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Liyaris.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 697 
tt Bracts lanceolate (shorter in L. paradoxa & brachuglottis). 
22. L. ferruginea, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1848, 55; tall, leaves 
4-6 subcoriaceous very narrowly linear-lanceolate acuminate, scape 11-2 ft., 
bracts lanceolate, sepals 5-nerved, lateral faleately oblong obtuse spreading, 
dorsal longest linear-oblong obtuse, lip revolute cuneately obovate, base 2- 
auricled, apex shortly 3-lobed papillose beyond the middle, column short 
stout. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 264. 
PERAK, King’s Collector. Mataccs, Griffith.— Distrib. Borneo, Siam. 
Stems tutted, swollen at the base. Leaves 6-12 by 3-1 in., subplicate, nerves 
strong. Scape sometimes as thick as a swan’s quill, ribbed, nearly naked ; bracts 
4 in.; pedicels 4-3 in. Dorsal sepals } in. long; lip yellow-brown. Capsules į in., 
clavate, twice as long as their pedicels. 
23. L. Jovis pluvii, Parish and Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 
155; stem short, leaves 2—4 sessile or petioled ovate to lanceolate acuminate, 
bracts lanceolate reflexed after flowering, flowers very small, sepals obtuse, 
lateral short faleately oblong obtuse 5-nerved, dorsal much longer lanceo- 
late 3-nerved, lip recurved reniform crenulate base 2-tubercled, column 
incurved, wings short rather broad uncinate. 
TENASSERIM ; at Mouhnein, Lobb, Parish. . 
Stem short, thickened, but hardly pseudobulbous below. Leaves 3-5 in., very 
membranous, 5-nerved, petiole broad if present. Scape 6-8 iu., slender; bracts 
slender, } iu. and less ; flowers about id in. diam. ; lip variable in breadth, 
narrowed into a very short 2-auricled claw. Capsule clavate.— Flowers in the rainy 
season, whence the name. 
24. L. deflexa, Hook. f.; stem short, leaves 2 opposite sessile or 
petioled ovate-lauceolate acuminate, scape tall, bracts slender at length 
deflexed, sepals 3-5-nerved obtuse, lateral oblong, dorsal longer oblong- 
lanceolate, lip flabelliform, calli obscure, column short straight flattened 
truncate, wings 0. 
Sikkim HIMALAYA ; at Darjeeling, Griffith’s Collectors. — 
. Stem with a pseudobulbous base; sheaths few. Leaves 4-8 in. very membranous, 
>-nerved, Scape and slender and many-fld. raceme 8-12 in.; bracts very slender, 
lower 3 in.; pedicels 3 in.; flower about } in. across. Lip with a contracted 2- 
auricled base. Column compressed from back to front. Capsule 4 in., clavate, — 
The column distinguishes this at once from Z. tuberculata aud Jovis pluvii. 
25. L. stenoglossa, Parish and Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 
154; leaves 3—4 subradical petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, scape 
slender lax-fld., bracts very long spreading lanceolate nearly as long as 
] © ovary, sepals 5-nerved subacute, lateral spreading oblong-ovate, dorsal 
onger narrower, lip short reflexed cuneately obovate shortly bioidly 2- 
9»ed constricted above the middle, base 2-auricled and 2-tubercled, 
ooumn incurved, wings very narrow. Ridley in Journ. Linn, Soc. xxii, 
TENASSERIM ; at M i j 
' ; oulmein, Puis. . 231 
Stems Very short, tutted, base slightly swollen. Leaves 3-4 in., narrowed into a 
Petiole 1} iv, or shorter. Scape slender, 5-6 in. ; bracts } in.; flowers about as 
"Ch across. Lip with a broad acute sinus at the broad tip. 
26. L. Paradoxa, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 218; leaves 1-5 sessile 
erect alternate sheathing lanceolate acuminate, nerves strong, scape stout 
