﻿Plate 1856. 



A.— LIPARIS PUSILLA, Ridley. 



B— LIPARIS PERPUSILLA, Hook./. 



Orchidia. Tribe Liparide*:. 



A.— L. (Coriifoliae) pusilla, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxn. 294 ; 

 pseudobulbis parvis ovoideis, foliis 3-4-pollicaribus solitanis 2-nisve 

 lineari-oblanceolatis acutis basi arfciculatis, scapo gracih fo 

 breviore nudo, racemo snbdense multifloro, bracteis lanceolate nores 

 parvos subjequantibus, sepalis elliptico-oblongis subacute i ^ e ^ 11 ^' 

 petalis angustioribus marginibus revolutis, labello sessih obovato- 

 oblongo sepalis sequilongo apice truncate v. obtuse ^b-d-dent ato, 

 columna incurva exalata L. auriculata, Beichb. /• m Flora, 18/2, 7/ 

 {non Miguel). 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya ; at Rungbee, alt. 6,600 ft., <M»- * *** 

 mountains, on trees at Myrung, /. A E. and J. Thomson. Travaucore, 

 on the Anamallay hills, Beddome (fid. Bidley). 



Pseudolulhs short or long, H ™> *? °\t^JoT ^nls 

 H S sessile or narrowed into a petiole, rather ^°^J ron8 ^ 

 2-3 in. ; bracts ± in., slender. Flowers * in. diam, white, in 

 The name is not appropriate, but Mr. Ridley assures me tnat ui 

 the plant he described under it. 



B.— L. (Coriifolia) perpusilla, Hooh f. in Fl. Bnt. In . «^> 

 pseudobulbis minutis, foliis 4-6 lineanbus acutis cor gubu _ 



basi articulatis, scapo foliis longiore, racemo P lnnUor ^ crassill sculis 

 latis, fl 0r Jbus minutis, sepalis oblongis obtusis 1-nervns ™ 

 marginibus recurvis, petalis angustis ^ o ^X*S obBonioB 

 truncate interdnm apiculato anguhs basi in lobos latere 

 dilatatis, columna crassa alis longiusculis. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya; on trees, alt. 8,000-9,0 

 Clarke, Gamble. . floribu8 



Planta carnosnla, 2-3-uncialis seapo folii s d ^S^VariabiH- 

 vix T V poll, diametro, flavidis ; labello forma et magn 

 -J.D.HOOKER. Ml enlarged. 



A.-L.™. Fig.l.Flowe, 2 a nd 3. Sepal. -^Up. 9 andU. 



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