 ft., No. 1463. 
851. MerMilliulii quiuquelobum King & Pantl. 
Lachen, 8,600 ft.. No. 2412. 
327, Mabeuaria Willd. 
852. Mabeuaria pectinata Don. 
Lachung, 8-9,000 ft.. No. 2585. 
853. Mabeuaria Orefeidis Hook, f . 
Zemu, Valley, 14,000 ft., No. 1464. 
854. Mabeuaria AitcMsoui Eeichb. f . 
Lachen, 8,000 ft.. Nos. 2663, 26B9. 
var. Josephi Hook. f. 
Llonakh, 15,500 f(., No. 1882. 
