﻿Plate 1886. 



LIPARIS OBSCURA, Hook. f. 

 ORCHiDEiE. Sub-Tribe Lipabide^:. 



-m n 't v V 701 , ined. ; 

 Liparis (Coriifolia) obscura, Book. f. in FL J*n- • ; q tio i a to 

 p 3 eudobulbis parvis Ciaspitosi. anguste 1-^*^ J do folio 



elliptico-lanceolato v. anguste oblanceolato aento, scap ^ 



breviore v. subaequante, racemo brevi pau«*>£ tajc^ lanceolati3 

 lanceolatis ovarium superantibus, flonbus mm , u ibu8j fcbello 

 acutis 1-nerviis recarvis v. revolutis, P eta . 1S ^ndatis, basi truncate, 

 recurvo late oblongo v. subquadratc > a. ^^^i-.L. •»*»£ 



in to . W So , xx ii. 290 (« I—). ft ^. 



Hab. Ceylon ; in tbe central province, alt. *,v ^^ ^^ 



Pseudobnlbi H P°U- W. an ^ USte ^^^adoWbo' articulatum 



3-4 poll, longa, in petiolum angustum cum p»" snbrobu9 tus ; race 



sepala marginibus non recurvis. Caysuia 8 6 r 



ellipSOidea ' .„ ■ the much smaller flower 



L. angustifolia, Lindl., of Java differ, m tbe ^^ hl ch 



and fruft an4 shorter lip. The ^"fj^3& lip. J •«»,$£ 

 it has also been referred, differ, m the Ja nc Per adenya gard.^ 



to Dr. Trimen for the loan of specimen s£« d give a ^nr 



which have enabled me to complete the ae f^ ^ KewH erban 

 of this little-known plant, of which the spe 

 are very imperfect.-J. D. Hookeb. peUl g, 6 , an d 



ri, 1F We, , Poland, lateraUepa.^- 

 7. Lips. All enlarged. 



