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XOVIIL ORCHIDACEiE 
Flowers J in. long, pale yellow-green. Sepals broadly lanceolate. 
Petals linear. Lip ovate, abruptly pointed, margins thickened. 
Mushobra, Fagoo, Huttoo, in woods ; July. — Himalaya eastward to Sikkim. 
— Afghanistan. 
3. Microstylis cylindrostachya, Beichh. f . ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 689. 
Flowering- stem 6-18 in. Leaf one, oblong 2J x 1J in., or ovate 
2J x in. Flowers §- in. long, pale yellow-green, crowded. 
Sepals broadly lanceolate. Petals linear, shorter than the sepals. 
Lip ovate, abruptly pointed, margins thickened. 
Simla ; July, August. — Himalaya, eastward to Sikkim. 
2. LIPAEIS. Etymology obscure. — Temperate and tropical 
regions. 
Eoot fibrous. Stem erect, swollen at the base. Leaves 2-5, 
base sheathing. Flowers about j in. across. Sepals and petals 
free, spreading. Lip adnate to the foot of the column, flat, broad, 
reflexed, bearing 2 minute glands or glandular spots at its base ; 
spur none. Column long, curved, the upper half winged. Anther 
hinged at the back to the top of the column, pointed in front; 
pollinia 4, free, the tips in buds and young flowers cohering by a 
minute, viscid drop. Stigma on the top of the column, between 
the wings. 
Stem 3-6 in. Leaves 2. Lip yellow-green . . . . 1. L. rostrata. 
Stem 6-18 in. Leaves 3-5. Lip purple . . . . 2. L. paradoxa. 
1. Liparis rostrata, Beichb. f . ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 694. Flower- 
ing-stem 3-6 in., usually tufted. Leaves 2, nearly opposite, 
ovate, 3 x Itt in., sometimes only lx| in., acute. Flowers about 
^ in. across ; bracts ^ in. Sepals lanceolate, margins reflexed. 
Petals linear, nearly as long as the sepals. Lip yellow-green, 
2-lobed, with a short, acute point between the lobes, margins 
minutely toothed, 2 glandular spots at the base. 
Simla, Annandale, the Glen, on rocks or mossy trunks of trees ; June- 
September. — W. Himalaya, 5000-8000 ft. 
2. Liparis paradoxa, Beichb. f. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 697. Flower- 
ing-stem, 6-18 in. Leaves 3-5, broadly lanceolate, 5x2^ in. 
Flowers about J in. across ; bracts triangular, of the lower flowers 
\ in., decreasing to ^-in. in the upper. Sepals linear, yellow-green, 
margins reflexed, tip membranous, acute. Petals oblong, striped 
yellow and purple, shorter than the sepals, tip inrolled. Lip dull 
purple, 2 small, conical glands on its base, tip broad, flat, notched. 
Mahasu, 8000 ft., in woods ; August. — Himalaya, Kumaon to Khasia. — 
Deccan, Ceylon. — S.E. Asia. 
3. OKEOItCHIS. Derived from the Greek oros, a mountain, 
and orchis, referring to- their habitat. — Siberia to Japan. 
