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G. A. C. HERKLOTS

DISTRIBUTION :-Very common on Hong Kong island and in the Territories e.g. on Violet Hill, Victoria Peak, Mount Nicholson, Mount Parker, Tai- mo-shan, Ma-on-shan, etc. Grows as a general rule in dense shade on earthy banks near water, or best between stones where decaying leaves have collected in shady, rocky, humid valleys.

FLOWERING SEASON:--Mid February to mid April.

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Figure 10. Tainia hongkongensis, Rolfe.

ILLUSTRATIONS :--Figure 10 shows a complete plant, the severed inflorescence should be attached to the base of the inflorescence stalk shown on the right of the pseudobulb. Plate 25, figure 1, is of a portion of a flowering shoot about actual size.

The Hong Kong Naturalist.

The Hong Kong Naturalist.

Vol. III, Nos. 3 and 4.

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Plate 25.

Painia hongkongensis, Rolfe

Platanthera obcordata, Lindl.

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