TAB. 2. 



Tribe Epidendre^. 



Sub-tribe Liparide^. 



Genus Liparis. 



Liparis Bowkeri, Harvey, Thes. Cap., vol. ii, p. 6, t. 109, (1863); 

 Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) vol. xxii, p. 270 (1887). — Herba 

 glabra erecta, 10-18 cm. alta. Pseudo-bulbus bypogfeus anguste 

 ovatus vel snbcylindricus ; caulis gracilis angnlatus subflexuosus 

 foliosus, sursnm bracteis 2-4 cordatis acuminatis vacuis vestitus ; folia 

 3-4, infimum ad vaginam fere reductum, superiora oblouga vel ovata 

 acuta, basi laxe vaginantia, undulata, prominenter multinerva, tennia, 

 adscendentia, 10-12 cm. longa, 3-5-5 cm. lata ; racemus laxe 10-15- 

 florus, bracteis ovario cum pedicello brevioribus ; sepala lateralia 

 falcato-oblonga patentia torta, 1 cm. longa ; sepalum impar lineare, 

 marginibus revolutis, erectum, 1*4 cm. longum ; petala linearia, mar- 

 ginibus revolutis, patentia, sepalis subaequilonga ; labellum unguicu- 

 latum, vel interdum subsessile, lamina ovata vel rotundata obtusissima 

 venosa, marginibus erecto-incurvis, basi callis duobus carinato-elevatis 

 ornata ; columna gracilis arcuato-erecta exalata. [Ex exempl. unico 

 vivo, pluribusqiie exsiccatis). 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Cape Colony: Coldspring, near 

 Grabamstown, fl. Febr., J. Glass! near King William's Town, fl. 

 Dec, T. R. Sim! sbaded crevices of rocks. Fort Bowker, Kaffraria, H. 

 Bowker ! Natal : Gerrard ; Kar Kloof, fl. Nov., Mrs. Saunders! 



Plate 2. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view; 3, column 

 witb lip, — all tbe foregoing magnified about 4 diameters; 4, side 

 sepal, flattened out ; 5, odd sepal, back view ; 6, one of the petals, — 

 all the latter magnified about 3 diameters ; 7, column, front view ; 

 8, pollinia, front and side view, — the two last variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 10-18 cm. high. Pseudo-bulb sunk 

 in the ground, narrow-ovate or sub-cylindrical ; stem slender 

 angled, somewhat flexuous, leafy, with 2-4 empty cordate acumi- 

 nate bracts ; leaves 3-4, the lowest almost reduced to a sheath, 

 the upper oblong or ovate acute, loosely sheathing at base, 

 waved, prominently many-nerved, thin, ascending, 10-12 cm. 

 long, 3'5-5 cm. wide; raceme loosely 10-15-flowered, bracts 

 shorter than the ovary and pedicel ; side sepals falcate-oblong 



