﻿Plate 1887. 



LIPARIS RIDLEYI, Hook. f. 

 Orchidej:. Sub-Tribe Lipabibjb. 

 I. (Coriifolia) Ridleyi, EooJc.f. inFl. Brit. In*, v. F 705, 



3-4 lineari-lanceolatis acuminata B< 

 brevioribus racemo elongate mnl 

 brevioribus,' floribus f poll, latis, sepalis linear i-oblongi s ° J™ 818 ^ 



incrassatis, eolumna lata alata, alis medio filamento pendulo instructs. 

 -L. resupinata, in parte, Ridley in Jour. Linn. boc. xxn. - 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 4,000-6,000 ft common . ' ■ 

 &o. (KewDistrib. 5081). (Serb. Ind. Or.Hool.f.h T., 

 2 in parte.) 



Herba spithama. csespitosa, eaule basi £g**$l 

 alterna, 3-5-pollicaria, sessiha. /^ poll long*; Sores gracile 

 mnltiflorus;bractea^ erecto-patentes, $-£ poll. .long , a 



. virides ; labellnm 5-nerve, sepals dumdio brev 



• * w* the remarkable character of 



This, and its ally, L. resupinata, have the rem - ddle of each wing 

 pendnlons capillary filaments, proeee d«g fronv ^ other 



of the column, a character which : .,, ,.,, 

 species of the genus. It differs from L^e «*£« ^^ wings o£ the 

 size, flowers thrice as large, shorter bracts, an 

 column.— J. D. Hooker. _ . M . . - de 



