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emarginate and mucronate; the upper surface with a narrowly oblong mesial glistening 
and nectar-exuding patch extending from the base to the middle; calli two, just 
under the column. Column slightly curved, with narrow rounded wings near the apex, 
the base somewhat swollen. Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 2008; King & Pantl in Ann, 
Roy. Bot. Gard. viii, 25, plate 31. 
Kumaon, in the Kali Valley, Duthie’s Collector No. 24113; flowering in August. 
Previously known only from Sikkim, 
3. Liparis GLOSSULA Reichb. f, in Linnea xli, 43. 
Terrestrial. Pseudo-bulhs ovoid, tufted, 3:5 to 5 cm. long. Leaf solitary, oblong, 
subacute, suddenly contracted into a sheath at the base, sometimes stalked, 5 to 10 сш. 
long, and up to nearly 2:5 cm. broad. Inflorescence erect, longer than the leaf; 
raceme lax-flowered; floral bract linear, obtuse, shorter than the pedicelled ovary. Flower 
1'9 cm, long, green, the lip purplish, Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, dorsal spreading, 
the lateral ones lying parallel under the lip, all with revolute margins. Petals linear, 
reflexed. Lip oblong, with a broad rounded ciliolate cuspidate apex, deflexed about the 
middle, concave and with a shining fluted line running from base to apex, without 
calli at the non-deflexed base, the whole lip veined and purple with olive-green edges. 
Column with two short wings near the apex, the base dilated into two large purple 
knob-like convexities. Anther with a beaked apex. Ridl. in Journ, Linn. Soc, xxii. 
268; Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 1809; Flor. Br. Ind. v, 693; King & Pantl. in Ann, Roy. 
Bot. Gard. Cale. vii. 26, t. 33. 
Mussoorie range, 6,000 to 7,000 feet, Mackinnon, Duthie, Nos. 21772, 22734, 
24179; Landour, 5,000 to 7,000 feet, Edgeworth; British Garhwál, 6,000 to 7,000 feet, 
Duthie No. 4497(a); Kumaon, 7,000 to 8,000 feet, Strachey § Winterbottom No. 1, 
Colonel Davidson, Duthie. Flowers in August. It extends eastwards to Nepal and Sikkim. 
4. Liparis piopon Reichb. f. in Linnea xh, 43. 
Leaf elongate, spathulate, obtuse, membranous, fleshy, Scape angled, naked; bracts 
minute. Sepals linear. Petals filiform. Lip cuneate and angled on both sides at the base, 
then dilated, sub-quadrate and crenulate at the end, apiculate. Column slender, curved, 
2-toothed at the base. Anther not rostrate. Ridl. in Journ. Linn, Soc. xxii, 278; Hook. f. 
Flor. Br. Ind. v, 693. 
Dehra Dun, Hort. W. Sanders. I have seen no specimens of this plant. 
5. ІЛРАБІ8 rostrata Reichb. f. in Linnea xh, 44. 
Terrestrial. Pseudo-bulb ovoid, sulcate, 12—20 mm. long, tufted on a short rootstock. 
Stem from the base of the  pseudo-bulb, bearing two obtuse sheaths, Leaves two, 
opposite, sub-sessile or petioled, broadly ovate, subacute, about 1 dm. long and 3—5 cm. 
broad, tapering gradually into sheatbing petioles, Scape a little longer than the leaves; 
peduncle quadrangular, angles winged; raceme laxly flowered, 5—15 сш. long; bracis 
small, broad-based. Flowers 19 mm. across. Sepals 3-nerved, narrowly lanceolate or 
Ann. Вот. Bor. Gard., Carc, Vor. IX. 
