a T 9 aa 
Liparis.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 705 
exceeding the leaves few-fld., bracts lanceolate, pedicels long, sepals sub- 
falcate lanceolate subacute, margins revolute, lip recurved cuneate truncate 
apiculate, pase auricled, calli 2 minute, column slender curved, wings 
£7 Te Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 289; Griffith Notul, ii. 
77. 
Knasra HiLzs, alt. 4-5000 ft., common. UPPER BURMA, Griffith. TENASSERIM, 
at Moulmein, Parish. . 
Pseudobulbs densely tufted, very small, depressed-globose. Leaves }-} in. broad, 
Scape 2-4 in.; bracts 4 in., green; pedicels }-} in. ; flowers } in. 
*** Lip minute much shorter than the sepals quadrate. Sepals straight 
or lateral subfalcate, margins revolute.—4A. peculiar group of small 
Species, 
53. L. resupinata, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii 290; leaves 
3-4 1-3 in. linear-lanceolate acuminate, scape much longer than the leaves 
slender, bracts lanceolate green longer than the pedicels, flowers j in., 
Sepals straight broadly oblong obtuse l-nerved, margins recurved, lip 
broadly ovate-oblong with rounded basal lobes 2-tubercled, tip. broad 
rounded, column broadly winged to the base, wings with a capiliary 
tail. Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1888. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft., and the KnasrA Mrs., common, alt. 4500- 
? NiLeniRi Mrs., Wight. . b 
Pseudobulbs tufted, 4-1 in., narrow. Leaves alternate, sessile, submembranous, 
rather distant, 7-neived. Scape bracteate, with the raceme 5-7 in., many-fld. ; 
wer bracts 1—3 in. ; pedicels } in. ; flowers yellow.—The capillary tail of each wing 
of the column is peculiar to this and the following species. ,Ridley gives Nilghiri 
Mts, Wight as a habitat, but there are no specimens in Wight's Herbarium. 
54, L. Ridleyi, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1887; leaves 3-4 3-5 in. linear- 
lanceolate acuminate, scape ih longer than the leaves slender bracteate, 
bracts lanceolate green shorter than the pedicels, flowers $ in., sepals 
straight obtuse l-nerved, margins recurved, dorsal lanceolate, atera 
oblong-lanceolate, lip ovate-oblong with rounded basal lobes 2-tubere ed, 
ib rounded, column broadly winged to the base, wings with a capillary 
Sikkim HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft., common. . 
„ Habit, &., of L, resupinata, under which Ridley has placed it, but a larger plant, 
with flowers more than twice as large, and much narrower sepals, 
55. L. delicatula, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1889; leaves 2 1-1} in. 
Petioled elliptic-lanceolate Pe branous, scape much longer than the 
leaves filiform, bracts ovate much shorter than the pedicels, flowers s "is 
«Pals straight broadly oblong obtuse l-nerved, margins reyo n 2 1 1p 
straight orbicular-oblong with small rounded basal lobes and 2 iu ercles, 
tip broad rounded abruptly caudate, column broadly winged. L. ecurrens, 
th part, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 291 (the Khastan plant only). 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft., Lobb, J. D. H. 4 T.T. MisHMi Hilts, in 
Upper Assam, G;/55/, 
Pseudobulbs Het } in., ovoid or oblong. Leaves }-} in. broad, pale, obscurely 
“herved, acute or apiculate. Scape 3-5 in., very slender, bracteate ; bracts $ nd 
acute, membranous ; flowers white. Column with uncinate wings near the top ane 
Darrow lateral wings (not confluent with the terminal) descending to the base. 
‘ced under the Javanese L. decurrens by Reichb. f. and Ridley, but differs from 
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