Puate 2007. 
LIPARIS ACUMINATA, Hook. f. 
OrcHIDEx. Subtribe LIPARIER. 
L.(Mollifolie) acuminata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, v.696 ; caule elongato 
folioso, foliis late vaginantibus lanceolatis acuminatis 7-nerviis, scapo 
gracili, racemo elongato laxifloro, bracteis minutis ovatis suberectis, 
floribus majusculis, sepalis lateralibus falcatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 
5-nerviis, dorsali lineari, petalis anguste linearibus, labello amplo sub- 
recurvo transverse oblongo v. suborbiculari crenulato apice rotundato 
v. in acumen producto, basi 2-spinuloso v. 2-tuberculato, columna 
gracili incurva superne anguste alata. 
Has. Khasia Mts., Griffith. 
Caulis 3-5-pollicaris, robustus, basi non aut vix incrassatus. olia 
5-6, suberecta, 4—5 poll. longa, tenuiter membranacea. Scapus 4-6- 
pollicaris; bractes 71, poll. longe; pedicelli 4—} poll. longi, graciles. 
Flores 2 poll. lati; sepala lateralia labello fere supposita eique fere 
eequilonga; labellum 5-nerve, nervis lateralibus marginem versus 
ramosis ; columnw margines in alas angustas sensim dilatati. 
The nearest ally is the common Himalayan L. bituberculata, which 
has a cuneately obovate entire lip shorter than the sepals.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flowers. 2. Dorsal sepal. 3, Petal. 4. A variety of the lip. All 
enlarged. 
