Liparis.'] OvchidecB. 1 45 



\-\ in., slender, with few empty bracts; lower bracts \ in., 

 erecto-patent, membranous, lanceolate, acuminate, upper 

 shorter than the pedicel and ovary; fl. about \ in. broad ; sep. 

 pet. lip and column as in L. WigJitiana, but much smaller; fr. 

 ellipsoid, \-\ in., rather longer than its pedicel. 



Lower montane zone; very rare. Horagala, Dolosbagie. FI. September. 



Endemic. 



Scarcely distinct from L. \Vightia7ia. 



4. Ii. barbata, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 27 (1830). 

 Thw. Enum. 295. Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 276. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 696. 



Stem i:^ in., swollen at the base; 1. 3, subsessile, about 2 

 in. long, ovate or oval, subacute, membranous, veins very 

 slender; ped. angular, with the lax few-fld. raceme about 2 

 in., pedicel with the ovary about \ in.; bracts very minute, 

 ovate, acuminate; fl. about \ in. long; sep. oblong, dorsal 

 narrowest, i-veined, lateral spreading, 3-veined; pet. placed 

 under the lip, narrowly linear, obtuse; lip oblong, base 

 2-auricled, 2-tubercled, tip erose and subfimbriate; column 

 incurved, wings short, rounded, toothed. 



Ceylon ; Macrae. A single specimen, without further locality, in 

 Herb. Lindley (now at Kew), is all that is known of this species. 



Endemic. 



The specimens are very insufficient. I do not find the lip to be 

 bearded as described by Lindley. 



5. Zi. nervosa, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 26 (1830). 



L. paradoxa, Rchb. f. in IValp. Ann. vi. 218. L. odorata, Lindl.; 

 Thw. Enum. 2q5. Empitsa paradoxa, Lindl. ; Thw. Enum. 429. C. P. 

 3180 (3375). 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 697. Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutt. viii. t. 34 {L. paradoxa). 

 Rheede, Hort. Mai. xii. t. 28. 



Stem elongate, base more or less swollen; 1. 1-5, sessile, 

 erect, 2-8 in. long, lanceolate, obtuse acute or acuminate, 

 rarely more oval and narrowed into a broad petiole, rather 

 thickly membranous, veins strong, base equal; ped. with the 

 lax-many-fld. raceme 4-10 in., stout, rigid, angular^ naked 

 or nearly so; bracts ^-\ in., ovate or lanceolate, spreading; 

 pedicels with the ovary rather longer, stout; fl. about J in. 

 long, perianth rather thick, sep. obtuse, dorsal longest, 

 linear, obtuse, margins revolute, 5-veined ; lateral oblong, 

 obtuse, spreading and recurved, placed under the lip ; pet. 

 narrowly linear, decurved, margins revolute; lip revolute or 

 recurved from the middle, cuneately obovate or obcordate, tip 

 3-fid., base 2-tubercled ; column stout, enlarged and incurved 

 toward the top only, with two rounded wings. 



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