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30 OECniDS OF THE SIEKIM-IlIMALArA.
Tropical Himalaya, from Kaniaou to Bhotaa, at elevations of 1,000 to 5,000
f e e t ; commom in Sikkim at altitudes of I,000 to -ijOOO feet; Pantling No. 59.
Khasia Hills and southwards to Perak and Peaang: also iu the Niigiri Hills and in
Ccjion; distributsd also in Cliina and in the Malayan aul Pacific Islands; flowering
in Sikkim from October to December.
Var. spathulata, Ridley. Leaves 8 to li in. long and abont 1'25 to 1-5 in.
broad; the pseudo-bulbs about 3 in. long and 1 iacii in diain. at the base, quite
covcred by largo loose ovate-lanceolatc convolute sheaths. Scape sparsely bracteohito,
the apex of the lip minutely 3-lobed. L. spathulata, Lindl. ia IBot. Rog. 1842, Misc.
No. 189, p. 81.
At Engo, elevation 3,000 feet, Pantling No. 302; in flower in October.
PLATE Z7.—Liparis Icngipcs, Liudl. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, in profile, 2 lip
viewe-d from the base, 3 upper part of eoliunn, 4 autlier, 5 poiiinia, 6 oao of the polliuia in profile;
all enlarged.
PLATE Z'S,.—Ltparts longipes, LiniU., rar. spa'.hulaia. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower,
in profile, 2 the lip, 3 column, 4 anther, 5 poUiaia; all enlarged.
11. LIPABIS BISTRIATA, Parish and Reichb. fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXX, 155.
Epiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs elongated and stem-like, 3 to 6 in. long, tufted. Leaves two,
sub-coriaeeous, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute or sub-acute, narrowed to the
base, sessile or sub-sessile, 2 to 4 in. long and about '5 in. broad. Inflorescence longer
than the stem, erect; the peduncle shoi-t, rather stoat, margined or winged, ebracteate;
raeeme much longer than the peduncle, lax, many-flowered. Floral bract lanceolate,
shorter than, the pedicelled ovai-y. Flowers -5 in. long, pale green. Sepals linearoblong,
obtuse, spreading. Petals linear, shorter than the sepals, reflexed, their margins,
like those of the sepals, rerolute. Lip quadi-ate-ohlong, recurved at a right angle
bolow the middle, the base with two indistinct confluent calli, the sides entire; the
apex truncate, emarginate aud minutely erose. Cohmn slightly curved, excavated below
the stigma, with narrow rounded wings near the apex; the base very broad; the
rostellum projecting and triangular. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII, 288; Hook. fil.
Ic. Plantar., t. 1858; Hook til. FI. Br. Ind. V, 702.
Sikkim-Himalaya, elevation 7,000 feet; Griffith and Hooker; at Rishap, elevation
3,000 to 4,000 feet; Pantling No. 289. Khasia Hills, 5,000 feet. Tenasscrim; Parish.
Flowers in Sikkim during July and August.
The lip in Mr. Pantling's Sikkim specimens is as above described aud as shown
in the figure, and in the living plants no nerves are diseernable. Sir Joseph Hooker,
however, describes the lip of the dried specimens dissected by him as panduriform
and 5-nevved. Ho gives figures of four forms of lip in his Ic. Plantar., t. 1858.
PLATE ^'¿.--L'paris histnata. Parish and Eeiehb. fil. A. plant, of natural size. Pig. 1 flower,
side, view, 2 the lip seen fi'om the base, showiag ths eouflueut calli, 3 colutnQ, stalked ovary aud
bract, 4 aather, 5 poiiinia; all enlarged.
12. LIPABIS BOOTANIINSIS, Gri£E. Notul. ILL, 278.
Epiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs narrowly oblong, tapering slightly, 2-5 in. long and -o, to
•75 in. in diam. at the base; the sheaths of the young growth lanceolate, acuminate.
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Leaf solitary from near tho apex of the pseudo-bulb, lincar-oblong to oblanccolatc, acnto,
narrowed to the sessile or shortly petiolate base, 5 to 10 in. long and 1 to 1*3 in.
broad. Ivflorcscence somewhat longer than tho leaf, narrowly -winged; the peduncle
ebracteate, slightly longer than the lax few-flowered raceme; floral bract linear-lanceolate,
much shorter than the filiform stalked ovary. Flowers '6 in. long, pale-brown, their
ovaries usually longer. Sepals linear-lanceolatc, tho dorsal sub-reflexed, the lateral pair
lying parallel below and projecting beyond the Up. Petals linear, blunt, much decurved,
their edges, like those of the sepals, revolnte. Lip cuneately oblong, deflexed from below
tl'e middle, its base bi-auriculatG and with two erect tooth-like calli, the sides entire;
the apex broad, truncate, erose, mucronate. Column curved, its base thickened, the upper
third with two long sub-penduloua elongated hook-like triangular wings. Anthtr with a
lurge emarginate Hp. Poiiinia oblong. Grifi" itin. Notes, 98; Ic. I'l. Asiat., t. 287;
Ridloy in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI I , 285; Hook. fil. I-1. Br. Ind. V, 700. L. lancifolia,
Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 1855; Fl. Br. Ind. V., 700.
Sikkim-Himalaya, below Sureil, at 4,800 feet; Pantling Nos. 33 and 343. Bhotan,
near the foot of the hills; Griffith. Khasia Hills, elevation 4,000 to 6,000 feet. In
Sikkim this flowers in August.
The prevailing colour in the parts of the flower of this is palo brown, but tho
column is whitish and the anther green, while the two tooth-like calli at tho base of tho
lip are also green.
PLATE iO.—Liparii hcotanensiH. Griff. A plant, of na/ural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 lip ehowiag
the basal auricles and calli, 3 column, 4 anther, 5 poiiinia; all enlarged.
13. LIPARIS MAIWN, Reichb. fil. in Flora, 1872, 275.
Epiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs crowded, narrowly OToid, compressed, '75 in. long, often
enveloped in ovate-Ianceolato acnte scarious sheaths -5 to 1-25 in. long. Leaf thickly
membranons, solitary, linear-oblong, acute, slightly narrowed to the convolute sessilo base;
length 4-5 to 7 in., breadth '4 to -5 in. Inflorescence slightly longer than the leaf; the
peduncle twice as long as the raceme, slender, slightly flattened, narrowly 2-winged; the
raceme about 3 in. long, decurved, many- and rather densely-flowered. Flowsrs yellowish,
•175 m. long; flnral bract lanceolate, equalling or exceeding the stalked ovary. Sepals
subequal, oblong, reflexed, their margins recurved, the dorsal sub-acute, the lateral pair
blunt. Petals linear, blunt, reflexed, shorter than the sepals. Lip 3-lobed, without calli,
its lower half parallel to the column, its apical half decurved at right angles to the
lower; lateral lobes broad, erect, falcate, pointing forwards, sub-acute; apical lobe
deflexed, rhomboid, acute, the edges erose. Column terete, slender, without wings,
the base dilated. Lip of anther acute. Poiiinia linear-clavate, Ridley in Journ. Linn.
Soc. XXI I , 286; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 701.
At the base of the range east of tho Jaldaka river, at an elevation of 800 feet;
in flower during December; Pantling No. 466.
The flowers of this are of a uniform greenish colour. It is closely allied to L.
ui/olia. Hook. fil. (Ic. PlantOT., t. 2013), differing from that only in having a narrowly
wmged instead of a terete peduncle, and in the apical lobe of the Up having entire edges
and being more acute. Of eleven plants seen in flower by Mr. Pantling, the racemps
of all began to expand in the centre, and expansion proceeded towards the baso and
apex simultaneously.