﻿Plate 1808. 



LIPARIS CATHCARTII, Hook. f. 

 Oechide-e. Tribe Lipaeideji. 



I. (Mollifolia) Cathcartii, Book. f. {ftp. new.) ; terrestris, caule 

 diphyllo, foliis snboppositis petiolatis elliptico-ovatis subcordatisve 

 acutis, scapo graeili, bracteis minutis ovatis, sepalis lanceolatis acutis 

 3-nerviis marginibus reyolutis, petalis anguste linearibus deflexis, 

 labello obcordato v. obovato-rotundato integerrimo v. obscure crenulato 

 callis 2 prope basin elongatis, columna elongata incurva alis obsctms. 

 L. rupestris in part., Ridley in Jonm. Linn. Soc. xxii. 268 (non Lrnff.). 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 8,000 to 10,000 ft., J. D. H. ; Clarice. 



Caulis 2-3-pollicaris, vaginatus, vaginis subacutis. Folia 3-4-poll. 

 longa, tnultinervia. Scapus una cum racemo 3-6-polhcaris ; brac- 

 tese spars®, late ovatse, vix ^ poll. longa3. Labellum H P° IJ - lon&um, 

 flavidnm v. purpurascens ; calli interdum in carmis elongatis proaucti. 



The minute bracts, elongate calli in the lip, and long slender column 

 distinguish this at once from L. BoyleL—3. D. Hooker, 

 Fig. 1. Flower, with subcuticular lip. 2. Sepal. 3. Lip from another specimen. 



