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Liparis WaLkeErRI&Z. Mrs. CoLoney 
Watker’s [Liparis. 
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Class and Order. 
Gynanpria Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinea. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Sepala patentia libera; lateralia basi equalia sepius 
breviora. Petala sepalis angustiora, raro equalia, linearia _ 
vel filiformia. Labellum ascendens vel erectum, basi cum — 
columna paululum accretum, supra basin sepius bitubercu- 
latum integrum nunc mucronibus aliquot sed lobis nullis. 
Columna elongata, semiteres, Imcurva, apice marginata. 
Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia.—Herbe fer- 
restres vel epiphyte, foliis basi in pseudo-bulbum concretis, 
nunc membranaceis plicatis, nunc subcoriaceis venis minus 
distinctis. Scapus teres vel angulatus, vel anceps. Flores 
parvi, herbacei, racemosi, raro lutei vel albi. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Liparis Walkeria; foliis 2—3 subrotundo-ovatis acutis, 
petiolatis plicatis basi obliquis cucullatis, spica erecta 
multiflora brevioribus, pedunculo angulato, labello sub- 
rotundo reflexo crenulato, sepalis patentibus oblongis, 
marginibus revolutis, germine petalisque filiformibus 
equalibus. Graham. 
We received this plant at the Royal Botanic Garden 
Edinburgh, in June 1834, sent by Mrs. Colonel Wa LKEr, 
from Ceylon. It has since flowered twice in the stove, and 
although it must certainly yield in beauty to many of the 
donations received from the same liberal and zealous culti- 
vator of botany, yet it is not without interest. It ought to 
stand in the arrangement of the species between L. purpu- 
rascens 
