438 ARETHUSE.E. 
CCXLVIIE- GYRIOSIA: 
Cyrtosia. Blume Bijdr. 396. tabellen 6. Supra p. 25. Endl. gen. no. 1613. Blume 
Rumphia, 1. p. 199. t. 69. 
Perianthium pentaphyllum, erecto-connivens. Labellum ecalcaratum, 
imå basi columnà continuum; limbo erecto integerrimo. Columna 
basi teres, sursum dilatata utrinque alata dentata, apice subfornicata. 
Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, tereti-falcata, farinoso-pulposa, libera. 
Bacca siliquiformis, carnosa. Semina in pulpà nidulantia, aptera. 
Herba terrestris, caulescens, aphylla. Caules raniosi, erecti, squamati. 
Flores fusci, carnosi, laxe spicati ; ad Blume. 
According to Blume the pollen-masses of this genus are in each cell 
combined into a free rather solid mass, after the manner of Malaxideze ; 
to which I formerly referred it. 
1. Cyrtostia javanica. Blume l. c. Rumplia t. 69. 
Hab. in Java occidentali, in saltibus altiorum montium, veluti in monte 
Salak, super agros Coffeà consitos elevatiores, Blume. 
A plant with the aspect of an Orobanche. Flowers fleshy, brittle, 
middlesized, pale pink changing to dull yellow. Fruit fleshy, red, fal- 
cate, pendulous, about 2 inches long; according to Blume. 
CCXLIX. ERYTHRORCHIS. 
Erythrorchis. Blume Rumphia. 1. 200. t. 70. 
Omnia Cyrtosie, sed labellum semitrilobum plicatum, columna aptera, 
capsule inanes rimis longitudinalibus obsoletis dehiscentes, et semina 
membranaceo - marginata, ————— Herba terrestris. aphylla. Caules 
sarmentosi, nodoso-articulati, ad nodos radicantes, squamis solitariis pro 
foliis instructi, Flores laxé spicati, Blume. 
1. EnvrHnRoncnis altissima, Blume, l. c. 
Cyrtosia altissima. Blume Bidjr. 396. Supra. p. 26. 
Vanilla pterosperma, Lindl. in. Wall. cat. no. 7402. 
Hab. in Singapur, Wallich; in Jave provinciis occidentalibus, in sylvis, 
presertim montium calcareorum, Blume. (hab. s. sp.) 
The stems of this curious plant are from 50 to 120 feet long, scramble 
over trees, and are of a pale dull red. The flowers are middle sized, whitish 
yellow ; the lip is white tinged with pale blue, and is described by Blume 
as being ** erect, concave, half 3-lobed, with the lateral divisions eere 
transversely streaked with purple inside, surrounding the column, an 
united to it at the bottom ; below the middle lobe which is milk white 
and plaited, is found a somewhat downy fleshy prominence, and lower still 
a broad projecting longitudinal downy band.” The capsules are 3 or E 
inches long, tapering, straight, purplish, smooth, and leathery, according 
to Dlume. 
