﻿LIPARIS DELICATULA. 



ORCHlDEiE. Sub-Tribe Liparie.£. 



L. (Coriifolia) delicatula, Honk.f. mFl. Brit. 2*£ r V. 70S 



parvula, foliis 2-ni> ,. -t >1 h i> ■ uptico-lanceolatis membranace 



filiformi multo brevioribas, racemo laxe multifloro, bracteis 



pedicellis brevioribus, floribus parvis, sepalis late ; ■ ■ •»:■-■- 



rectis 1-nerviis margimbu* recurvis. 



orbicular! sepalis multo breviore, basi lato truncato JW» beret 



2-auriculato, apice rotundato abrupte caiidicuhi'- 



— Liparis decurrens, Ridley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxn. Wi ^ne 



plant only). 



Hab. Khasia mountains, alt. 4,000-5 000 fc,^ £ *■ 

 Reicbb. f.); Mishmi hills in Upper 



Herba casspitosa, 3-6-pollicaris ; pseudobnll 

 obsoletis. fbZfa 1-1£ poll, longa, £-£ P ' 1 ' lata 

 2-3 poll, longus ; bractese lanceolate, membranacea, , flores 6 pc 

 albi ; columnar alas infra apicem hamate. 



Referred by Ridley (Lc.) to the Japanese / 

 Reichb. f.; but diffe/s in the filiform scape, ova 

 sepals and petals.— J. P. Hookee. 



Fig 1 Flower. 2. Dorsal, and 3. lateral sepals spread out 4 -rnon 

 8 hoiing the rlcurred margins. 5. Lip. 6. and 7. b.d. and fro* 



