1 56 Hemsley . — New Plants 
overlooked where they do occur, and scarcely furnish a character of 
generic importance. Comparing our figure of Mesona procumbens 
with that of Geniosporum strobiliferum , Wall, in Hooker’s ‘ leones 
Plantarum’ t. 462, the resemblances, it will be seen, are very 
strong. 
Helicia formosana, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi, p. 394. 
Descriptio hie amplificata (Plate VIII). 
Folia maxima fere pedalia et 4J poll, lata, interdum grosse serrato- 
dentata. Racemi circiter 6 poll, longi. Fruclus depresso-globosus, 
1 - 1 diametro : semen unicum, cotyledonibus hemisphaericis. 
Formosa : Bankinsing mountains, near watercourses (Hb. Henry, 
805). 
Liparis macrantha, Rolfe. 
Caulis erectus, subcarnosus, subelongatus. Folia membranacea, 
petiolata ; limbus elliptico-ovatus, breviter acuminatus, basi obliquus, 
4-4J poll, longus, 2-2 J poll, latus; petiolus latus, i|-if poll, longus, 
basi laxe tubuloso-vaginatus, membranaceus. Scapus j-i ped. altus, 
multiflorus. Bradeae parvae, triangulo-ovatae, acutae, reflexae, vix 
1 lin. longae. Pedicelli 9 lin. longi. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum ; 
lateralia falcato-lanceolata, subobtusa, 5 6 lin. longa, ij lin. lata. 
Petala angustissima, 7 lin. longa. Labellum obcordatum, apiculatum, 
denticulatum, 5J lin. longum, 5 lin. latum, basi bituberculatum. 
Columna 2\ in. longa. 
Formosa'. Tamsui (Hb. A. Henry, 1695 !). 
A remarkable species with dark purple flowers an inch in dia- 
meter. 
Phreatia formosana, Rolfe. 
Planta caespitosa. Folia linearia obtusa, basi paullo attenuata, 
3-6 poll, longa, 2-3 lin. lata. Scapi graciles, elongati, multiflorae, 
6-7 poll, longae. Bradeae lanceolatae, acutae, i-i| lin. longae. 
Pedicelli f lin. longi. Sepala ovata, subacuta, f lin. longa. Petala 
ovata, subacuta, sepalis paullo minora. Labellum breviter unguicu- 
latum ; limbus late trulliformi-cordatus, subobtusus, § lin. latus. 
Columna brevissima. 
Formosa'. South Cape (Hb. A. Henry, 1349). 
Allied to P. elegans, Lindl., but the lip more distinctly trulliform. 
