1671 



*LIPARIS guineensis. 



S. Leone Liparis. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchide.?^. Juss. § Malaxldese Lindl. (^Introduction to the 

 Natural System of Botany, p. 262.) 



LIPARIS. Supra, vol. 11, fol. 882. 



L. guineensis ; foliis pluribus oblongls acutis plicatis racemo paucifloro breviori- 

 bus, scapo angulato, labello postico cuneato bilobo piano basi bituberculato, 

 petalis sepaloque supremo linearibus patentibus, sepalis laterallbus subro- 

 tundo-ovatis labello brevioribus. 



Pseudobulbi ovati, nucis avellance magnitudine, exuviis membranaceis 

 foliorum vestiti. Scapus semipedalis. Flores parvi virides sessiles, maculis 

 2, lutescentibus in apice labelli. Ovarium alatum, bracteis lineari-subulatis 

 longius. 



A native of Sierra Leone, whence plants were brought 

 in 1832 by Mr. Whitfield. Our drawing was made in 

 September last in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 



It requires to be kept in a damp stove while growing, 

 but to be removed into a cooler and dry place as soon as its 

 leaves decay. 



The Liparis Luselii of this country is nearly related to 

 it, but is abundantly distinct in the leaves and the form of 

 the labellum. 



* See fol. 1175. 



