﻿Plate 1813. 



LIPARIS ROSTRATA, Eeichb.f. 

 Orchide;e. Tribe Liparide*:. 



L. (Mollifolia) rostrata, Beichb. f. in Linnma, xli. 44 ; terrestris, 

 caule diphyllo, foliis suboppositis stibsessilbus petiolatisve elhptico- 

 oblongis acutis, Bcapo foliis breviore, racemo pyramidato, bracteis 

 parvis ovato-oblongis deflexis ovario multoties brevioribus, sepalis lan- 

 ceolatia 3-nerviis marginibus revolutis, petalis deflexis anguste lmeari- 

 bus, labello orbiculari-obcordato apiculato crenulato ecalloso, columna 

 breviuscula ;v is rotundatis. L. olivacea ex parte, 



Herb. Hook f. et Thorns, (nan Lindl). L. rupestris ex parte, Bidiey %n 

 Journ. Livn. Soc. xxii. 268 (non Griffith). 



Hab. Western Himalaya, Boyle ; Simla, alt. 6,000-8,000 ft 

 Thomson ; Kumaon, alt. 5,000-7,000 ft., Edgeworth. 



Pseudobulbi ovoidei, rhizomate brevi conferti. Oaulb 1-3-pollicaris, 

 vaginis obtusis appressis tectus. Folia 1-3-pollicaria, petiolo law. 

 Scopus una cum racemo 2-6-pollicaris ; bractese T Vi poll- Jong; pedi- 

 celligraciles, §4 poll.; flores virides. Labellnm ft poll. lat » m ^ 

 unguem brevem contractum, dein subcordatum. Columna basi lata, 

 superne sensim angustata. 



Differs from L. Gathcartii (pi. 1808) in the large bracts very 

 different lip without calli, and short stoat column; from ^ohvac^ 

 Lindl., in the small bracts 3-neryed sepals, and obcordatc hp. From 

 L. rupestris, Griff, under which Ridley has placed it it differs in not 

 having a solitary sessile cordate leaf, and in other characters.-.*. «* 

 Hooker. 



Fig. 1 . Flower. 2. Sepal. Both enlarged. 



