LIPARIS. 85 
Prate 45.—Liparis platyrachis, Hook. fil. Two plants growing оп a branch of bamboo, of natural 
size. Fig. 1 flower, with a part of the winged rachis, 2 column, front view, 3 lip, viewed from 
above and in front, 4 the anterior part of the lip, 5 an empty anther, 6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
20. LiPARIS DELICATULA, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 1889. 
Epiphytal. Pseudo-buibs tufted, ovoid or oblong, *35 to “б in. long. Leaves two, nar- 
rowly elliptie, tapering equally to each end, sessile or shortly petioled, rising from near 
the apex of the pseudo-bulb, “5 to 1:5 in. long, membranous. Inflorescence two or three 
times as long as the leaves, slender, bearing three or four ovate-lanceolate spreading 
bracteoles; raceme about as long as the peduncle, few-flowered ; floral bract ovate, 
acute, shorter than the ovary. lowers "95 in. long, ochreous, the column pale-green. 
Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, their edges recurved, the dorsal one curved backwards, 
the lateral pair faleate, diverging. Petals linear, obtuse, decurved. Lip orbicular- -oblong, 
shorter than the sepals; the apex much recurved and with a blunt apiculus, hispidulous ; 
the rest of the surface smooth, the edges entire, the base with several short lateral 
folds and a central small orbicular nectary with a thickened fold forming a pseudo- 
tubercle at each side of it. Column short, stout, slightiy bent forwards and with large 
broadly triangular wings. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 705. 1. decurrens, Ridley in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 291 (in part). 
The lip as here described would appear to differ from the same part as described 
by the author of the species in his Icones Plantarum and Flora of British India—a dis. 
crepancy which is entirely explained by the fact that, while the former was drawn up 
from а living specimen, the latter was prepared from a dried one. A careful com- 
parison made in the Kew Herbarium shows that the plants described are identical, 
Sikkim-Himalaya; on Sittong; elevation 6,000 feet; Pantling No. 155; flowering in 
August and September. E Hills; elevation 4,000 to 5,000 feet; Hooker and 
Thomson, Lobb. Mishmi Hills in Assam; Griffith. 
РгАТЕ .46.—Liparis delicatula, Hook. fil. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 lip, except 
the apex, 3 the recurved apex of the lip, 4 anther, 5 poliinia; Gl enlarged. 
21.  LIPARIS vIRIDIFLORA, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 31. 
22 Epip hytal. Pseudo-bulbs бошт, much compressed, somewhat flattened at the 
apex, tufted, about 1 in. in diam. Leaves two, from the apex of a pseudo-bulb, oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, keeled, narrowed to the base, sessile; 3 to 6 in. long and '75 
to 1 in. broad. Inflorescence from the apex of the pseudo-bulb, at first erect but 
ultimately pendulous, longer than the leaves; the peduncle winged and bearing several 
subulate bracts :2 in. long; raceme longer than the peduncle, many-flowered; floral 
bract linear, equal to, or longer than, the pedicelled slightly decurved ovary. Flowers 
‘2 in. long, green. Sepals ovate-elliptic, sub-acute, flat. Petals linear-oblong, acute, 
1-nerved. Lip slightly decurved from the base, broadly ovate in outline, narrowed 
to the base, without side lobes and without calli, concave especially towards the 
base, the apex contracted to -a triangular point at the base of which are two 
marginal folds simulating tooth-like calli. Column sub-terete, slightly curved, the base 
hardly at all thickened and the apex not winged. Anther Шарыш” Pollinia 
narrowly =o ` Ridley in Journ. Linn. бос. XXII, 289; Thwaites’ Enum,’ PL 
Axx. Roy. Bor. Garp., CALCUTTA, Vor. VIII. 
