104 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Liparis. 
neately oblong-ligulate acute, scape subterete naked below, raceme dense- 
fid., bracts lanceolate equalling the ovary, sepals ligulate obtuse, lip 
oblong retuse angled on both sides crenulate in front, column enlarged at 
the base and apex. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 294, 
Assam; at Obres, Mann (in Herb. Reichb.). : 
Of this, which I have not seen, the author says that “it is not L. longipes, which 
differs in the retuse lip." 
49. L. distans, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 71, t. 29; leaves 2 
very narrowly oblanceolate acuminate thin, scape slender as long as the 
leaves 2-winged few-fld., flowers 1 in. across, bracts membranous shorter 
than the long pedicels, sepals narrow linear obtuse obscurely ]-nerved, 
margins revolute, lip recurved spathulately obovate obtuse crenulate 
obscurely nerved 2-tubercled near the concave base, column slender, wings 
narrow. L. macrantha, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1854. 
UPPER AssAM ; Naga Hills, Prain, Clarke. 
Pseudobulb elongate, narrow, enclosed in one long sheath. Leaves 12 by 
many-nerved, narrowed into a petiole. Flowers green; sepals, petals and lip d 
long.— The largest-flowered Indian species. Leaves distinctly jointed in the pseudo- 
bulb where hidden by the sheath, which is 4 in. long. 
50. L. condylobulbon, Reich). f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1882, un 
leaves 2-8 in. linear-oblong, scape short, raceme dense-fld., flowers minu x 
very shortly pedicelled, bracts as long as the short pedicels, sepals Pear 
1-nerved, lateral revolute, lip recurved oblong with an entire rounded tp 
fleshy nerveless, calli 0, column slender, wings small. L. parviflora, Ridley 
in Journ, Linn. Soc. xxii. 296. : 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. A eme 
Pseudobulb 1-2 in., narrow. Leaves 1 in. broad, 7-nerved. Scape with rae me 
6 in. Much resembling L. gladiata, and with flowers yellowish when dry of the kun 
size, but the bracts are longer, slender and membranous, and the lip is very differe T 
—The above is from Reichenbach. Ridley makes it a synonym of the Javan 4 
parviflora, but it differs in toto from the description he gives of that species. 
51. L. viridiflora, Lindl. Gen. § Sp. Orchid. 31; leaves 2 9-1 
elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate membranous, raceme many-fid. sabeorys 
bracts lanceolate, pedicels short decurved, sepals flat broad obtuse oF § 
acute 1-nerved, lip recurved orbicular-ovate subacute very obscurely ‘ae "i 
concave rather fleshy, calli 0, column short incurved. Ridley ™ 1735. 
Linn. Soc. xxii. 289; Thwaites Enum. 295. L. elliptica, Wight Te o 
L. Wightii, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 218. L. Hookeri, Ridley l.c. 
Malaxis viridiflora, Blume Bijd. 392, t. 54. 
Sikkim HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft. UPPER AssAM, KHASIA, and Nine 
Hiris. CEYLON, alt. 3-7000 tt.—Disrris. Java. . Jobose- 
Pseudobulbs very variable, 3-1 in. long, from ovoid to subcubical or abg oled 
Leaves 3-1 in. broad, elliptic and sessile, or 4—3 in. broad oblanceolate ane p wit 
acute or acuminate ; nerves many, slender. Scape 4-6 in., erect or TecU t 
scattered filiform membranous bracts below the raceme ; flowers ascendi : 
recurved pedicel. Sepals white or yellowish, not widely spreading, about 11 are quite 
—The subsecund raceme and flowers ascending from the recurved ped nor i$ 
peculiar to this species. I find no character whereby to separate L. Hootor^ 
this species related to L. bistriata. 32 
Ká , 
52. L. luteola, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1944; Gen. & Sp. Orchid pe 
. . » d sca 
leaves 2 2-4 in. erect narrowly oblanceolate coriaceous, midrib stout, 
1 in., 
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