458 MR. TT. N. RIDLEY ON THE 



known outside the Mascarene archipelago, and all but one belong 

 to tbe section Mollifolia). 



Liparis ciESPnosA, Linclley, Bot. Beg. sub t. 882 ; Gen. et Sp. 

 Orel. PI. p. 32 ; A. Bichard, OrcJi. Maiir. p. 53 ; Bojer, Hort. 

 Maur. p. 321 ; B. Moore, in Flora Maurit. <$f Seych. p. 342.— 

 Malaxis csespitosa, Thouars, Orch. lies Afr. t. 90. — L. angusti- 

 folia, Lindley, Orch. PI. p. 31.— Malaxis angustifolia, Blume, Bijd. 

 p. 393. 



Madagascar, Imerina, Beans Cowan. Mauritius, Bojer, Herb. 

 Brit. Mus. ; Bouton. Bourbon, Bernier, Herb. Kew. Java, 

 Forbes, 914. Sumatra, Forbes no. 2574 b (pars). Ceylon, 

 Thwaites no. 2351 in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



. This little plant is allied to L. viridiflora. It is generally 

 about 3 inches or 3| inches in height. The leaf 1^—2 inches in 

 length, and 2 lines across in the broadest part. The flowers are 

 given as white in Thouars's drawing ; but in the dried specimens 

 they appear greenish. I cannot distinguish the Mascarene plant 

 from the Malayan L. angustifolia. 



L. lutea, n. sp. — Terrestris semipedalis, caule basi dilatato, 

 foliis lanceolatis ; scapo gracili tri- vel plus vaginato ; racemo laxi- 

 usculo, floribus parvis flavis 8, rhachidi appressis ; bracteis ovatis 

 lanceolatis acumiuatis, ovarii dimidio sequantibus ; sepalo postico 

 angusto lineari obtuso, lateralibus ovatis falcatulis, labellum 

 paullo superantibus ; petalis linearibus quam sepalum posticum 

 inulto angustioribus et longioribus, labello ovato cordato obtuso, 

 in medio venis tribus ; columna brevi crassiuscula, parum curva. 

 Ankafana, in palude, rara, Deans Cotcan. 



This plant attains the height of 6| inches. The leaves are 

 2 inches long by \ an inch across. The flower-spike is erect, 

 rather stiff; the flowers are not patent, but appressed to the 

 raceme, small, bright yellow. The column is short and rather 

 thick, two thirds of the length of the dorsal sepal. 



L. bicornis, n. sp.— Terrestris, pseudobulbis nullis; foliis 

 3-5 lanceolatis acutis erectis ; caule semipedali foliato, floribus 

 circa 12, in apice caulis aggregatis ; bracteis linearibus lanceolatis 

 acutis, ovarium Bubaequantibus ; sepalo postico oblongo lanceolato 

 obtuso, lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis obtusis; petalis linearibus 

 obtuBis ; labello obcuneato cmarginato, marginibus lateralibus 



