Liparis.'] Orchiclec?. 147 



8. Ii. brachyg:lottis, Rchb. f. in Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 87 (1885). 

 Ridley, I.e. xxii. 275. C. P. 4002. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 699. 



Stem 2-3 in., rather slender, swollen at the base; 1, 1-2, 

 \\-2\ in., sessile or the lower petioled, ovate or ovate- 

 cordate, acuminate, membranous, 5-veined, base equal-sided, 

 rounded or subcordate, margins crisped ; ped. short, slender, 

 with the lax-fld. raceme 2-3 in. ; bracts ovate, acute, shorter 

 than the slender short pedicels and ovary, concave, spreading; 

 fl, about \ in. broad; sep. oblong, obtuse, 3-veined, lateral 

 placed under the lip, broadly ovate-oblong, dorsal much 

 longer, margins recurved, pet. linear, spreading, margins re- 

 curved ; lip shorter than the sep., recurved, transversely oblong, 

 obtuse or retuse or emarginate, base cordate, with a short 

 broad emarginate callus ; column short, stout, erect. 



Montane zone; very rare. Knuckles Hills; Wattakelle Hill. Fl. 

 Sept. ; a very small species with small purple fls. 

 Endemic. 



9. Ii. obscura, Hk.f. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1886 (li 

 L. angHsti/olia, Thw. Enum. 296 (non Lindl). L. co'spitosa, Ridl. 1. c. 

 xxii. 290 (non Lindl.). C. P. 2351. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 701, Hook. Ic. PI. 1. c. 



Pseudobulbs short, ovoid, or longer, up to i in., and 

 cylindric, loosely sheathed ; 1. solitary or few, articulate on the 

 pseudobulb, 3-4 in., petioled, narrowly oblanceolate, subacute 

 or mucronate, coriaceous, costate; ped. terminal on the pseudo- 

 bulb, with the lax-many-fld. raceme much shorter than the 1., 

 compressed, naked; bracts as long as the pedicel and ovary 

 or longer; fl. very minute, about J^ '"• broad; sep. lanceolate, 

 acute, recurved or revolute, i -veined, margins not recurved; 

 lateral placed under the lip ; pet. narrowly linear, deflexed ; 

 lip much smaller than the sep., broadly oblong or subquadrate, 

 recurved from the middle, base truncate; column short, sub- 

 erect, hardly winged. 



Moist region 2-5000 ft.; rather rare. Dolosbagie; Hantane; Hanas- 

 giriya. Fl. Jan.; greenish-yellow. 

 Endemic. 



ID. li. long-ipes, Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i, 31 (1830). 

 Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 30. Thw. Enum. 295. Ridl. 1. c. xxii. 293. 

 C. P. 3177. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 703. Wight, Ic. t. 906. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii. t. 37. 



Pseudobulbs short and ovoid, or elongate, up to 5 in. and 

 cylindric, clothed with pale sheaths ; 1. 2, articulate in the pseudo- 

 bulb, 4-6 in., erect or recurved, linear, oblanceolate or obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, 5-7-veined ; 



