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immediately beneath the rostellum. Anther-beak decurved. Pollinia 
sub-obovate, divergent -when released from the anther; the eaudiele 
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. 
GOOD YE RA, R. Br. 
Goodyera Hemsleyana, n. spec. Height of entire plant 6 to 10 iu. 
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-acuminate, 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 lamellee scabrid. Column beaked. Pollinia elongate-obovate, 
with a short eaudiele 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 lamellae of the lip. Dedicated to Mr. W. B. 
Hemsley, F.R.S., formerly Assistant for India, now Principal Assistant, 
Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
GASTRODIA, R. Brown. 
Gastrodia Dyeriana, 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, flat with undulate-crenate edges and with 4 parallel thickened 
lines from the base to nearly the tip : claw short, and bearing two 
sub-globular ealli. Column with winged sides, the apex truncate and 
4-tootlied ; pollinia narrowly and obliquely ovoid. 
Sikkim : at elevations of 7,000 feet; flowers in August. 
This is allied to Q. exilis , Hook. HI., but that species has smaller 
