696 CXLVHI. ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Liparis. 
+ Bracts very small, short. (See also L. paradoxa & brachyglottis.) - 
18. L. bituberculata, Lindl. in Bot. Heg. sub. t. 882 ; stow neually 
tall, leaves 2 or more subopposite sessile or petioled elliptic- anon phe 
acute, bracts minute broad, sepais linear-oblong obtuse, lip decarve’ S 
neately obovate retuse purple 2-tubercled, column curved, wings ze 
rounded. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 263. Empusa para eu urate 
Cat. 1937/2. Cymbidium ? bituberculatum, Hook, Exot. Fi. t. 116. 
bituberculata, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, ii. 22. l "T. 
SUBTROPICAL Hiwataya; Kumaon, Blinkworth ; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 
-7000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H. . : 
° "Stems NA git tufted, hardly pseudobulbous. Leaves 3-5 in., very variae Donie 
rather strong. Scape stout, few- or many-fld. ; bracts 16-1 Hh, Qva dran the rales 
cels 1-3 in. Lateral sepals often revolute or recurved. Lip shorter M v UR 
margins quite entire. — Ridley describes the bracts as lauceolate ; tl ey a ehe m 
by which characterthe species is best distinguished from all its allies 
following. . 
Var. ? khasiana, leaves broader more ovate or orbicular-ovate sessile or hg 
petioled, lip cuneately obcordate, column much shorter and broa p ha 
sule j-1 in.—Khasia Mts., alt. 4—6000 ft., Grifith, &c.—Perhaps a 
species, 
] 
19. L. macrocarpa, Hook. f.; tall, robust, leaves 4-6 large ee: z 
petioled obliquely elliptic-ovate or -oblong acuminate nerves 7 strong, 
minute, capsules 14-14 in. elliptic-oblong. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA and the Kuasta Mrs., in tropical forests, J. D. E bt, a very 
Resembles a very large state of L. bituberculata, but is, 1 have no ou ed is 
distinct species ; the stem is sometimes as thick as the little finger, more che fruiting 
and fleshy, theleaves very unequal at the base, with petioles 1-3 in., an 
scape is 12-18 in. high. 
20. L. acuminata, Hook. f; leaves 5-6 sessile erect broadly ris 
ing lanceolate finely acuminate, bracts minute ovate, flowers largo near, 
spreading, lateral faleately oblong-lanceolate acute 5-nerved, dores into à 
lip slightly recurved transversely oblong subcrenulate contracte A ser 
o 2-tubercled neck, column slender incurved truncate, wing 
small. 
Kuasia MTS., Griffith Á 
; TS., Griffith. exi , eaves very 
Stem 3-5 in., many-sheathed to the base which is not swollen. bracts 3s iss 
membranous, slightly recurved; nerves very slender. Scape 4-6 side slightly re- 
ovate; pedicels 3-2 in.; buds À in., falcate; Jip with erect sides, 
curved, 
21. Ie barbata, Lindl. Gen. 5 Sp. Orchid. 27; small, leaves 2 opio 
site subsessile elliptic subacute, bracts minute broad, flower di arrower 
sepals obtuse, lateral oblong 3-nerved, dorsal rather longer t "slightly 
l-nerved, lip oblong, base 2-auricled 2-tubercled, tip truncate ee 
dilated erose and subfimbriate, column incurved, wings shor 
toothed. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 276. 
CEYLON, Macrae. Scape 
Stem l} in., not pseudobulbous. Leaves 2 by 1} in., nerves very oer apes 
and raceme 2 in., pedicels 4 in.; flower about as much across, apparen cgaimined 
Described from a solitary specimen in Herb. Lindl. 1 find in two flowe 
no trace of the hairs on the lip described by Lindley and Ridley. 
