Tas. 8195. 
LIPARIS TABULARIS. 
Penang. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDEN DREAE. 
Liparis, L. C. Rich.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 495; Ridl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xx. p. 244. 
Liparis tabularis, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1908, p. 68; species insignis, a L. 
er sions Rolfe, labello orbiculari obtuso et venis regulariter flabellatis 
iffert. . 
Pseudobulbi anguste conici, 8-12 em. longi, circa 2 cm. lati, vaginis mem- 
branaceis albidis venosis imbricatis tecti. Folia membranacea, ovato- 
elliptica, breviter acuminata, undulata, plicata, 9-14 em. longa, 4-5 em. 
lata; petioli dilatati, in vaginis imbricatis spathaceo-oblongis acutis 
carinatis et striatis inclusi. Scapus erectus, acute 5-angulatus, purpureus, 
circa 15 cm. altus; racemus laxus. Bracteae triangulari-subulatae, acutae, 
2mm. longae. Pedicelli angulati, purpurei, 1°5 cm. longi. Flores magni, 
purpurei. Sepalum posticum oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum, 1°5 cm. longum; 
sepala lateralia oblonga, acuta, circa 1°2 cm. longa, marginibus revolutis. 
Petala filiformia, 1*5 cm. longa. Labellwm orbiculare, crebre denticulatum, 
leviter recurvum, 1°5-2 cm. latum, ima basi callosum. Columna clavata, 
incurva, 8 mm. longa. 
The genus Liparis is not often met with outside Botanic 
Gardens, as few of the species can be called showy. There 
are, however, a few exceptions, and among them-the subject 
of the present plate. L. tabularis flowered in the collection 
of Mr. H. T. Pitt, Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, in April, 1906, 
and was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. Shortly afterwards a plant was presented to Kew, 
where it flowered in the following June, when the annexed 
drawing was made. After some correspondence it was 
ascertained that it had been sent by Mr. O. Curtis, of the 
Forest Department, Penang, to Mr. H. A. Tracy, of 
Twickenham, so that it is probably a native of the region 
mentioned. It is most nearly related to the Formosan 
L. macrantha, Rolfe, from which, however, it differs in 
having an orbicular lip, with regularly radiating veins. Its 
large reddish purple flowers with strongly denticulate lip 
render it very attractive. 
Liparis is a large and widely diffused genus, being found 
throughout the tropics, and in subtropical, and even 
May, 1908. 
