MR. R. A. ROLFE ON THE APOSTASIER. 237 
ambe interse dignoscuntur indicata foliatur® diversitate: hujus 
etiam flores sunt minores ac filamenta breviore quam in specie 
priore." 
2. A. WaruicHu, R. Br. in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. i. (1830), 
75, t. 84 (* A. odorata” on plate).— Folia ensiformi-lanceolata, 
in acumen gracillimum attenuata, recurvato-patentia. Racemus 
ramosus, deeurvato-nutantis, multifloris. Flores parvi, flavi, 
admodum fragrantes. Bractee lanceolate, subcarinate. Peri- 
anthii segmenta lanceolato-lineares, euspidata, subsimilia, apice 
patentia. Filamenta brevissima; anthere oblonge, basi in®- 
quales. Staminodium styli supra medium adnatum. Stylus sta- 
minodio longior.— Blume in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii. 93; Mig. 
Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 748; Wall. Cat. n. 4448; Thwaites, Enum. 
Ceyl. Pl. 315. 
Mesodactylus deflexa, Wall. ex R. Br. in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 
i. (1830), 74, in nota. 
Hab. India; in valle Napalie minore Noakote; Wallich! 
Assam; Griffith, n. 5603! Khasia Mts., in the tropical region; 
Hooker g Thomson, n. 2398! Penang, at 2500 ft. elevation ; 
Curtis, n. 925! Ceylon, banks of streams in the Saffragan 
district, at no great elevation ; Thwaites, n. 2744! N. Guinea, in 
the south-eastern district; Rev. J. Chalmers —Blume also 
mentions a fruiting specimen from New Guinea, and a specimen 
from Java without flowers. 
Plant 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 6-10 in. long by 3-5 lin. broad. 
Racemes 2-3 in. long, somewhat longer in fruit. Ovary 6-8 lin. 
long. Perianth-segments 23 lin. long. Capsules 1 in. long. 
Distinguished from the preceding, according to Blume, by the 
smaller flowers. The New-Guinea plant cited is in the British 
Museum. The leaves are a little narrower than usual, still it 
appears to belong to the same species. The Javan locality re- 
quires confirmation. 
3. A. STYLIDIOIDES, Reichb. f. in Flora, v. (1872), 278, in nota.— 
Planta humilis. Folia lanceolato-linearia, acuminata, suberectes. 
Racemus ramosus, laxiflorus. Bracteæ lanceolati-triangulares, 
acute. Perianthii segmenta lanceolato-linearia, cuspidata. Fila- 
menta brevis; anther basiinequales. Staminodium fere omnino 
adnatum.— Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. ii. 215, t. 196. fig. 1; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vi. 396. 
