﻿Plate 1812. 



LIPAEIS GAMBLEI, Hook./. 



Orchide2e. Tribe Liparidej!. 



I. (Mollifolia) Gamblei, Hook. f. (sp. rum.) ; terrestris, caule mono- 

 phyllo, folio sessili elliptico obtuso v. subacute margine integerrimo v. 

 crenulato, scapo valido, bracteis brevibus ovatis acutis, sepalis paten- 

 tibus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis 3-nerviis marginibus revoln 

 anguste linearibus, labello elliptico-oblongo acuto deflexo 

 2 parvis instructo, columna gracili incurva alis prope apicem minutis. 

 Sikkim Himalaya; at Rungbee, Clarke ; Sinchul, alt. 6,500 ft., 



Pseudobulbi parvi, ovoidei. Catdis 2-3 pollicaris, sulcatus. Folium 

 membranaceum, 4-6 poll, longum, multinerre, basi acntum, supra 

 basin complicatum, scapum validum amplectens. Scapus crassitie 

 pennaa corvina?, brevis ; racemus 2-3-poTlicaris, multifloras, rachi 

 valida ; bractea? £ poll, longa?, persistentes ; pedicelli paullo longiores, 

 Labellum^ poll, longum. 

 Closely allied 

 '"■ " ig in tbe s 

 . D. Hooker. 



GambU 



