90 МАБАХШЕЖ. 
Leaves large, membranous, contracted at the base into and continuous with a long sheath: — 
Lip abruptly deflexed from the very base :— 
Leaf solitary, cordate; bracts minute . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. L.cordifolia. 
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Lip deflexed from about the middle:— 
Leaf solitary :— 
Leaf thin, bracts long and slender 3. L. 111۰+ 
Leaf fleshy, bracts minute . š 4. L. diodon. 
Leaves 2; bracts very minute ; lip jel 0ھ‎ AES oum 5. L. rostrata. 
Leaves 2-5; lip euneately obovate, 2-tubercled at the base :— 
Leaves 2-3; floral bract ovate-lanceolate . . : ое Oi B раван. 
Loaves 4 of 6 7 floral br minate . 7 1. oos Ll sl ova № L. мше 
culata. 
Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, jointed to the sheath or pseudo-bulb:— 
Pseudo-bulb elongate; leaves 2 i DUUM Са”, Ты WV с ADM 
Pseudo-bulb short, ovoid; leaf 01 PU یہہ مہ‎ ысу ایی کی‎ RR e ЕЕ 
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LIPARIS CORDIFOLIA Hook. £. Ic. Plant. t. 1811. 
Terrestrial, the whole plant of a uniform deep green colour.  Pseudo-bulbs crowded, 
much compressed, ovoid, pointed, with a few scattered fibres at the base, 3:5 cm. long. 
Stem short, stout, enveloped by the leaf-sheath. Leaf 5 to 12:5 cm. long and 3:5—10 em. 
broad. Inflorescence about as long as the leaf; peduncle elongate, ebracteate. Raceme 
2-5 to 5 cm.; floral bract triangular, minute, the pedicelled ovary long and filiform. 
Flowers 1°5 сш, long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute; the dorsal spreading, the lateral 
pair lying under the lip and almost concealed by it. Petals linear, spreading. Lip 
broadly triangular or obovate-deltoid, flat, with a slight concavity at the base, and with 
a minute tooth on each side, a central grooved ridge and two lateral branching nerves; 
the edges minutely erose-crenulate; the apex broad, subtruncate and apiculate. Column 
curved, much swollen at the base, and produced into two polished knobs, apex with 
two short rounded wings.  Pollinia elongate, 3-angled, each pair resting on a distinct 
rostellum which is tipped with a ball of transparent viscus. Hook. f. Flor. Br. Ind. v, 
692; King & Pantl in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, p. 24, plate 28. 
Dehra Dun, Royle; extending eastwards to Sikkim and the Khasia Hills, up to 
6,000 feet. Royle’s specimens were in flower in October. 
2. LiraRIS DEFLEXA Hook. f, Flor. Br. Ind. v, 697. 
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Terrestrial. Stem cylindric, as thick as a goose-quill, 5 to 6°5 cm. long, covered 
by two or three tight short subacute sheaths, springing from a cylindric tuber. Leaves 
two, from near the top of the stem, subopposite, and with short unequal petioles, elliptic, 
acuminate, membranous, plicate, 7-nerved, 15 to 18 cm. long, and about 6 cm. broad. 
Inflorescence longer than the leaves, erect, striate; the peduncle with a few lanceolate deflexed 
bracts. Raceme lax; floral bract half as long as the pedicelled ovary, reflexed. Flowers 
about 8 mm. across, yellow. Sepals narrowly oblong, the dorsal acute, the lateral 
ones obtuse. Petals narrowly oblong, obtuse and, like the sepals, reflexed and with 
recurved margins. Jip flat, orbicular-reniform, contracted at its junction with the 
column, the margins minutely erose except near the base; apex broad, lightly 
