spathulate, dorsal with a cordate base. Petals linear, reflesed. Lip flat, quadrate,
obcordate, with a minute mucro in the sinus, green tinged with lilac, margins minutely
crennlate, claw channelled above. Colmxn long, slender, -winged on the sides. Anther
with a broad triangular beak. Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 1813; Fl. Br. Ind. v, (594; Collett
Fl. Siml, 492. L. olivacea (in part) Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. & Thorns, (not of Lindl.);
Royle 111. 36i. L. rupextris (in part) Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii, 146 (not of
Griffith).
Simla to KuDiaon at elevations between 5 and S.OOO feet. Simla, T. Thomson,
Gamllc; Jaunsar, Gamble No. 27163, Omasion {Duthie's No. 21774); N.-W. India,
RoyU {L. olivacea)-, Mussoorie, Falconer, yiackinnon, BiUhie Nos. 637(a\ 21773, 21774,
22971. In flower during July.
PLATE 96. Liparis rostrata Reichi. f.—A plant,—of natural size. 1, front view of
flower; 2, back view of ditto; 3, column; 4, anther; 5, pollinia;—all enlarged.
6. LIPAEIS PAKADOXA Reiclib. f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 218.
Terrestrial. Pmtdo-hulhs narrowly ovoid. Stem about 15 cm. high, slightly bulbous
at the base, bearing several sheaths. Leaves two or three, 12—13 cm. loug and about
2-5 cm. broad, alternate, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the amploxicaul
sheath, plicate, 5-nerved. Injlorescence longer than the leaves, the peduncle finely striate
with one or two linear spreading bracts; raceme as long as or longer than its peduncle
few-flowered; Jloral bract ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the twisted stalked ovary. Flowers
1'3 cm. long, green, the lip dull-purple. Dorsal sepal linear, blunt, spreading, its
margins recurved; lateral broadly ovate, o-nerved, recui-ved. Lip quadrate, abruptly
deflexed from the middle, concave, and bearing two erect tooth-like calli; the edges
entire; ape.x broad, emarginate, erose, and shortly apiculate. Column not carved, its
upper half hood-like from the large rounded crenulate wings. Anther acuminate. Ridl.
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiiio, 261; Hook. f. FL Br. Ind. v, 698; King & Pantl. in
Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, 27, plate 34; Collett Fl. Siml. 492, L. odorata
Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 26 ; Thwaites Enum. i'l. Ceyl. 295. Empusa paradoxa Lindl,
in Wall. Cat. 1937A (in part); Bot. Reg. sub. t. 8¿o•, Gen. and Sp. Orch. 17; Royle
111. 364; Miq. Prolus, Fl. Japon. 135; Thwaites Enum. PI. Ceyl. 426. Malaxis
lancifoUa Smith in Uees' Encycl.
Abundant on the outer ranges from Simla to Kumaon, up to 7,000 feet,
flowering during the rainy season. This species extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim,
the Naga and Khasia Hills and Bengal, and southwards through Central and
Southern India to Ceylon; it occurs also in Burma, Siam, China, Japan and
Java.
7. LIPARIB BITUBEBCULATA L i n d l . Bot. R e g . sub. 882.
Terrestrial. Stems tall, tufted, erect, robust, fleshy, 2 to 2-o dm. Leaves four or five,
1 to 2 dm. long, obliquely ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 7-nerved,
plicate, membranous, polished, the base tapering into the broad sheathing petiole.
Injlorescence erect, stout, striate, much longer than the leaves; peduncle without bracts;
racme about 15 cm. lung, rather few-flowered; floral Iraci minute, cordate, acute,
deflexed. Fhwen about 8 mm. long, brownish-purple. Dorsal sepal linear-oblong, obtuse,
refiexed; lateral pair similar in shape but broader and spreading. Petah linear
spreading, their margins, like those of dorsal sepal, recurved, Lip oblong, very concave,
deflexed from about the middle, revolute, bearing two shai-p tooth-like calli at its base;
edges entire or slightly crenulate, the apex blunt with a small triangular apiculus. Column
curved, slightly winged near the apex. Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii, 263; Hook. f.
Fl. Br. Ind. v, 693; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gaid. Calc. viii, 28, plate
35. Empusa paradoza Wall. Cat. 1937 B; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 17. Cymbidium?
bituherculatum Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 116. Sturmia biliiherculata Reichb. f. in Bonplandia
ii, 22.
Kumaon, Blinkiuorth; extending to Nepal, the Sikkim Himalay.a and the Khasia
Hills. Flowers in July.
8. LIPARIS LONGIPES Lindi, in Wall. PI, As. Rar. i, 31, t, 35.
Epiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs close together in a row, cylindric and stem-like, or swollen
at the base, 7-5 to 15 cm. long, with a few vertical stria; and tightly clasping sheaths.
Leaves two, oblanceolate-oblong, subacute to acuminate, sometimes aristate, 10 to 15 cm.
long and 2 cm. broad. Inflorescence erect, shorter or longer than the leaves ; peduncle
slender, terete, ebracteate ; raceme twice as long as the peduncle, many-flowered ; floral
bract linear-lanceolate, shorter than the pedicelled ovary. Flowers 7 mm. long, pale
yellowish-green. Sepals linear-oblong, subacute. Petals shorter than sepals, linear,
obtuse, reflexed and with recurved edges as are the sepals. Lip broadly oblong, recurved
from about the middle, the inner margins at the base much thickened so as
to form triangular processes; no true calli, sides entire, the apex broad and shortly
apiculate. Column slightly curved, with very small rounded wings. Wall. Cat. 1943 (in
parti; Lindi. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 40; Wight Ic. t. 906; Thwaites Enum. PI. Ceyl.
295 ; Benth. Fl. Hongkong 352 ; Ridi, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii, 293 (excl. L. eleyans
Lindi.); Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 703; King & Pantl. in Ann, Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale,
viii, 29, plate 37 Rolf e in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvi, 7 L. penduta Lindl. in Bot. Reg.
1838, Misc. 180. ?i. nesophila Reichb. f. Ot. Hamb, i, 56. L. spaihulata Lindl. in
Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 189, p. 81. Liparis lovgipes var. spathulaia Ridley 1, c. ; King &
Pantl. 1. c. 30, plate 38.
Tropical Himalaya, from Dehra Dun to Kumaon, up to 3,000 feet, flowering in
September and October. This species extends eastwards to Sikkim, Bhutan and the
Khasia Hills, and southwards to the Nilgiris and Ceylon; it is also found in China
and in the Malay and Pacific Islands.
L. longipes is a widely distributed and polymorphic species. The Debra Dun plant agrees best
with Lindley's L. tpathulata, which haa shorter and thicker pseudo-bulbs, rather broader leaves and
shorter rncemes than ÌQ the type. Sir Joseph Hooker observes (in PL Br. Ind. 1. c.} that it oeours
everywhere along with the form having long pseudo-bulbs, and that intermediates abound.
9. LIPARIS DOTHIEI Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 1857B.
Epiphytal. Pseudo-bulbs tufted, ovoid, 8 to 12 mm. long. Leaf linear-oblanceolate
tapering to the base, petioled or sessile, 2*5 to 7'5 cm. long by 5 to 10 mm. broad Jnlloresceiive
as long as the leaf, peduncle winged, a little longer than the raceme