1129 LIPARIS. [CLASS XX. ORDER I. 
ovate, acute, spreading, two pointed upwards, and the other down- 
wards. Petals two, lateral, recurved, linear. Lip erect, very small, 
embracing the column at the base. Pollen masses small, four, oblong. 
Capsules nearly globular, strongly ribbed, on a short pedical. 
Habitat—Spongy bogs in various places. 
Perennial ; flowering in July. 
This very curious little plant is probably more common than is 
supposed, on account of its being often overlooked from its small size 
and inconspicuous appearance. The means which it has of increasing 
itself are very remarkable. It will have been observed that in most 
of the Orchises there is a double provision made for their increase, 
one in the tubers, and the other in the seeds ; but in this little plant a 
third is added in the bulbous germinz on the ends of the leaves, each 
of which is capable of producing a separate plant. 
GENUS XIV. LI'PARIS.—Ricwarp. Liparis. 
Nat. Ord. Oncuip'Ex. Juss. 
Gen. Cuar. Sepals more or less herbaceous, spreading. Petals 
linear, spreading, lip undermost, much larger than the sepals, 
undivided, reflexed. Column nearly as long as the sepals. 
Anthers terminal, deciduous. Pollen masses four, oblong — 
Name A:reeos, fat: in allusion to the soft unctuous feel of the 
plant. 
L. ZL. Lese'lii, Rich. (Fig. 1356.) Two-leaved Liparis. Stem tri- 
angular, two leaved at the base; leaves broadly lanceolate; lip ovate, 
obtuse, recurved, longer than the sepals. 
Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 320.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 
263—Ophrys Leselii, Linn.—English Botany, t. 47.—Walasxis 
Leselii, Swartz —English Flora, vol. iv. p. 49.—Sturmia, Reicheub. 
Root of numerous fibres, forming at its crown by the side of the 
stem one or two scaly bulbs, which put out radicals, and form 
separate plants. Stem erect, triangular, simple, from six to eight 
inches high. Leaves two at the base, a bright green, smooth, broadly 
lanceolate, numerously ribbed. Inflorescence a terminal spike of 
from four to eight loose pale yellowish green flowers. Bracteas 
small, lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, obtuse, spreading. Petals 
longer than the sepals, linear, spreading. Lip a rather deeper yellow, 
somewhat longer than the petals, obovate, obtuse, recurved, entire, or 
slightly crenated on the margin, channeled in front. Capsule elliptic, 
obovate, strongly ribbed, elevated on a short footstalk. 
Habitat.—Sandy bogs amongst rushes, in Norfolk, Suffolk, and 
Cambridgeshire; but not common, 
Perennial; flowering in July. 
