﻿Plate 1888. 



LIPARIS RESUPINATA, Ridley. 

 Orchideje. Sub-Tribe Liparieje. 



L. (Coriifolia) resupinata, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii 290 (in 

 parte) ; foliis 3-4 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis scapo gracili mnlto 

 brevioribus, racemo elongate multifloro, bracteis lanceolatis pedicelhs 

 longioribus inferioribus vacuis, sepalis late oblongis obtusis rectis 

 marginibus recurvis, petalis angustissimis,labello late ovato-oblongo basi 

 2-auriculato 2-calloso, apice rotundato, columna late alata ahs medio 

 dilatatis et filamento pendulo instructis.— Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. V. 

 705, ined. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 5,000-6,000 ft. (Platystylis 2 in parte 

 Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 8r T.); Khasia mountains, alt. 4,500-6,500 ft com- 

 mon, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5082) ; Nilghiri mountains (fid. Ridley). 



Herba dense csespitosa, interdum pseudobulbosa, pseudobulbis 

 ovoideo-oblongis subcylindraceisve. Folia alterna, submembranacea. 

 Scapus una cum racemo 5-7-pollicaris, multiflorus ; bracteae m- 

 feriores li-i-pollicares ; pedicellum cum ovario | poll, longum ; flores 

 flavidi. 



Under L. Ridleyi I bave indicated tbe difference between that species 

 and this. Ridley gives the Nilghiri mountains, Wigbt, as a habitat, 

 but I find no specimen in Wight's Herbarium, and I should doubt the 

 record.— J. D. Hooker. 



Firr. 1. Flower. 2. Dors; d readout. 4 Dorsal sepal, show- 



ing the recurved margins. 5. and 6. Lips. 7. Column. All enlarged. 



