706 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Liparis, 
that plantin the filiform scape, ovate bracts, and eciliate sepals and petals. Blume 
figures the sepals of his Malaxis decurrens as papillose all over. 
56. L. platyrachis, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1890; leaves 2-3 1-14 m. 
tioled linear-lanceolate membranous, scape much longer than the eu 
attened or 2-winged, bracts minute subulate, flowers $ in., sepals subfa e e 
oblong obtuse 1-nerved, lip recurved quadrately panduriform, basal portion 
2-auricled 2-tubercled, distal with acute upper angles and a rounded some- 
times apiculate base, column with small upper wings and winged sides. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4—5000 ft., Zreutler, Clarke. . hi 
Habit and size of L. delicatula, from which it differs in the winged rachis, 
minute subulate bracts, and form of the lip, which, as in all the species of this group, 
is very difficult of analysis, being crumpled in drying. 
57. L. perpusilla, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1856 B; leaves 4-5 recai 
13-1 in. linear acute, midrib stout, margins recurved, scape much longer al 
the leaves, bracts ovate-lanceolate, flowers 7, in., sepals very see rf 
elliptic-oblong obtuse I-nerved, lip minute quadrate with 2 rounds d 
lobes and 2 tubercles, tip very broad rounded, column short stout broadly 
winged. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, on trees, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, Gamble. 4 
Pseudobulbs tutted, 3-4 in., ovoid or oblong, Leaves 45—j; in. diam., o dr 
Scape curved, obscurely margined, naked ; bracts 4^; in.; flowers yellow.— "y a ü 
little plant which 1 found in 1848 on trees upon Sinchal near Darjeeling, and m 
drawing of, but have lost the specimens. 
us d 
Sect. III. Disttcue. Bracts of the short flat raceme distichous an 
imbricating, coriaceous, ensiform. 
58. L. disticha, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub. t. 882; leaf som 
5-10 in. coriaceous linear, scape naked, sepals oblong-ovate acute "ridlobe 
lip recurved, lateral lobes rounded and inflexed at the base, m with 
orbicular-ovate obtuse, column very short erect dorsally compresse Linn. 
very broad coriaceous wings dilating downwards. Ridley in Journa § 
Soc. xxii. 202; Miguel Fl Ind. Bat. iii. 623. L. gregaria, Lindl. Gen, $ 
Sp. Orchid. 33; Thwaites Enum. 996. L. mucronata, Lindl. Malaxis 
Malaxis disticha, Thouars Orchid. Isles Austr. d' Afrique, t. 89. 
mucronata, Blume Bijd. 391; Moon Cat. 467. Malay 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. CkvroN, Walker, &c.—DISTRIB. 
Islands, Timor, Mauritius, Bourbon. n ‘form. Leaves 
Rootstock slender, creeping ; pseudobuibs distant, 4-3 in., pyne nargined of 
i-i in. broad, acuminate. Scape usually shorter than the leaves, stou jr A ireous 
Winged ; rareme j-2 in., rachis flattened; bracts 3—} in. ; flowers 3 clled 
yellow. Lip fleshy, with a large basal callus. Capsule 4 in. long, pedicel’ 
. i 10- 
59. L. compressa, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 32; load pencil af- 
12 in. linear-lanceolate strongly nerved beneath, scape nake ' ed Paw; tip 
ceolate, lip cuneately flabelliform from a narrow 2-tubero, r ineurved, 
broadly truncate or rounded crenulate apiculate, column sien Tn d. Bat. jii 
wings 0. Ridley in Journ Linn. Soc. xxii. 291; Miquel Fl. ' 
621. Malaxis compressa, Blume Bijd. 390, t. 54. 
PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector, alt, 3000-3500 ft. — DISTRIB. : 
Java. . as in ^ 
Pseudobulb 1 in. or more. Leafl-liin. broad, Scape winged ; raceme 
disticha, but bracts and flowers larger. 
Sumatra, 
