LIPARIS 45 



Raceme 5-18 cm. 1., somewhat lax. Flowers pale yellow, 12-30, perianth 

 nearly ^ in. 1. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 16 mm. 1. below, to about 

 5 mm. i. at apex. Pedicels 5-8 mm. 1. (lengthening to about 1 cm. in 

 fruit). Ovary about 5 mm. 1., 3-winged. Sepals 3-nerved, oblong- 

 lanceolate, apex somewhat obtuse; median 7*5 mm. 1., 2*3 mm. br. ; 

 lateral attached at base to lip, 6*5-7 mm. 1., 2 '3-2 '6 mm. br. Petals 

 1-nerved, linear, obtuse, about 7 mm. 1., -8 mm. br. Lip 7-8 mm. 1., 

 5-6 mm. br. Column erect, curved near apex, channelled anteriorly and 

 angled, broadly winged at apex, 3*8 mm. 1. Capsule narrowly obovoid, 

 3-keeled, about 1*2 cm. L, 4 mm. br. 



2. L. neuroglossa Beichh. f. Xen. Orch. Hi. 26 (1900) ; with 

 pseudobulb ; leaf one, roundish, acute, cordate, many-nerved, 

 with long, sheathing leaf- stalk ; lip greenish with five purple 

 nerves, triangular-cuneate with a broad praemorse-apiculate apex,, 

 the two upper corners praemorse and irregularly erose ; shortly 

 2-lobed, crimson callus at base. — Hidl. op. cit. 280. L. cardio- 

 phylla Ames Orch. Hi. 92, t. 59 (1908). L. rotundifolia Gogn. in 

 Fedde Bepert. vi. 305 (1909), & in Symh. Ant. vi. 378. 



In peat and decaying leaves or mosses, in damp shady places ; in fl. 

 Nov., Dec, in fr. Feb. ; near Cinchona, 5000 ft., Cradwick I Harris ! ; 

 below John Crow Peak, 5500-6000 ft., J.P. 239, Sullivan ! Harris 1 FL 

 Jam. 7529, 7574, 7733, 9784, 9799.— Bolivia. 



Plant 3-4J in. high. Stem a creeping rhizome from which are given 

 ofE at intervals secondary stems which become thickened and form 

 pseudobulbs, 8-10 mm. 1., covered by the sheathing leaf-stalk and sheaths. 

 Sheaths, one at each node, papery, -8-2 cm. 1. Leaf, blade 3-4 cm. 1., 

 2-4 cm. br. ; stalk 2-3-5 cm. 1. Scape 6-10 cm. 1., angled. Raceme 

 1-4 cm. 1., somewhat lax below, becoming crowded above. Flowers 

 greenish, perianth J in. 1. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved, 2*5-4 mm. L 

 Pedicels 3 mm. 1. Ovary 6-angled, about 2 mm. 1. Sepals 1-nerved ; 

 lateral lanceolate, obtuse, about 4 mm. 1., 1*4 mm. br. ; median 

 oblong-lanceolate, about 4 mm. 1., 1"2 mm. br. Petals 1-nerved, linear, 

 4*3-5 mm. 1., '5 mm. br. Lip 3*5 mm. 1., 3-3*5 mm. br. Column erect» 

 curved towards apex, 2*5 mm. 1. Capsule ellipsoidal, 5-6 mm. 1. 



The flowers of the type from Bolivia are rather larger than those from 

 Jamaica, but we fail to see any specific difference. The distribution 

 of L. vexillifera and L. elata shows that we may look for the occurrence 

 of L. neuroglossa at intermediate stations. 



3. L. Harrisii Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bat. xlvii. 7 (1909) ; 

 with pseudobulb ; leaves two, oval-elliptical, abruptly acute, 

 with a somewhat long, sheathing stalk ; lip greenish, veined 

 and tinged with purple or brown, elliptical, obtuse, cordate, 

 veins prominent in the middle and at the base converging into 

 two calli. — Cogn. in Symh. Ant. vi. 375. (PI. 6, f. 1-5.) Type 

 in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In spongy peat and vegetable mould or amongst mosses in damp 

 shady places; in fl. and fr. Sept.-Dec. Cinchona 5000 ft., J.P. 229, 

 Morris ! Green Hill Wood, 4000 ft. ; near John Crow Peak, 5300-6000 ft. ; 

 Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 7732, 7737, 9786, 9795. 



Plant 4 to 9 in, high. Stem at base slightly thickened and at length 

 forming a pseudobulb 2*5 cm. 1., 8 mm. br., covered by the sheathing 



