﻿LIPARIS CORDIFOLIA, Hook. f. 



Orchidej;. Tribe Liparideje. 



L. (Mollifolia) cordifoUa, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; terrestris, caule 

 monophyllo, folio sessili rotundafco-cordato acaminato basi scapura 

 gracilem teretem nudum amplectente, bracteis parvis, pedioelhs gra- 

 cilibus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis 3-nerviis, petalis angustis brevionbus 

 deflexis, labello amplo obcordato v. obovato-rotundato apiculato 

 crenalato ecalloso, columna gracillime incurva, alis terminalibus parvis 

 rotundatis. L. rupestris, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 268, ex parte 

 (nan Griff.). 



North-west Himalaya (drawing in Herb. Keto); Sikkim at 

 alt. 6,000ft., Clarke; Khasia Hills, alt. 3,600 ft., Griffith, 



, Ind. Or. Lip 



ferti. Caulis 



Yoksun, alt. 6,000 ft., Clarke 



J. D. H. and T. T.(Herb. Ind. Or. Liparis, No. 8) 



2-5 poll, longum, 5-7-1 



amplectentibus. Scapus una cum racenu 



iW Poll- long^e. Labellum, \ poll, longum et latum. 



This has been referred by Mr. Ridley to Griffiths' L. ™2f ^ °'£° 

 Khasia Hills, of which no specimen exists, but in that Pj»*.^ n g 

 to Griffiths' detailed description, the flowers are small, tne sc y 

 angled and winged, and the lip oblong.— J. D. Hooker. 



