Plantae Chinenses Forrestianae. 
Plants Gere and collected by George Forrest during his first exploration 
of Yunnan and Eastern Tibet in the years 1904, 1905, an and 1906. 
Enumeration and Description of Species of Orchideae.* 
BY 
Mr. R. A. ROLFE, A.L.S., 
Kew. 
With Plates [X-XII. 
~ Liparis Forrestii, Rolfe. Sp. nov. 
Terrestris, 30-60 cm. alta. Caulis brevis, vaginis mem- 
branaceis laxis obtectus, monophyllus. Folia sessilia cordato- 
ovata, breviter acuminata, 7-nervia, membranacea, circiter 14 cm. 
longa, 7 cm. lata. Scapi erecti, 30-60 cm. longi, vaginis lanceo- 
latis paucis obtecti; racemi laxi, multiflori. Bracteae lineari- 
lanceolatae, acuminatae, 5-8 mm. longae. Pedicelli circiter 1 cm. 
longi. Flores mediocres. Sepalum posticum lineari-lanceolatum, 
subobtusum, 8 mm. longum ; sepala lateralia patentia, elliptico- 
oblonga, obtusa, 5-6 mm. longa. Petala linearia, subobtusa, 
8 mm. longa. Labellum suborbiculare, subemarginatum, crenu- 
latum, circiter 5 mm. longum, 6 mm. latum, crebre radiato- 
venosum, basi obtuse carinatum et minute bituberculatum. 
Columna oblonga, 2 mm. longa. 
‘Damp woods around Nam sa Ho. Elevation 7000 ft. 
Frontier of Upper Burmah and China (Shan States). Flowers 
green and yellow. July 1904.’ G. Forrest. No. 261. 
An ally of the N. Indian L. cordifolia, Hook. f., but differing 
in its longer scape, relatively longer leaves, and broader lip. 
Liparis a Lindl. in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. i, p. 31, t. 35; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v, p. 703; Rolfe in LFS. iii, 
P- 7- 
nd aoa other species of Orchideae see Paper by Dr. R. Schlechter in Notes, Roy. 
rd:, Edin:, vol. v. p. 93. 
sia R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXVI, March 1913.] 
