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longa, callo brevi impresso breviter bar bat o incluso ; gluma 

 inferior lanceolata, minute truncata, dorso late eonvexa, basi ad 

 callum distincte constricta, superne in carinis asperula, caeterum 

 laevie, chartaeea, nitidula, nervis 7-8 praeter duos intimos remotos 

 approximatis tenuissimis ; gluma superior cymbiformis, inferiorem 

 aequans, paulo ultra 1 mm. lata, subacuta, tenuiter chartaeea, lucida, 

 carina subasperula, marginibus ciliatis, utrinque nervo 1 sub- 

 marginali tenui ; valvae hyalinae, longe ciliatae, inferior oblonga, 

 truncatula, ad 5 mm. longa, 2-nervis, superior anguste oblonga 

 biloba, 3 5 mm. longa, arista geniculata, columna pallide brunnea, 

 circiter 9 mm. longa, seta aequilonga. Spicula pedicellata elliptico- 

 oblonga, acuta, 6-6*5 mm. longa, viridula ; gluma inferior 

 aristulata, aristula ad 3 mm. longa, ad flexuras angustas a medio 

 hispidulo-ciliolata, nervis arctis tenuibus 20-24 aequalibus ; gluma 

 superior inferior! aequilonga, acuta, 3-nervis, ciliata ; valvae 

 oblongae, hyalinae, inferior ad 5*5 mm. longa, latior, obtusa, 3- 

 nervis, 1-nervis, minute bidentata, eciliata, 4*5 mm. longa, cum 

 palea enervi, 2*5 mm. longa et flore $. Antherae 3-5 mm. longae. 



Senegambta. M'Bidjen, Thierry, 92. 



L.-NEW ORCHIDS : DECADE 32. 



311. Liparis rhodochila, Rolfe, ad L. Mcolorem, J. J. Smith, 

 accedit, sed labello non profunde bilobo differt. 



Pseudobulbi caespitosi, late ovoideo-oblongi, subcompressi, circa 

 1-5 cm. longi et lati, vaginis ovatis cucullatis vestiti, monophylli. 

 Folia elliptico-oblonga, apice minute bidenticulata, circa 7 cm. 

 longa, 3 cm. lata. Scapi terminales, erecti, subcompressi, circa 

 8-9 cm. longi, multiflori. Bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, 5-7 mm. 

 longae. Pedicelli 8-10 mm. longi. Sepala reflexa, oblonga, obtusa, 

 7-8 mm. longa. Petala linearia, obtusa, 7-8 mm. longa. Labellum 

 late unguicnlatum ; unguis erectus ; limbus arete reflexus, obovatns. 

 apice truncatus et minute denticulatns, 4 mm. latus ; discus 



crassiusculus. Columna clavata, 4 mm. longa, alis brevissimis 



et latis. 



Java. 



Lawrence 



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inform us that it came from Java. The sepals and petals are light 

 green and the lip reddish crimson. L. bicolor, J. J. Smith, is 

 only known to us from description, but besides having a deeply 

 two-lobed hp the leaves and scape are over a foot long. 



t 3 -o 2 e£ ? ulb °P h y llu m Dixoni, Rolfe - a B. PecJiei, Bull (Bot. Mag. 

 t. tm>), scapo longiore, floribus brunneo-maculatis et petalis 

 caudato-setiferis differt. 



aerba epiphytica. Bhizoma validum. Pseudobulbi pentagoni, 

 ovoidei monophylli, circa 3 cm. longi. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 

 subacuta, circa 9 cm. longa, 1-5 cm. lata. Scapi suberecti, 15-18 cm. 

 !X-n Pr ? pe » \ n va « ims tubulosis vestiti ; racemi subnutantes, 



or- li n«o„i • - tea 1 tri angulares, acutae, 3-4 mm. longae. Pedicelli 

 crassnisculi, 5 mm. longi. Sepalum posticum ellipticnm, obtnsum 



