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LI'PARIS*. 
Linnean Class and Order. Gyna'ndria f, Mona'ndria. 
Natural Order. Orchi'dea;, Linn. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 64. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 81 . ; Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 3. — Lindl. Syn. p. 256 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 262. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 412. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 536. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 274. — Macr. Man. 
Brit. Bot. p. 224. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 425. — Palmares; 
order, Musales ; sect. Orchidinas; type, Orchidacea; ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 391, 437, 458, & 461. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium* ( calyx and corolla) (figs. 1 & 2.) 
superior; sepals (fig. 1. a, a, a,) 3, more or less herbaceous, strap- 
shaped, spreading. Petals (fig. 1. b,b, ) strap-shaped, spreading. 
Lip (fig. 1. c.) undermost, dilated, undivided, without a spur, much 
larger than the sepals. Anther (see fig. 1. e, and fig 4.) terminal, 
deciduous'. Pollen-masses (see fig. 4.) in 2 pairs, waxy. Germen 
(fig. \. f.) inversely egg-shaped, angular. Style ( column ) (see 
fig. 1. d.) nearly as long as the sepals. Stigma close beneath the 
anther in front. Capsule (fig. 6.) elliptic-oblong, with 3 or 6 ribs. 
Seeds numerous, minute, each with a lax chaffy tunic. 
The strap-shaped, spreading sepals and petals; the inferior, 
spurless, undivided lip, much larger than the sepals ; the elongated 
column; and the 2 pairs of waxy pollen-masses ; will distinguish 
this from other genera, with a terminal deciduous anther, in the 
same class and order. 
One species British. 
LI'PARIS LCESE'LII. Loesel’s Liparis. Two-leaved Liparis. 
Bulbous T way blade. Dwarf-Orchis. Two-leaved Bog-Orchis. 
Spec. Char. Leaves 2, broadly spear-shaped. Stalk triangular. 
Lip entire, longer than the perianthium. 
Lii-aris Lceseui, Rich, in Mem. Mus. v. iv. p. CO. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 380. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 263. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 229. — Malaxis Loeselii. Sw. Orch. 
p. 71. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv. pt. i. p. 92. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 48. — Cymbidium 
Loeselii, Sw. in Nov. Act. Ups. v. vi. p. 76. — Ophrys Loeselii, Linn. Sp. Pi. 
p. 1341. ; FI. Succ. (2nd ed.) p. 316. — Engl. Bot. t. 47. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. iii. p. 
935. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 40. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rded.) p.363. — Ophrys 
lilifolia, Iluds. FI. Angl. (3nd ed.) p. 389. — Ophrys j>aludosa, FI. Dan. t. 877. — 
Ophris diphyllos bulbosa, Lees. Pruss. p. 180, t. 58. — Ophris bifolia bulbosa, 
Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 403. — Bauh. Pin. p. 87. — Chamceorchis lilifolia, Bauh. 
Pin. 84. — Chamceorchis latifolia Zelandica, Park. Tlieat. Bot. p. 1354. — Pseu- 
dorchis Loeselii, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 213. — Pseudo-orchis bifolia pa- 
Instris, Ray’s Syn. p. 382. — Orchis lilifolius minor sabuletorum Zelandice et 
Batavice, Bauh. Hist. v. ii. p. 770. f. 1 and 2. ; not 3, which is Goodyera re- 
pens\. — Ray’s Cant. p. 105. 
Fig. 1. A separate Flower; a, a, a. sepals; b,b. petals; c. lip; d. column; 
e. anther; f. germen ; g. bractea. — Fig. 2. Front view of a Flower. — Fig. 3. Front 
view of a column of an expanded Flower. — Fig. 4. The same column with the 
anther turned back, showing the stigmatic cavity and pollen-masses. — Fig. 5. View 
of the face of the anther without its pollen. — Fig. 6. A Capsule. — All, except 
fig. 6. magnified. — The dissections, with the exception of fig. 6, are all copied, 
and reduced, from Professor Lindley’s beautiful work, entitled, “ Illustrations of 
Orchidaceous Plants.” — The plates from drawings, by the late Mr. Francis Bauer. 
* From liparos, Gr. fat ; or unctuous to the touch. 
+ See folio 8, note +• t See folio 33, note t. $ See folio 309, 
