Tab. 7086. 
PHAJUS PAUvcIFLORUs. 
Native of Java. 
Nat. Ord. OncoipEz.—Tribe ErIDENDRES. 
Genus Puasus, Lour.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl, vol. iii. p. 512.) 
Puasus (Limatodes) pauciflorus ; caule gracili erecto basi demum pseudo- 
bulboso inferne vaginato apicem versus foliato, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis 
attenuato-acuminatis plicatis 7-9-nerviis, vaginis valide costatis, racemis 
caulinis brevibus paucifloris breviter pedunculatis, bracteis oblongo- 
lanceolatis ovariis brevioribus, floribus nutantibus pallide stramineis, 
sepalis conniventibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis, petalis elliptico-oblongis 
acutis apicibus recurvis, labello panduriformi marginibus inferne recurvis 
columnam non amplectantibus, apice rotundato apiculatov. 3-dentato, basin 
versus rubro striato, calcare ovario zquilongo incurvo, rostello subelongato. 
P. pauciflorus, Blume Orchid. Archipel. Ind. p. 11, t.4 A, B, and t.11 A; 
Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. vol. ii. p. 181. 
-Limatodes pauciflora, Blume Bijd. 375, fig. lxii.; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid 
: 253; in Paat. Fl. Gard. t. 81; Fol. Orchid. Limatodes, p.1; Walp. Ann. 
vol. vi. p. 921. 
L. punctata, Lind/. Fol. Orchid. Limatodes. 
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Phajus pauciflorus belongs to a section of the genus 
with small flowers which are produced upon the stem, and 
not amongst the leaves or on tall scapes from the base of 
the old pseudobulbs as in others of this genus. In this 
respect, as also in the form of the lip, it approaches those 
Indian species of Calanthe in which the lip is at the base 
of the column, and which render it very difficult to give 
technical characters for the separation of the two genera. 
Lindley indeed, while retaining P. pauciflorus in Phajus, 
redescribed it as a Limatodes under the name of L. 
punctatus. Blume, who established the genus Limatodes, 
subsequently reduced it to a section of Phajus, in which 
he is followed by Bentham in the Genera. Plantarum, 
distinguishing it by the lateral racemes, broad column, 
and elongate rostellum. The very narrow side lobes of 
the lip, which do not either in Phajus proper or Limatodes 
embrace the column, is almost peculiar in this species. 
The remarkable difference in habit and perianth dis- 
NoveMBEn 1st, 1889. 
