462 MB. H. N. RIDLEY OK THE 



There is no specimen in his herbarium. The whole plant appears 

 to be about 5| inches in height. 



Lipabis pabva, n. sp— Epiphyta parvula pseudobulbo parvo 

 elongato ; foliis paucis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis ; caule 

 gracili paucifloro ; bracteis ovatis, ovarii trientem sequantibus ; 

 floribus parvis olivaceis ; sepalo postico lineari, lateralibus lanceo- 

 latis falcatis obtusis ; petalis linearibus, basi angustioribus ; labello 

 integro ovato obtuso ; columna erassiuscula semitereti ferae 

 recta, alis brevibus. 



Trees, Ankafana, Deans Cowan ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



L. connata, n. sp. — Terrestris, caule ebulboso ; foliis ovatis 

 petiolatis congestis flaccidis', scapo brevi multifloro ; bracteis lan- 

 ceolatis acutis, flores superantibus ; floribus mediocribus ; sepalis 

 connatis ovatis obtusis, nereis conspicuis ; petalis linearibus 3- 

 nerviis, angustis obtusis ; labello oblongo-elliptico, venis promi- 

 nulis rufescentibus (in sicco) prsesertim duabus medianis ad bases 

 quorum calli cornuti duo, labelli marginibus crenulatis ; columna 

 curva graciliuscula, alis brevibus acutis. 



Imerina, Deans Cowan ! in DZerb. Brit. Mus. 



It is possible that this plant is a monstrous state of some other 

 Liparis ; but all the flowers I examined on two plants seemed 

 in the same state. Those, however, on one of the two plants 

 were in a very young state. The bud appears to open along the 

 upper part where the posticous sepal should be. The other two 

 sepals form an ovate-obtuse organ bifid at the apex, the line of 

 demarcation between them (a white nerve) being conspicuous ; 

 but I could Bee no trace of the posticous sepal. The veins on 

 the perianth-segments are red and very conspicuous, especially 

 those on the lip, two of which, running along the whole length, 

 are very well marked, and terminate at the base in two short horn- 

 like calli. The whole plant is about 9 inches in height, the leaves 

 3 inches long by 1| inch across. The flowers appear to be reddish, 

 and are doubly saccate at the base. The leaves are also apparently 

 tinted with red. 



BXJLBOPHYLI/UH. 



A large genus distributed over the tropics of both worlds, 

 being especially abundant in Tropical Asia. Besides the species 

 here described, there are among Deans Cowan's drawings figures 

 of several apparently nondescript, but of which specimens do not 

 occur in the herbarium. 



