﻿Plate 1890. 



LIPAEIS PLATYEACHIS. 



Oechide^. Sub-Tribe Liparie*. 



L. (Coriifolia) platyrachis, Eoohf. in FL Brit. Ind.v. V. 706, m 



foliis2-3petiolatislineari-Liiuu ;itis acumii ' < mcmbrai «•« - > 



complanato v. 2-alato multo brevioribus, 



subulatis, floribns minutis. Bepalia lati 



tiusculis'l-nerviis raarginibus revolutis, pctalis :•.: 



sepalis multo breviore quadrate subpandurato recnr 



et 2-calloso, columna breviuscula alata. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 4,000-5,000 ft., I 

 Clarke. 



Herba pusilla, c®spitosa, 2-3 poll, alta basi subpsendobulbc 

 Scapus gracilis, lente curvus, ad basin fere fjonferus ; racemus laxe 

 tiflorns; bractere subulatte, inferiores vacua*; flores ; T * poll. i«i, c 

 tantes, albidi, breviter pedicellati ; labellum hypochilo ^vi Diaur. 

 lato, epicbilo latiore quam longo recnrvo, apice rotuudato apicula 

 basi breviter angulato ; columna vindis. 



The minute flowers are difficult of analysis esp^T ** % 

 nearest ally is L. perpusilla (Tab. 1856 B.).-J. D. HOOOB. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Sepal, spread out 3. The same, showing 

 gins. 4. Lip. 5. Column. All enlarged. 



