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LIPARIS* data. 



Tall Liparis. 



* 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA 



Nat. 07'd. Orchide^. § Malaxidece. 

 LIPARIS. — Supr^, vol 11. foL 882. 



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L. data; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis plicatis, bracteis 



foliaceis reflexis, labello obcordato bituberculato, caulibus ovatis. 



Herba terrestris, caules ovatos^ breves^ cicatrizatos efformans. Folia 



oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata^ undulata^ plicata, glabra^ hasi vaginantiay 



pedales v, circiter. Scapus erectuSy simplex, bipedaliSy angulatus, angulis 



alatis. Spica cylindraceay sensim elongata, apice nutans. Bractese ovat<B, 



virideSj reflexcBy ovario breviores. Perianthium patens ; sepala exteriora 



Jusca, supremo lineari apice recurvOy inferioribus brevioribuSy oblongiSy 



.obtusiSy labello suppositisy coUateralibus, hasi connatisy apice recurvis ; 



interiora linear iay convexa, divaricata^ supremi longitudine. Labellum car^ 



nosum, ungue viridi, suherectOy ca?ialiculatOy hicorniy disco reJlexOy obcordato, 



Jusco. Columna ereclay arcuatay semitereSy antice anth stigma parvum 



concavum alata. PoIIinia 4, cereacea, glandtdd refinaculoque nullis. 





For this species of Liparis we are indebted to the 

 researches of Sir Henry Chamberlain, who discovered it 

 'near Rio Janeiro, whence he sent it to the Horticultural 

 Society in 1826. It is a tender stove herbaceous plant, 

 growing freely in decayed wood, and flowering in July 

 and August. 



In the genus Liparis there is a section, consisting of 

 the Cymbidium bituberculatum of Dr. Hooker, the Ma- 

 laxis odorata of Willdenow, the Malaxis Rheedii of the 

 same author, and the present plant, the species of which 

 are extremely difficult to distinguish from each other. 

 The present is particularly characterised by its short ovate 



* Perhaps derived from A<!r«g»?, unctuous, in allusion to the soft surface 

 of the leaves of some species: M. Richard does not explain the name. 



