s.'] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE;E. (J. D. Hooker.) 693 



4. Zi. Glossula, Reichb. f. in Linncea xli. 43 ; leaf sessile or shortly 

 petioled oblong or linear-oblong obtuse or acute entire, scape stout, bracts 

 long slender lanceolate, sepals lanceolate acute 3-nerved, lip large flat 

 broadly obovate-oblong cuspidate crenulate, calli 0. Ridley in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxii. 268 ; HooJc.f. Ic. PL t. 1809. 



WESTERN and CENTRAL HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, alt. 5-7500 ft., Edgeworth, 

 Strachey Sf Winterb. (Liparis nepalensis), Duthie ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, at 

 Chumbi, King's Collector. 



Pseudobulbs large for the plant. Stem 1-3 in.; sheaths appressed, obtuse. 

 Leaf 2-4 by -lJ in. ; nerves many, slender. Scape 4-7 in. ; bracts ^-f in., shorter 

 than the pedicels ; Up |-| in. long, overlying the lateral sepals. Column not long, 

 curved, wings very short. 



5. Xi. G-amblei, Hook./. Ic. Pl.t. 1812; leaf sessile oblong obtuse or 

 acute often crenulate, scape stout, bracts short ovate acute, sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse 3-nerved, lip elliptic acute crenulate sides reflexed, calli 2 

 small near the base, column slender incurved with notched wings. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; at Kungbee, Clarke ; Sinchul, alt. 6500 ft., Gamble. 

 Habit of L. Glossula, but leaf often crenulate, bracts much broader, flowers much 

 smaller, and lip very different. 



6. Zi. diodon, Reichb. f. in Linncea xli. 43; leaf elongate spathulate 

 fleshy membranous oblong obtuse, scape angled naked, bracts minute, 

 sepals liuear, petals filiform, lip cuneate and angled on both sides at the base 

 then dilated subquadrate crenulate at the end and apiculate column 

 slender curved 2-toothed at the base. Ridley I. c. 285. 



N.W. HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, in the Dehra Doon, Hort. Wil. Sanders. 

 The " fleshy membranous " leaf is anomalous. Reichenbach places this amongst 

 the MollifoUcB. Ridley removes it to Coriifolice, but gives no reason. 



ft Leaves 2, rarely 3. 



7. L. nepalensis, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1945 ; JBot. Reg. sub. t. 882 ; 

 Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 28; leaves 2 large petioled from ovate to orbicular 

 acute base rounded or cordate, bracts large lanceolate, sepals lanceolate 

 acuminate, lip sessile ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate, calli small, 

 column incurved, wings obscure. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 278. 

 Malaxis cordifolia, Smith in Rees Cyclop. Aciauthus petiolatus, Don 

 Prodr. 29. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith, 

 &c. KHASIA HILLS, J. D. H. Sf T. T. 



Rootstock creeping, stout; pseudobulbs short, f-1 in. ; stem usually developed, 

 -3 in. Leaves usually both petioled, but upper sometimes sessile on the scape. 

 Scape and raceme 4-10 in. ; bracts ^-\ in. ; pedicels in.; lip | in. long or less, 

 dark purple ; base not amplexicaul, sides reflexed. 



8. X.. pulchella, Hook.f. Ic. Pl.t. 1810; leaves 2 broadly ovate-cordate 

 subacute radical long-petioled or one sessile on the slender scape the other 

 free, racemes few- and lax-fld., bracts lanceolate, sepals lanceolate 3-nerved 

 green, lip flat broadly orbicular-oblong retuse or obtuse and petals purple, 

 column very slender incurved with a small decurved rounded or tooth-like 

 wing. L. rupestris, var. purpurascens, Ridley I. c. 268. 



KHASIA Mis. ; at My rung, Moflong and Surureem, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. 



ris, No. 7). NAGA HILLS, Prain. 

 llootstock slender, creeping; pseudobulbs 3 in.; stem slender, 1-3 in. Leaves 



