30 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Tropical Himalaya, from Kamaon to Bhotan, at elevations of 1,000 to 5,000 
feet; commom in Sikkim at altitudes of 1,000 to 4,000 feet; Pantling No. 59. 
Khasia Hills and southwards to Perak and Penang: also in the Nilgiri Hills and in 
Ceylon; distributed also in China and in the Malayan and Pacific Islands; flowering 
in Sikkim from October to December. 
Var. spathulata, Ridley. Leaves 8 to 14 in. long and about 1°25 to 1:5 in. 
broad; the pseudo-bulbs about 3 in. long and 1 inch in diam. at the base, quite 
covered by large loose ovate-lanceolate convolute sheaths. Scape sparsely bracteolate, 
the apex of the lip minutely 3-lobed. 2. spathulata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 
No. 189, p. 81. 
At Engo, elevation 3,000 feet, Pantling No. 302; in flower in October. 
Prate 37.—Liparis longipes, Lindl. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, in profile, 2 lip 
viewed from the base, 3 upper part of column, 4 anther, 5 pollinia, 6 one of the pollinia in profile; 
all enlarged. ` 
Ріглте 38.—Liparis longipes, Lindl., var. spathulata. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 
іп profile, 2 the lip, 3 column, 4 anther, 5 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
11. LiPamis BISTRIATA, Parish and Reichb. fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc, XXX, 155, . 
Epiphytal, Pseudo-bulbs elongated and stem-like, 3 to 6 in. long, tufted. Leaves two, 
sub-coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute or sub-acute, narrowed to the 
base, sessile or sub-sessile, 2 to 4 in. long aud about “5 in. broad. Inflorescence longer 
than the stem, erect; the peduncle short, rather stout, margined or wiuged, ebracteate; 
raceme much longer than the peduncle, lax, many-flowered. Floral bract lanceolate, 
shorter than the pedicelled ovary. Flowers “5 in. long, pale green. Sepals linear- 
oblong, obtuse, spreading. Petals linear, shorter than the sepals, reflexed, their margins, 
like those of the sepals, revolute. Lip quadrate-oblong, recurved at a right angle 
below the middle, the base with two indistinct confluent calli, the sides entire; the 
apex truncate, emarginate and minutely erose. Column slightly curved, excavated below 
the stigma, with narrow rounded wings near the apex; the base very broad; the 
rostellum projecting and triangular. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 288; Hook. fil. 
Ie. Plantar., t. 1858; Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 702. 3 
Sikkim-Himalaya, elevation 7,000 feet; Griffith and Hooker; at Rishap, elevation 
3,000 to 4,000 feet; Pantling No. 289. Khasia Hills, 5,000 feet. Tenasserim; Parish. 
Flowers in Sikkim during July and August. 
The lip in Mr. Pantling’s Sikkim specimens is as above described and as shown 
in the figure, and in the living plants no nerves are discernable. Sir Joseph Hooker, 
however, describes the lip of the dried specimens dissected by him as panduriform 
and ó-nerved. Не gives figures of four forms of lip in his Ic. Plantar., t. 1858. 
Prate 39.—Liparis bistriata, Parish and Reichb. fil. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 flower, 
side view, 2 the lip seen from the base, showing the confluent calli, 3 column, stalked ovary and 
bract, 4 anther, 5 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
12, LiPARIS BOOTANENSIS, Griff. Notul. III, 278. 
Epiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs. narrowly oblong, tapering slightly, 2:5 in. long and “5 to 
"75 in. iu diam. at the base; the sheaths of the young growth lanceolate, acuminate. 
