Puate 2006. 
LIPARIS THWAITESII, Hook. j. 
Orcuipes. Subtribe Lirariza. 
L, (Mollifolie) Thwaitesii, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 693; caule 
subpseudobulboso unifoliato, folio late ovato v. ovato-cordato acuminato 
5-7-nervi, scapo subrobusto, racemo laxifloro, bracteis lauceolatis 
suppositis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 3-nerviis, dorsali lineari, petalis 
anguste linearibus, labello sepalis pauls longiore late obovato v. 
cuneato-oblongo apice rotundato v. retuso, basi 2-dentato, colamna 
gracili apice incurva 2-dentata. L. Wightiona ex sa Thwaites, Enum. 
294. Ridley um Journ. Linn. Soe. xxii. 278. 
Has. wae in the Central Province, alt. 3-5,000 ft.; Thwattes 
(C. P. 3179). 
Pseudobulbi conferti, anguste ovoidei, vaginati, in caulem brevem 
axe vaginatum producti. Foliwm 2-8 poll. longum, sessile v. 
petiolatum, membranaceum, plicatum, margine undu ato-crenula- 
tum. — una cum racemo folio subduplo longior, laxiflorus ; 
beste % + poll. longs, inferiores remote vacue. lores suberecti, 
2 poll. longi, pedicellis una cum ovario }-pollicaribus, erecto-patenti- 
bus: sepalum dorsale reflexum; labelluam rubro-purpureum, —— 
planum, disco 5-nervi, nervis lateralibus marginem versus ramos 
Included by Thwaites and Ridley under L. Wightiana, a small, deli- 
cate, two-leaved species, with much smaller flowers, an orbicular-oblong 
lip and sigmoidly incurved column.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lateral sepal. 3. Petal. 4. Lip. 5, Top of column. Ali 
enlarged, 
