236 MR. R. A. ROLFE ON THE APOSTASIER. 
In the leaves and general habit there is a considerable amount of 
uniformity between the species. 
2. APOSTASIA, Blume. 
Apostasia, Blume, Bijdr. (1825). 428, t. 1. fig. 5.—Perianthii 
segmenta consimilia, »qualia, libera, patentia v. recurva. Co- 
lumna brevis. Anther& perfecte 2, ad latera styli brevissime stipi- 
tate, erectee, versatiles v. basifixee, anguste, loculis subparallelis 
eontiguis; pollen granulosum. Stylus ad apicem columne erec- 
tum, elongatum, apice in diseum parvum stigmatosum integrum 
v. 3-dentatum dilatatum. Ovarium perfecte 3-loculare. Capsula 
anguste linearis. —Héerb:e terrestres rhizomate brevi, caule erecto 
simpliei undique foliato. Folia angusta, venis prominentibus 
percursa. Racemi in apice caulis sessiles, simplices vel ramosse, 
sepissime patentes vel recurve. Flores parvi, brevissime pedicel- 
lati. Bractee anguste, acute.—R. Br. in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 
i. 74; Bauer, Ill. Orch. Pl., Fruct. t. 155; Schnizi. Iconogr. i. 
t. 67. figs. 1-14; Grif. Notul. ii. 248, Icones, t. 282; Blume 
in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii. 93; Endl. Gen. Pl. i. 221; Benth. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 360; Benth. § Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 635. 
Niemeyera, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral. vi. (1867-8), 96. 
Species 5 or 6, ranging from subtropical India, at low elevations, 
to Ceylon, and through the Malayan Archipelago to the Philip- 
pines and Tropical Australia. 
Sect. 1. MEsopAcTYLus, Wall. ex Endl. Gen. Plant. i. 221.— 
Staminis tertii filamentum anantherum. Anthere versatiles ; 
antherarum loculi basi inzequales. 
l. A. ODORATA, Blume, Bijdr. (1825), 423, t. 1. fig. 5.—“ Foliis 
lineari-lanceolatis, racemis deflexis antherarum loculis basi in- 
squalibus, filamento tertio castrato.”— Blume in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
ser. 2, ii. 93; id. in Hoev. et De Vr. Tijdschr. i. 139; Mig. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. iii. 748. 
Hab. Java; in sylvis primevis montis Salak ; Blume. 
This, the original species of the genus, I have not seen, and 
have therefore reproduced Blume's very short description. It 
has, however, larger flowers than 4. Wallichii, R. Br., for in the 
Ann. Sc. Nat., above cited, Blume under that species remarks :— 
“ Iterata A. odorate inspectis me docuit, antherarum structuram 
esse eamdem atque in A. Wallichii, R. Br. Facile autem 
