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LIPARIS* elata. 
Tall Liparis. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orncuipen. § Malazidee. 
LIPARIS. — Supra, vol. 11. fol. 882. 
L. elata; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis plicatis, bracteis 
_ foliaceis reflexis, labello obcordato bituberculato, caulibus ovatis. 
Herba terrestris, caules ovatos, breves, cicatrizatos efformans. — Folia 
oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, undulata, plicata, glabra, bast vaginantia, 
pedales v. circiter. Scapus erectus, simplex, bipedalis, angulatus, angulis 
alatis. Spica cylindracea, sensim elongata, apice nutans. Bractex ovate, 
virides, reflexe, ovario breviores. Perianthium patens ; sepala exteriora 
fusca, supremo lineart apice recurvo, inferioribus brevioribus, oblongis, 
obtusis, labello supposites, collateralibus, bast connatis, apice recurvis ; 
interiora Linearia, convexa, divaricata, supremi longitudine. Labellum car- 
nosum, ungue viridi, suberecto, canaliculato, bicorni, disco reflexo, obcordato, 
fusco. Columna erecta, arcuata, semiteres, antice ante stigma parvum 
concavum alata. Pollinia 4, cereacea, glanduld retinaculoque nullis. — 
For this species of Liparis we are indebted to the 
researches of Sir Henry Chamberlain, who discovered it 
near Rio Janeiro, whence he sent it to the Horticultural 
Society in 1826. It is a tender stove herbaceous plant, 
growing freely in decayed wood, and flowering in July 
and August. 
In the genus Liparis there is a section, consisting of 
the Cymbidium bituberculatum of Dr. Hooker, the Ma- 
laxis odorata of Willdenow, the Malaxis Rheedii of the 
same author, and the present plant, the species of which 
are extremely difficult to distinguish from each other. 
The present is particularly characterised by its short ovate 
* Perhaps derived from A:x«e’s, unctuous, in allusion to the soft surface 
of the leaves of some species: M. Richard does not explain the name. 
