24 cxxxvi. orchide^e. [. Liparis. 
(16) L. compressa Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PL 32; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 25. 
Rhizome creeping; pseudobulbs sub-globose. Leaf 1, coriaceous, 
base sheathing the pseudobulbs, linear-lanceolate acute, 9 to 15 in. 
long, 1 in. wide. Scape slender, 6 to 8 in. long. Bracts at 
top distichous imbricating. Flowers opening singly, red brown; 
pedicel *5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate. Petals narrow linear. Lip 
•5 in. long, obcuneate fan-shaped, claw narrow, limb tip broad 
truncate crenulate, calli 2. Column slender curved. Hab. Not 
common, Perak, Thaiping Hills at 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude (Curtis, 
Scortechini); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). Distrib. Sumatra, 
Borneo, Java, Celebes. 
(17) L. disticha Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub. t. 882 ; Ridl. Mat. 26. 
Rhizome long slender branching, pseudobulbs pear-shaped, *25 
in. long. Leaf 1, linear acute, 5 to 10 in. long, -25 in. wide or less. 
Scape slender winged, 4 to 6 in. long. Raceme *5 to -75 in. long. 
Bracts -12 to *25 in. long, distichous. Flowers *5 in. wide. Sepals 
oblong narrow. Petals linear yellowish. Lip -25 in long, ocre, 
obovate refuse with 2 tubercles at base. Column broadly winged 
slightly curved. Hab. Common on mangroves, and on forest trees 
up to 5000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Kranji; Sungei Buluh. Johor, 
Kwala Kahang (Kelsall). Pahang, Kota Glanggi. Selangor, 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss); Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). 
Perak, Thaiping Hills; Bujong Malacca (Kunstler, etc.). Penang 
(Maingay). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Mascarene isles, Ceylon, 
Tenasserim, Malay isles. 
5 . PLATYCLINIS, Benth. 
Tufted epiphytes with numerous obconic pseudobulbs crowded 
on a rhizome. Leaves single, lanceolate or linear, petioled. Raceme 
terminal on a long peduncle slender. Bracts stiff broad convolute. 
Flowers small green, white or brown. Sepals and petals narrow. Lip 
sessile or nearly flat, oblong or pandurate with two keels or calli at 
base. Column slender or short and broad, arms long, tip of column 
hooded. Anther 2-celled. Pollinia 4, waxy ovoid. Species about 
20, Malay Peninsula and islands. 
Bracts broad oblong ..... 
Bracts narrow lanceolate acute. 
Column and arms long. 
Column arms long from middle 
Column arms from near the base 
Arms much shorter than column . 
Arms as long acuminate; leaves 12 in. long 
Arms as long acuminate; leaves 3 in. long 
Arms as long toothed 
Column and arms short. 
Arms from near stigma acute. 
Leaves thin grassy .... 
(1) P. longifolia 
(2) P. gracilis 
(3) P. linearifolia 
(4) P. linearis 
(5) P. pulchella 
(6) P. odorata 
(7) P. graminea 
