350 MR. H. N. RIDLEY’S REVISION OF THE 
LIPARIS ELEGANS, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1943, in part; Gen. 
d Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 80; Rolfe, in Gard. Chron. n. s. xxvi. 1886, 
p: 558. 
Rhizoma ascendens diu repens, lignosum, pseudobulbi dissiti, 
clavati, 13-unciales, vaginis viridibus lanceolatis acutis laxis in 
sicca tecti; folia elliptica lanceolata subobtusa basi angustata, 
6 uncias longa, $ unciam lata ; scapus erectus validulus 9-uncialis ; 
flores pro sectione majores, copiosi; bracte® lanceolat® acute, 
ovariis zquales; sepalum posticum oblongum, lateralia obliqua 
latiora obtusa; petala linearia omnia pallide viridia ; labellum 
aurantiacum oblongum bilobum, lobis brevibus rotundatis obtusis 
minute ciliatis, ad basin unguis callis duobus parvis cornutis; 
columna gracilis arcuata viridis, stelidiis rotundatis; capsula 
erecta oblonga. 
Penang, Gen. Porter!, Herb. Wall. no. 1943 ex parte, Curtis, 
v. v. in hort. Kew ; Maingay, no. 1599. 
L. VENOSA, n. sp. ° 
Caulis crassus vix bulbosus, pseudobulbo vetusto conico ap- 
proximato, vaginis tectus 2-3-uncialis; folia plura 3-4 congesta, 
ingqualia, circiter 4 uncias longa, 14-2 uncias lata, ovata lanceolata 
plicata acuta, purpurascenti-viridia; scapus validus 9 uncias altus 
angulatus et alatus ferme omnino floriferus purpureo-kerme- 
sinus; flores plures circiter 20 dissiti inter Mollifoliis maximi 
speciosi ; bractew parvi» lanceatz acute recurve j-unciales; pedi- 
celli graciles patentes 1] uncias kermesini ; sepala lorata convoluta 
viridia, lateralia labello supposita latiora; petala angustissima 
filiformia kermesina, sepalis breviora ; labellum magnum, unciam 
longum, 2 unciam latum (quo latissimum) ovatum obtusum ungut- 
eulo brevissimo, translucens pulcherrime kermesino-venosum, bas! 
excavata, marginibus incrassatis, callus pulvinatus albus; columna 
subarcuata apice clavata, alis brevibus latis, alba, ventre ad basin 
excavato, marginibus kermesinis. 
India,v.v. I received this from the Glasnevin Gardens without 
locality, but find a drawing of it at Kew by Miss Little, who 
found it at Johore. It is a most beautiful plant, and is allied to 
L. nepalensis. 
L. TarwENI, n. sp. BE 
Planta pusilla, 3-4-uncialis, pseudobulbo miuimo; folia bina 
inequalia lanceolata acuta vel ovata lanceolata obtusa, unciam 
