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9. LiPARIS PLANTAGINEA, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 99. 
Epiphytal. ^ Pseudo-pulbs large, narrowly ovoid-oblong, compressed, smooth, pale- 
green, 2 to З in. long and ‘75 to 15 in. thick at the base.  Pseudo-stem stout, 
short, composed of four or five large acute imbricate sheaths increasing in size upwards, 
and two leaves. The /eaves sub-opposite, sessile or petiolate, linear-oblong or oblan- 
ceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed to the base, faintly 5- to 7-nerved, keeled, 6 to 12 
in. long and 1 to 2 in. broad. Inflorescence 8 to 12 in. long, sub-erect or flexuose, 
about as long as the leaves; the peduncle about equal to the raceme, compressed 
and almost 2-winged, with one or two linear lanceolate bracts; raceme sparsely 
flowered, its rachis irregularly winged ; floral bract ovate-lanceolate, convolute, not 
quite so long as the ovary. Flowers green, ‘75 to 1 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 
sub-acute, their edges revolute, the dorsal spreading, the lateral pair lying parallel 
uncer the lip. Petals linear, decurved, revolute. Lip large, slightly concave, sub. 
orbicular with minutely erose-dentate edges, decurved near the base and contracted 
into a shortly auriculate claw bearing a didymous callus. Column with thickened 
base and two very small angular wings. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 
286; Hock. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 702; in Ann. Bot. Gard., Calcutta. Vol. V, pt. 1, 
De By 0 4 2. selligera, Reichb. fil. in Linnea XLI, 42. Ж orbicularis, Lodd. MSS. 
ex Нени іп Gard. Chronicle, New Series, XVI (1881), 592. Z. Grifithii (in part), 
Ridley 1. ¢., 285. 
Sikkim-Himalaya, elevation 1,000 to 2,000 feet; Clarke, King, Pantling No. 153. 
Upper Assam; Griffith No. 5069. Naga Hills; Khasia Hills; flowering from June 
to August. 
Pirate 86.—Liparis plantaginea, Lindl. А plant, of natural size. Figs. 1 and 2 front and 
profile views of a flower, 3 column, 4 base of the lip же. the claw and the small auricles, © 
the anther, 6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
10. Liparis LONGIPES, Lindl. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. І, 31, t. 35. 
Fpiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs close together in а row, cylindric and stem-like, with 
a few vertical striz and tightly-clasping sheaths, 3 to 6 in, long. Leaves two; 
oblanceolate-oblong, sub-acute to acuminate, sometimes aristate, 4 to 6 in. long 
and ‘75 in. broad. Inflorescence erect, slightly longer than the leaves; the peduncle 
slender, terete, ebracteate ; the raceme twice as long as its peduncle, many-flowered ; 
floral bract linear-lanceolate, shorter than the pedicelled ovary. Flowers "95 in. long, 
pale yellowish-green. Sepa/s linear-oblong, sub-acute. Petals shorter than the سانا‎ 
linear, obtuse, reflexed and, like the sepals, with the edges recurved. Lip broadly-oblong, 
recurved from about the middle, the inner margins at the base much thickened so as 
to form triangular processes; true calli none, the sides entire, the apex broad with a 
small central apiculus. . Column slightly curved, the wings very smali, rounded. Wall. 
Cat. 1943, i» part; Lindl. 42 and Spec. Orchid., 40; Ridley in Journ. Linn, 
бос. XXII, 293 (excl syn. Z. elegans, Lindl); Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 703; 
Wight’s Icones, t. 906; Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl., 295; Benth. Flora Hong-Kong, 
359. Г. pendula, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 180. >. nesophila, Reichb. fil, Ot. 
Hamb. I, 56. 
