94 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA, 
18. LiPARIS PYGMUEA, new species. 
Terrestrial; whole plant not exceeding 3 in. in height. Pseudo-bulbs less than *5 in. 
long, narrowly ovoid, loosely enveloped in two or three membranous withered sheaths. 
Leaves two, from the apex of the pseudo-bulb, sub-opposite, ovate, acute, sessile, 
sheathing at the base, “5 in. long. Inflorescence erect, rather stout, three or four times 
as long as the leaves, the peduncle ebracteate, the raceme 2- to 3-flowered ; floral bract 
subulate, less than half as long as the pedicelled ovary. Flowers *25 in. long, yellowish. 
Dorsal sepal oblong, blunt, arching over the column; the lateral pair less than half as 
broad as the dorsal, lying parallel under the lip and protruding beyond it. Petals 
linear, acute, spreading, the margins reflexed. Lip oblong-obovate, slightly deflexed 
from about the middle; the basal half concave and with entire edges; the apical or 
deflexed half obscurely erose; the base with a large bilobed callus just under the 
column; the apex broad, apiculate. Column with short wings near the apex; the base 
very wide flattened from back to front. Anther with an acute beak. Ро ша elliptic, 
rostella two. 
Sikkim-Himalaya, below Jongri; elevation 13,000 feet; Pantling No. 449; in flower 
in June, 
Рглте 44.—Liparis pygmea, King and Pantling. Two plants, of natural size. Fig. 1 flower, 
front view, 2 floral bract, stalkel ovary, column and lip, in profile, 3 lip, 4 column with anther, 
5 anther, 6 pollinia in situ; all enlarged. ; 
19. Liparis PLATYRACHIS, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 1890. 
Epiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs tufted, oblong, compressed, “5 in. long, each bearing three to 
five linear-lanceolate thickly membranous acute leaves with sessile sheathing bases; length 
"5 to 1°25 in. Inflorescence pendulous, much elongated; the peduncle interruptedly 
winged and with short linear bracteoles; raceme thicker than the peduncle and also 
with a winged rachis, many-flowered ; oral bract subulate, much shorter than the 
pedicelled ovary. Flowers "295 in. long and about :1 in. broad. Sepals. elliptic (when 
flattened out), their edges much recurved, the dorsal narrower than the lateral pair. 
Petals linear, blunt, decurved, their edges revolute. Zip about half as long as the sepals, 
quadrate, deflexed about the middle; the basal half with four calli, one pair conical erect 
at the sides of the very minute nectary, and a second pair triangular and depressed 
immediately in front of the former; the decurved apical half of the lip with a broad 
round apex having a broad short apiculus at its centre. Column with a small triangular 
wing on each side of the stigma, the base dilated and compressed from back 
to front. Anther with broad rounded lip. Pollinia - clavate-oblong. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. V, 706. 
Sikkim ; Treutler, Clarke; at elevations of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. Pantling, at Choong: 
thang ; elevation 6,000 feet, No. 417. Flowering in September. : 
Very sparingly collected hitherto. Mr. Pantling's specimens were ы growing on 
the branches of a bamboo. The more elongated raceme, quadri-tubercular lip, and flat. 
tened dilated base of the column distinguish this at once from its nearest ally .L. delica- 
tula. The sepals, petals, and decurved portion of the lip and anther of this are pale 
ochraceous; the column and straight or basal portion of the lip are green. 
