1 46 Orchide(E. \Liparis. 



Moist region 2-5000 ft.; rather common. Ambagamuwa; Dolosbagie; 

 Adam's Peak; Ramboda. Fl. Feb., ^tarch, and July-Sept.; pale yellow, 

 often tinged with pink or green. 



India, Siam, Java, China, Japan. 



The leaves vary greatly in shape and size. /-. odorata, Lindl. Gen. 

 and Sp. Orchid. 26, is an early name, but the flowers are scentless. 

 L. ttt'n'osa, Lindl. 1. c, is as early, and is unexceptionable. 



6. Xi. WalkeriBB, Graham in Bot. Mag. t. 3770 (1839). 



Tbw. Enum. 295. Ridley, 1. c. x.xii., in Journ. Linn. Soc. 277. C. P. 2376. 

 Fl. P. Ind. V. 698. Bot. Mag. 1. c. 



Stem stout, clothed with purplish sheaths, base swollen ; 1. 

 2-3, sessile or petioled, 2-4 in. long, ovate or orbicular, acute, 

 membranous, 7-veined, base sometimes very unequal-sided ; 

 ped. with many-fid. raceme 3-6 in., with a few empty bracts ; 

 pedicel with ov. \ in,, longer than the lanceolate spreading 

 bracts; sep. obtuse, 5-veined, lateral falcately oblong, diverg- 

 ing from the lip, flat, spreading, dorsal longer, erect, linear- 

 oblong, sides recurved; pet. narrowly linear, obtuse, widely 

 spreading, margins revolute; lip orbicular (when spread out), 

 crenulate, recurved from the middle, rather fleshy, wrinkled ; 

 column long, incurved, apical wings uncinate. 



Montane zone to 6000 ft. ; rare. Ramboda ; Pedurutalagala. Fl. 

 August ; purple, and the whole plant usually more or less tinged with 

 that colour. 



Also on S. Indian Mts. 



7. Ii. atropurpurea, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orcli. 28 (1S30). 

 Thw. Enum. 295. Ridley, 1. c. xxii. 277. C. P. 3181. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 698. Bot. Mag. t. 5529. Wight, Ic. t. 903 (/-. olivacea) 

 and t. 905 {L. Walkeria). 



Stem 6-8 in., stout, base hardly swollen ; 1. 3-4, petioled, 

 3-4 in. long, ovate or orbicular, membranous, 5-veined, base 

 very unequal-sided, often cordate, one side acute the other 

 rounded or auricled, margins smooth or crisped ; petiole |-l 

 in.; ped. slender, with lax-fld. raceme 4-8 in., bractcate or 

 naked; pedicel with ovary \-\ in., as long or longer than the 

 lanceolate spreading bracts ; fl. nearly i in. acro.ss the sep. ; 

 sep. very long, linear, obtuse, all with recurved sides, dorsal 

 longest, 3-vcined, lateral 5-veined, spreading; pet. narrowly 

 linear, spreading; lip orbicular-obovate, fleshy, recurved from 

 the middle, with 2 large long confluent tubercles on the 

 narrow base, margins crenulate; column very slender, curved, 

 wings small, rounded. 



Montane zone to 6000 ft.; rather rare. Aml)agamu\va; Ramboda; 

 N. Eliya. Fl. July, August; whole infl. a uniform dull red-jiurplc. 

 Also on Pulney Hills, S. India. 



