﻿Plate 1858. 



LIPARIS BISTRIATA, Par. et Beichb. f. 



Orchideji. Tribe Liparidem. 



L. (Coriifoliae) bistriata, Par. et Beichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 155 ; pseudobulbis csespitosis demum caudiciformibus elongatia 

 cylindraceis bifoliis, foliis sessilibus cum pseudobulbo articulate, 

 is multmerviis, scapo robusto foliis 

 breviore, racemo multifloro, floribus parvis, bnict< is ova i ia requantibus, 

 sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis 3-nerviis, marginibus revolutis, 

 petalis angustis 1-nerviis, labello sepalis a3quilongo panduriformi v. 

 cuneato-oblongo triincato apice integro v. 3-crenato, columns alis 

 parvis rotundatis v. subuncinatis, capsulis subglobosis. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, the Khasia mountains, and Tenasserim. 



Pseudobulbi sen caudices demum 3-4 poll, longi, diametro pcnnaa 

 olorinaB, nudi, teretes, stricti v. torti. Folia 3-4 poll, longa, patentk. 

 Scapus nunc valde robustus, nudns v. pauci-bracteatus, una cum 

 racemo 4-6-pollicariB. Flares | poll, expansi, flavidi. Columna et 

 at videtur varia, alis nunc uncinatis. Capsula subglobosa 

 ^ poll, diametro. 



Var. robusta ; pseudobulbis brevioribus crassioribus TOgi 

 obtusis vesl o, bracteis floribusque majoribus, 



labello panduriformi apice cordato, capsulis clavatis.— Naga hills, on 

 Kohima, Prain. 



In the specimens from the Naga hills the pseudobulbs are shorter 

 and more robust, fully £ in. diam. when fresh ; the scape and 

 the raceme singularly robust, and when dry 2-edged from the shrink- 

 ing of the fleshy outer cellular substance, the bracts and flowers 



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