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teres, antice ante stigma parvum concavum alata. Pollinia 4, 

 cereacea, glandula retinaculoque nullis." — Lindley, Bot. Reg. 

 14: 1175(1828). 



" Var. LATiFOLiA. Caulis magis dilatatus ad basin ; folia plura, 

 late ovata, 6-9 uncias longa, 2-31 uncias lata, obtusa vel acuta ; 

 scapus elatus angulatus et breviter alatus ; flores f usco-virides vel 

 flavi, labello f usco ; sepalum posticum lanceolatum ligulatum ob- 

 tusum, lateralia lanceolata latiora subacuta baud falcata." — Rid- 

 ley, loc. cit. 



The following is a fuller description of the above-named va- 

 riety : Pseudobulbs 2-8 cm. high, 1-3 cm. thick, concealed at 

 first by the leaf-sheaths, elongated-pyrif orm or conical, compressed, 

 arising from a whitish rhizome ; each year the last formed pseu- 

 dobulb shrivels as the new one forms, so that each plant is usually 

 composed of a leafless pseudobulb and a new growth. Roots 

 numerous, fibrous. Leaves 3-5, 7-12 cm. long, 1.5-9 cm. broad, 

 ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, smooth, plicate, broadly petio- 

 late. Peduncle terminal, strongly winged, suffused with madder- 

 purple. Bracts triangular-lanceolate, acute, 1 cm. or less long. 

 Floral bracts 7-8 mm. long, shorter than the ovaries. Racemes 

 many-flowered, lax. Lateral sepals ovate-oblong, sub-acute, mar- 

 gins strongly revolute, 6 mm. long, about 4 mm. broad. Upper 

 sepal linear-oblong, obtuse, about 8 mm. long. Petals linear- 

 oblong, margins revolute, about 7 mm. long, obtuse. Lip obcor- 

 date, emarginate, bituberculate near the base. Flowers green 

 suffused with madder-purple. Ovary strongly winged, more or less 

 tuberculate. Column arcuate above, about 3 mm. long, winged, 

 with a small tooth on each side at the summit. Pollinia 4, in pairs, 

 unappendaged, somewhat reniform. Anther 2-celled. Fruit a 

 turbinate or obovoid capsule, 1-1.5 cm. long. 



That Liparis elata should have been confused with L. hituher- 

 culata, Lindl., shows clearly that the two species are closely allied. 

 The latter is a native of the Eastern hemisphere, where it has been 

 found in India, Ceylon, and Formosa. It is at once distinguish- 



