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ORCHiDEiE. (S. Moore.) 
[. Liparis . 
regions of the Old World, and represented by a few species m South 
Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and the tropics of America. L. Lceselii , 
Rich., is a native of North Europe and eastern North America. 
Leaves solitary, narrow and fleshy, crowning a pseudobulb. 
Bracts distichous. Sepals reflexed. Petals erect, 
twisted 1 . L. gregaria. 
Bracts scattered. Sepals and petals reflexed . . . 2. L. cjespitosa. 
Leaves broad and membranous, 2-4 together, their bases 
sheathing the dilated lower portion of the stem. 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate. Labellum ascending, 
crenulate . 3. L. flavescens. 
Leaves cordate at the base. Labellum recurved, 
toothed 4. L. purpurascens. 
1. L. gregaria, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. OrcJi. 33. Pseudobulbs oblong- 
ovoid, narrowed above, when young clothed with sheathing scales. Leaves 
solitary, ensiform, erect, 3J-9 in. long, \ in. broad. Scapes ascending, 
usually shorter than the leaf and arising side-by-side with it from the 
crown of the pseudobulb, 2-winged ; flowers springing from the axils 
of distichous keeled bracts imbricate at the top of the scape. Pedicel 
at length i in. long. Sepals reflexed, ov te-oblong, crenulate above. 
Petals narrower than the sepals, erect, twisted, undulate. Labellum 
horizontal, broadly oblong, truncate, with a bifid callus. Capsule ob- 
ovoid, ^ in. long. L. disticha, Lindl. Bot. Beg. sub. t. 882 ; Bich. Orch. 
Maur. 54. Malaxis disticha, Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 89. Stelis micrantha, 
Sieb. Serb. Maur. No. 168 ! 
Mauritius, on rocks in shady places, Bojer ! ; on trees in the forest of Grand 
Bassin, Bouton ! Ayres ! etc. Also Bourbon, Ceylon, and Tenasserim. 
2. Is. csespitosa, Lindl. Bot. Beg. sub. t. 882. Leaves solitary, 
oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, f- 1J in. long, % in. broad, crowning 
small ovoid pseudobulbs. Scape about as long as the leaves, erect, 
subterete ; flowers distant ; pedicels at length % in. long. Sepals 
and petals reflexed. Labellum lanceolate, recurved. Capsule obovoid, 
triquetrous, in. long. Bich. Orch. Maur. 53. ; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. 32. Malaxis csespitosa, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 90. 
Mauritius, on old trees on mountains covered with wood at the Pouce and at 
Quartier Militaire, Bojer ; Bouton ! Also Bourbon. I have seen no flowering speci- 
men of this plant. 
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3. L. flavescens, Lindl. Bot. Beg. sub. t. 882. Stem variable in 
height, dilated below, sheathed by scales and by the membranous leaf- 
bases. Leaves usually 3 or 4 together, lanceolate or ovate, acute, 1|- 
in. long, y-l-J- in. broad. Scape terete, flexuous, exceeding the 
leaves, bearing a several-flowered lax raceme ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, about half as long as the slender pedicels. Lateral sepals 
broadly oblong- falcate, obtuse, 5-nerved ; upper sepal longer and nar- 
rower, 3-nerved. Petals linear, as long as the upper sepal. Labellum 
rotundate, cuspidate, crenulate, with a small tongue-shaped callus at 
