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suggests, to carry the fruit above the decaying vegetation. 
The plant is so deeply buried in the ground, as is often the 
case with small saprophytes, that the seeds would be scattered 
when ripe close to the plant, whereas, by the rapid growth of 
the pedicel, they are carried up so far that when the capsule 
splits the breezes sweeping through the forest can drift the 
seeds far away. The same thing occurs in Corysanthes, which 
is a very small plant often deeply imbedded in moss. As the 
fruit ripens the pedicel rather rapidly elongates about an inch 
and a half; and then, and not till then, the capsule bursts, and 
the seeds are borne away by tie wind. 
LECANORCHIS, Blume. 
L. manaccensis, Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Ser. 11. (Bot.) 111. 
(1893) p. 377, t. 65. 
Hab. Singapore: Bukit Timah! Bajan ! 
Johore: Gunong Panti! Bukit Tenabang, Kelsall. 
Malacca: Bukit Sadanen! Mt. Ophir! 
Pahang: Tahan Woods ! 
Kedah : Kedah Peak! 
By no means a rare plant, but, owing to the slenderness of 
its black stems, it is very inconspicuons. 
GASTRODIA, R. Br. 
G. gavanica, Lindl., Gen. et Sp. Orch., p. 384; Blume, Orch. 
Archip. Ind., p. 145, t. 52, f. 1. 
Hab. Singapore: very rare. On an old fallen tree at Chan 
Chu Kang! And also at Bukit Mandai! 
The lip in the Singapore plant is less distinctly lobed, 
broader and blunter than in Blume’s figure. The capsule is 
fusiform at first, becoming nearly globose as it splits. As is 
usual in these plants, the separate carpels split for the whole 
length except at the top and bottom. 
G.? Hasseiti, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat., ii. 175. 
Hab. Perak: Ic. Scortechini. 
The drawing may represent this species of Blume’s. It is 
certainly distinct from the preceding. 
