LIPARIS. 89 
tubular petiole. Inflorescence 7:6 to 954 cm.; peduncle long, ebracteate; raceme 
cylindric, bearing many crowded yellowish-green flowers. Floral bract lanceolate, shorter 
than the ovary. Sepals subequal, ovate, acuminate. Petals linear-lanceolate, acute. 
` Lip fleshy, broadly ovate, excavated, the margins thickened, angled апа denticulate, 
the apex produced into a fleshy point; upper surface with a raised central line from 
base to apex, and two convexities immediately under the column. Pollinia divergent, 
subovoid, their points convergent under the corners of the stigma. Ridl. in Journ, 
Linn, бос. xxiv, 333; Hook. f. Flor. Br. Ind. v, 689; King & Pantl. in Ann, 
Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, 20, plate 24; Collett Flor. Siml. 492. Dienia cylindrostachya 
Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1934; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 22; Wight, Ic. 1630. 
Kashmir, C. B. Clarke No. 31478 ; Simla 7-8,000 feet, Lady Dalhousie, T. Thomson, 
Barclay, Collett and others; Bashahr, Lace; Garhwal 6-7,000 feet; Falconer, Duthie 
No. 4430, Mackinnon No. 21777; Kumaon 7-8,000 feet, Strachey б Winterbottom 
No. 4 (Dienia), Col. Davidson ; КАН Valley 12,000 feet, Duthie No. 341. Eastwards 
to Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, and thence to China, occurring usually at higher 
elevations. It has been found also in Central India by Hope, fide С. B. Clarke 
under his number 16879. Flowers in July and August. 
4. 311080877778 MUsCIFERA Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv, 333. 
Stem 9:5 to 12-8 em. long, from the apex of a small ovoid pseudo-bulb, bearing one 
or more tubular sheaths. Leaves usually two, approximate, unequal, ovate-rotund to 
ovate-lsnceolate, obtuse or subacute, somewhat narrowed at the base to the sheathing 
petiole; blade 5 to 10 em. in length. Inflorescence 7-5 to 25'5 cm.; peduncles terete, 
ebracteate ; raceme about equalling the peduncle, rather lax. Flowers minute, yellowish- 
green; floral bract shorter than or equal to the pedicelled ovary. Sepals subequal, broadly 
oblong-lanceolate, subacute, longer than the linear petals. Lip broadly ovate, fleshy 
and excavated at the base; side lobes obscure, convex, thickened. Column very short, 
fleshy. Hook. f. Flor. Br. Ind. v, 689; King & Pantl in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard, Cale. 
viii, p. 20, t. 25; Collett Fl. Siml. 491. Dienta muscifera Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1935; 
Gen. and Sp. Orch. 23. 
Abundant on the outer ranges from Hazara to Kumaon, between 8,000 and 12,000 
feet flowering during July and August. It extends eastwards to Nepal and Sikkim, 
and it is also found in the Kurram Valley. 
3. Liparis Richard. 
Terrestrial or epiphytal, pseudo-bulbous. Leaves one or more, membranous or coria- 
ceous, continuous with the sheath, or thickened aud jointed at the base. Flswers small, 
in terminal racemes, resupinate or not. Sepals spreading or recurved, the margins usually 
revolute. Petals much narrower than the sepals. Zip adnate to the base of the 
column, usually broad, flat, or deflexed from the middle, sometimes concave, often with 
calli near the base. Column elongate, often arched, usually winged near the apex, and 
tumid and compressed at the base. Anther terminal; pollinia 4,—Species about 100, 
in temperate and tropical regions. 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Gard., Carc, Vor, IX. 
