Liparis.] 
oitCHiDEiE. (S. Moore.) 
343 
base. Column narrowed below. Capsule obovoid, ± in. long. Rich. 
Orch. Maur. 51 ;■ Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 29. Malaxis flavescens, 
Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 25. 
Mauritius, in moist shady places on the sides of ravines and cascades in the 
interior of the island, Bojer ! Seychelles, common in moist shady forests of 
Mahe, Praslin, and Silhouette, Horne ! Also Bourbon and Madagascar. I have 
seen no specimen from Mauritius. 
4. L. purpurascens, Lindl. Hot. Reg. sub. t. 882. Stem erect, sub- 
terete, becoming bulbous below, sheathed with membranous scales. 
Leaves usually two together, ovate-cordate, acute, 5-nerved, 1-2 in. 
long, f-2 in. broad. Eaceme few-flowered ; bracts about in. long ; 
pedicels thrice the length of the bracts. Sepals spreading, the upper 
linear-lanceolate, the lateral ovate. Petals linear, longer than the 
sepals. Labellum subrotund, emarginate, toothed. Capsule nearly 
\ in. long. Rich. Orch. Maur. 53 ; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 27. 
Malaxis purpurascens, Thouars , Orch. Afr. tt. 26 and 27. 
Mauritius, in damp places on high mountains, Bouton ! ; in moist forests and on 
rocks on the Pouce and at Nouvelle Decouverte, Bojer. I have seen no flowers of 
this'species. 
L. foliosa, Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 882, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2709, given as Mauritian 
on the authority of Barclay, is, in all probability, not a native of this region. 
Thouars makes no mention of it, and it was not seen by either Kichard or Bojer. 
On the other hand, careful dissection will, I believe, show that it is identical with 
the Australian L. reflexa, Lindl. 
There is at Kew a flowerless specimen gathered in the Seychelles by Mr. Horne, 
which has the habit of L. Jlavescens, but with smaller bracts, shorter pedicels and 
smaller fruits. It is probably a new species belonging either to this genus or to 
its close ally Microstylis . 
13. BULBOPHYLLUM, Thouars. 
Sepals free, or the lateral connate, erect or spreading ; lateral some- 
times the larger and adnate to the produced base of the column, 
Labellum hinged on to the top of the produced column-base, or con- 
tinuous with it, entire, usually tongue-like and fleshy. Column short, 
with a long basal projection and, on each side, an apical tooth ; pollen- 
masses 4, usually cohering in pairs. — Herbs growing on trees or rocks, 
with scaly rhizomes, and leaves solitary or twin from the crown of the 
pseudobulb. Flowers in spikes or umbels, usually small; scapes 
arising from the side of the base of the pseudobulb, sometimes .dilated 
above, usually more or less densely clothed with sheathing scales 
below the inflorescence. Distrib. A large genus occurring principally 
in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World ; the section Bulbo- 
phyllaria contains a few species found in Tropical America. 
