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the base, sessile, 1 to 3 in. long and “5 in. broad. Inflorescence 6 to 12 іп, long, 
sub-pendulous, terete; the peduncle slender and with many lanceolate concave spreading 
braeteoles; the raceme long, laxly many-flowered; floral bract linear, shorter ог 
longer than the ovary. Flowers golden-brownish, ‘25 in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 
longer than the lip, the dorsal retroflexed, the lateral pair spreading and not concealed 
by the lip, the margins of all recurved. Petals linear, obtuse, spreading. Тір shorter 
than the sepals and petals, broadly oblong or ovate, sagittate at the base and with an 
elliptic nectary and two calli between the folds; the apex broad, obtuse, its edges 
incurved, Column 2-winged, and with a pendent filiform process from each wing. 
Pollinia amber-coloured, translucent, clavate, their inner surfaces concave. Hook. fil Ic. 
Plantar., t. 1888; Fl. Br. Ind. V, 705. 
Sikkim-Himalaya, alt. 5,000 to 6,000 feet, not uncommon; Pautling No. 60. 
Khasia Hills, alt. 4,500 to 6,500 feet. Assam; Griffith, No. 5082. In flower in Sikkim 
from October to December. 
Var. Ridleyi. Pseudo-bulbs, leaves and flowers larger than іп the typical form; 
the raceme flowerless in its upper part. ZL. Ridieyi, Hook. fil Ic. Plantar., t. 1887; 
Fl Br. Ind. V, 705. 
Sikkim-Himalaya, alt. 4,000 to 6,000 feet; Pantling No. 201. In flower during 
Oetober, November and December. 
The variety Ridleyi resembles typical L. resupinata in structure and colour. It 
also grows at the same altitudes and flowers at the same season. Ап examination of 
the flowers of both by Mr. Pantling several years in succession shows that they vary 
in exactly the same way. Sometimes the floral bract is longer, sometimes it is shorter 
than the ovary; its length decreasing towards the apex of the raceme. The lip may 
be ovate or broadly oblong, but it is always shortly sagittate at the base, the basal 
folds being prolonged upwards, and between the lobes there is ап elliptic nectary. 
The rachises of the racemes of both are coloured’ like the flowers, and the pseudo-bulbs 
and leaves are suffused with the same golden-brownish tint. 
Pirate 48.—Liparis resupinata, Ridley. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, seem from the 
front, 2 a flower, in profile, З upper part of the column (the anther being removed), 4 an anther, 
seen from above, 5 pollinia; all enlarged. 
Prate 49.—Liparis resupinata, Ridley, var. Ridleyi. A plant, of natura! size. Fig. 1 a flower, 
front view, 2 profile of a flower, with its stalkel ovary and bract, 3 upper part of the column 
(the anther removed), 4 anther, 5 pollinia, 6 inner surfaces of pollinia; al? enlarged. 
4. Didiciea, King and Prain. 
Sepals free, spreading, subequal, narrow. Petals like the sepals. Lip sessile on 
the base of the column and parallel to it, equal in length to the sepals, fleshy, ovate- 
oblong, concave, blunt, without lobes or teeth; spur minute. Column’ half as long 
as the sepals and lip, wingless. Anther terminal, 2-celled, convex, rather broad. 
Pollinia 4, free, waxy, and without appendages, unequal in size, obovoid, 
As regards habit and external appearance this genus very closely resembles Tipularia, 
It differs, however, from that genus notably in its pollinia having no appendages, Тһе 
column in this is shorter than in Tipularia, and the lip has no lobes of any kind and only 
