1671 
* LÍPARIS guineénsis. 
S. Leone Liparis. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncuipgx. Juss. $ Malaxidee Lindl. (Introduction to the 
Natural System of Botany, p. 262.) 
LIPARIS. Supra, vol. 11, fol. 882. 
L. guineensis ; foliis pluribus oblongis acutis plicatis racemo paucifloro breviori- 
bus, scapo angulato, labello postico cuneato bilobo plano basi bituberculato, 
petalis sepaloque supremo linearibus patentibus, sepalis lateralibus subro- 
tundo-ovatis labello brevioribus. 
Pseudobulbi ovati, nucis avellane magnitudine, exuviis membranaceis 
foliorum vestiti. ^ Scapus semipedalis. Flores parvi virides sessiles, maculis 
E lutescentibus in apice labelli. Ovarium alatum, bracteis lineari-subulatis 
ngius. 
A native of Sierra Leone, whence plants were brought 
in 1832 by Mr. Whitfield. Our drawing was made in 
September last in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 
It requires to be kept in a damp stove while growing, 
but to be removed into a cooler and dry place as soon as its 
leaves decay. 
The Ziparis Löselü of this country is nearly related to 
it, but is abundantly distinct in the leaves and the form of 
the labellum. 
* See fol. 1175. 
