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Liparis.] CXLVII. ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 695 
13. L. platyphylla, Rivley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 265; stem 
slender, leaves 2 spreading ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute 7-nerved, bracts 
lanceolate, at length reflexed equalling the pedicels, sepals lanceolate ligu- 
late, lip orbicular-obovate subretuse crenulate 2-tubercled, column short 
thickish, wings lon g narrow obtuse. 
TRAVANCORE ; on the Anamallay Hills, alt. 3500 ft., Beddome. 
Stem 1-2 in. Leaves 4 by 3 in. Scape a foot, weak, many-fld—Allied to 
L. olivacea, but differing in the broader leaves aud crenulate lip. Description from 
Ridley, l. c. . 
14. L. Wightiana, Thwaites Enum. 295; leaves 2 opposite sessile 
ovate-lanceolate acuminate, bracts lanceolate, sepals lanceolate acuminate 
3-nerved, lip orbicular or orl ‘icular-oblong flat dull purple entire, calli 2 mi- 
nute, column very slender sigmoidly incurved, wings very obscure. Ridley 
tn Journ, Linn. Soc. xxii. 278. L. atropurpurea, Wight Ic. t. 904 (not of 
Lindl.). 
TRAVANCORE ; on the Pulney Mts., Wight. CEYLON, Walker; Central Province, 
alt. 3-5000 ft., Thwaites. 
A small delicate species. Pseudobulbs tufted; stem very short. Leaves 
11-2 in. Scape with raceme 2-4 in.; bracts } in. shorter than the capillary 
pedicels; lip 1—1 in. long.—I have seen no Travancore specimens, 
15. L. Beddomei, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 268; leaves 2 
rarely 3 ovate-lanceolate acuminate, scape angled, bracts minute, sepals 
narrowly ligulate, lip flat orbicular-oblong obtuse green with a purple spot 
on the disk, column very slender arched, wings minute. 
TRAVANCORE; on the Pulney Mts., alt. 5000 ft., Beddome. . 
: This, which inhabits the same mountains as L. Wightiana, appears to differ only 
n the minute bracts is in. long. I have seen no specimens. 
1! 16. X. venosa, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. £50; tall, stout, 
eaves 2 opposite, sepals broadly ovate, bracts minute, pedicels long slender, 
Sepals lanceolate 5-nerved, lip flat obovately obcordate retuse with a 
‘emilunar ridge at the base, column short straight, wings decurrent. 
NO Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1600). PERAX, Scortechini. SINGAPORE (a 
1 . 
r Rootstock creeping, as thick as the little finger, with crowded tufts of thick 
"E stem short, stout, sheathed. Leaves 2-3 in. broad, nerves red beneath. 
sepe and raceme stout, 2 ft.; flowers scattered; pedicels very slender, }-1 in. 
nals nearly 3 in. long, yellow. Lip sessile, but not embracing the column, red 
purple.— The specimens are very badly preserved. 
9 17. L, Trimenii, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 350; small, leaves 
^ unequal ovate-lanceolate, scape terete, bracts lanceolate, flowers shortly 
pedicelled, bracts erecto-patent, lip flat broadly elliptic obtuse, margins 
minty waved, tip rounded, calli 2 small basal, column long incurved, wings 
P Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1836. 
EYLON; at Hangke , Tri . 
in Peeudobulb not developed. rues 1-1} in., 5-nerved. Scape with raceme 1-3 
lon ; Ine about equalling the pedicels. Lip sessile, not embracing the colum, in. 
it ie Am indebted to Dr. Trimen for specimens, Except by its much smaller size, 
ndistinguishable from L. Wightiana, Thw. 
Ap: als sureadin: 
Lip usually broad deflexed or recurved. Lateral sepals spreading. 
