452 NEOTTEJE—CRANICHIDJE. 
CCLVIII. TRIPLEURA. 
Tripleura. Lindl. in Bot. Heg. sub. 1618. Endlich. gen. no. 1572. 
Perianthium explanatum, cruciatum, quasi tetraphyllum, sepalo supremo 
lato petalis agglutinato, lateralibus linearibus patentissimis. Labellum 
posticum, liberum, concavum. Columna teres, brevissima, antice pro- 
cessibus 2 membranaceis (stam. steril.) corniformibus instructa. An- 
thera subrotunda, apiculata, terminalis. ————-Herba Indiz orientalis, 
terrestris, glabra, caulescens. Folia linearia, summa tantum quasi 
fasciculata, virentia. Scapi squamae membranacee, haud vaginate. 
Spica densa parviflora. 
1. TnRiPLEURA pallida. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7391. 
Hab. in Indie orientalis provinciis temperatis ; Sylhet. Wallich, (hab. s. sp.) 
Stem very slender, apparently growing among decayed leaves, erect, 
with the lower leaves, for some inches, dead, withered and distant, while 
the upper are scarcely separated by any visible internodes, and have a 
clustered appearance ; they are linear, acute, revolute at the edges, and 
about 2 inches long. Scape smooth, terminal, with about 4 membranous 
acuminate scales which do not sheath at the base. Flowers very small, 
quite smooth, white, in a dense cylindrical or oblong spike, about 14 or 2 
inches long. 
CCLIX. CHLOROSA. 
Chlorosa. Blume Büdr. 420. tabell. xxxi. 
Perianthium erecto-patens herbaceum, sepalis petalis labelloque liberis 
conformibus. Labellum columnam amplectens. Columna nana, crassa. 
Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia farinosa.———— —MHerb:e epiphyte, rhizoma- 
tose. Folia radicalia, petiolata, nervosa, membranacea, inzquilatera. 
Scapus radicalis, basi vaginatus. Flores racemosi, virides. Ex Blume. 
1. Cnuronosa latifolia. Blume, l. c. ic. 
C. “ foliis subsolitariis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, scapo paucifloro lax 
spicato." - 
Hab. in Java; in vicinitate cataractarum calidarum montis ignivom! 
Gede, et in altioribus Salak ; Blume. 
2. CnuLonosa gracilis. Blume, l, c. 
C. * foliis binis ovato-oblongis undulatis, scapo ad apicem dense spicato. 
Hab. in Java; in cacumine montis Burangrang, Blume. 
CCLX. ROPHOSTEMON. 
Rophostemon. Blume ft. Jav. pref. VI. Cordyla. Id. Bijdr. 416. 
Perianthium connivens. Sepala carinata. Petala minora. Labellum = 
caratum, concavum, erectum ; limbus sublobatus. Columna clava i 
apice cavitate antheriferà profundissimá instructa. Anthera carnoss, 
bilocularis, denti dorsali colurane affixa. Pollinia duo, subbiloba, im 
nulosa, margini stigmatis insidentia————Plante terrestres, acaules, 
