21 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
** Lip deflexed from near the base. 
Leaves two, pseudo-bulbs disciform, column not winged . . . . . 21. L. viridiflora. 
Leaves two to «four, pseudo-bulbs ovoid-oblong, compressed, column 
winged. . xd : oy 
Wings of column short, broad, not hooked, lip with emargi- 
nate apiculate apex . . . «e e + + + © è e o e + 22. Г. Assamica. 
Wings of column produced into long hooked procesces; apex 
of lip entire ................ 23. L resupinata and tar. 
Ridleyi. 
1. LIPARIS CORDIFOLIA, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 1811. 
Terrestrial; the whole plant of a uniform deep green colour. Pseudoduibs crowded, 
much compressed, ovoid, pointed, having some scattered fibres at the base, 1°5 in. 
long. Stem short, stout, enveloped by the leaf-sheath. Leaf large, solitary, broadly 
ovate, acute; the base broad, cordate, suddenly contracted into the wide sheath, 
shining, the nerves few and indistinct, 2 to 5 in. long and 1°5 to 4 in. broad. 
Inflorescence about as long as the leaf; the peduncle elongate, ebracteate; the raceme 
only 1 to 2 in. long; foral bract triangular, minute, the pedicelled ovary long and 
filiform. Flower “65 in. long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute; the dorsal spreading, the 
lateral pair lying under the lip and concealed by it except their apices, Petals linear, 
sprealing. Lip broadly triangular ог obovate-deltoid, flat, with a slight concavity at 
the base, and with a, minute tooth on each side, a central grooved ridge, and two 
lateral branching nerves; the edges minutely erose-crenulate; the apex broad, sub- 
truncate and apiculate. Column curved, much swollen at the base, and produced into 
two polished knobs, the apex with two short- rounded wings.  Pollinia elongate, 3-angled, 
each pair resting on а distinct rostellum which is tipped with a ball of transparent 
viscus. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 692. 
Sikkim-Himalaya; elevation 5,000 to 6,000 feet; Pantling No. 134. North-west 
Himalaya. Khasia Hills; 3,000 to 6,000 feet; Griffith, Hooker and Thomson. In 
flower during October and November. 
Ргате 28.—Liparis cordifolia, Hook. fil. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, front view 
2 bract, stalked ovary, lateral sepals, lip, and column, in profile, 3 base of lip, 4 column, 5 pollinia, 
6 lateral view of pollen mass; all. enlarged. 
2. LIPARIS GAMBLEI, Hook. fil. fe Plantar. t. 1812. 
Epiphytal.  Pseudobulbs in clusters, sub-orbicular, flattened, green, smooth. Lea ТА 
solitary, with a long wide sheath embracing the future pseudo-bulb and the base of 
the peduncle, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 7-nerved, the margins minutelv undulate nearly 
to the apex, narrowed at the base to the long sheath, length 1 to 4 іп., and breadth 
'9 to 2 in. Inflorescence longer than the leaf; the peduncle rather stout, angled 
when dry; raceme rather laxly-flowered; the floral bract lanceolate, acute, shorter than 
the pedicelled ovary. Flowers "25 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, the dorsal reflexed 
from about tne middle, the lateral pair adpressed to the under surface of the lip. Petals 
linear, deflexed, their margins revolute. Lip deflexed from the base, broadly elliptic 
longer than the lateral sepals, obtuse or sub-acute, green with brownish edges; it 
surface aud edges minutely papillose and with three strong branching аладан дайы» 
