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TRIAS OBLONGA. Tab. 70. 

 FoLiis oblongis. L'mdl Orchid, p. GO. • 



Trias oblonga, LmdL loc. cit. 

 Habitat in montibus Napaliee supra arborum truncis, saxisque muscosis. Floret Octobri. 



Pr^NTULA l.vis, huxnilis, cespites densas, sat magnas forxnans. Cao.s tenerrimus, filiformis, ramosus, repens, ra^culas creberrimas, 

 iibnllosas breves em. tens. Pskuoobu.b, parvi, copiosi approximatique, globosi, 1-phylli, piso pavhm .ajores, nilidi. Fo.om erectu" 

 ngxdum, oblongum, utnnque acutmsculum, sessile, coriaceum, crassum, U-poUicare, supr^ atro-viride, lucidum, canaliculato-subplicatum 

 subtiis palhdum, costa parum elevata. F.os solitarius e basi pseudobulbi, long^ pedunculatus, suberectus, fusco-viridis, ratione plantul^ 

 magnus, modorus. Pedunculus gracilis, teres, poUicaris, folio brevior, apice in ovarium breve, obsolete S-angulare dilatatus ; basi suffultus 

 irac^m- paucis, lanceo latis, a ternis, parvis, membranaeeis. Sepala maxima, stellatim patentissima, ^qualia, 3-angulari-ovata, acuta, 

 plana, Imeata, unguicu arm ; Za^er«?*a infra basin columnar inserta. Petala minuta, lineari-lanceolata, vix ultra lineam longa, erecta 

 striata, columnar parallela. Labellum sessile, ovatum, acutum, plicatum, fuscum, valdfe parvum, adscendenti-incurvum, nudum, vald^ 

 mobile, basi contracta cum extremitate inferiore columnae parilm elongata, horizontali articulatum. Columna brevissima, anticfe plana 

 apice cavitate profunda exsculpta. Anthera mobilis, decidua, oblonga, 2-locularis, loculo praeterei vacuo, antico, antrorsiim elongata, 

 plana, curva, retusa. Mass^ pollinis 4, paribus duobus agglutinatee. 



I have found another species on trunks of trees, on the banks of the rivers in Martaban, which seems to differ only 

 in havnig shorter, ovate or subrotund leaves. My friend Professor Lindley, in his excellent work. on the OrchidetE, 

 p. 60, calls it Trias ovata. 



Plate LXX, Fig. 1. 2. Flower, natural size. 3. The same enlarged. 4. The same analysed. 5. Column with detached 

 anthers and masses of pollen, the latter cohering in two pairs. 



^SCYNANTHUS ramosissima. Tab. 71. 



Caule ramosissimo, foliis oblongis, acuminatis ; corolla subclavata, glanduloso-pubescente. 



Habitat in sylvis Napalise superioris et inferioris, super arboribus rupibusque radicans, florens et fructigera a mense 

 Julio usque ad Octobrem. 



Planta fruticosa, vald^ ramosa, flaccida, ad plurium orgyarum distantiam extensa. Caulis cylindricus, calamum scriptorium crassus, 

 praecipufe ad insertionem foliorum articulato-intumescens, exserensque radiculas fasciculatas, ramulosas, epidermide indutus Isevi, lucida, 

 pallid^ ferruginea. Rami graciles, flaccidi, dichotomy divisi, virides. Folia opposita, patentia, interstitiis longiora, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 aliquand5 subovata, attenuato-acuminata, integerrima, basi acuta, 4 — 6-pollicaria, carnosa, crassa, plana, supr^ lucida, saturate viridia, 

 subths pallida, punctulata, costa lata, convexiuscula, nervisque obsoletis, paucis, obliquis. Petioli unguiculares, convexiusculi, supra 

 plani, basi obscure articulati. Umbella terminalis et e dichotomiis ramorum solitaria, subsessilis vel elongatione brevi ramuli sufFulta, 

 patens, foliis supremis brevior, constans floribus circiter 12, magnis, subadscendenti-nutantibus, ex aurantiaco-coccineis, speciosis, in- 

 odoris, subcarnosis, pedunculatis. Pedunculi teretes, graciles, glabri, poUicares vel infra, basi sufFulti hradeolis linearibus, membranaeeis, 

 acutis, brevibus, involucrum polyphyllum formantibus. Calyx oblongo-tubulosus, corolla dimidit) brevior, ejusdem basi ainplior, pallidus, 

 glaber, obsolete quinquenervius, 5-dentatus ; denies lanceolati, acuti, patentiusculi, aequales. Corolla tubulosa, levitfer curva, pariim 

 complanata, poUicaris, e basi angusta senslm verstis faucem dilatata, ibique ad dorsum convexa, pilis frequentibus, capitellato-glandulosis 

 obsita viscosula intfis flava, glabra, rar5 puberula ; faux pervia, levitfer coinpressa, 4-fida, laciniis ovatis, acutis, utrinque stria atro- 

 purpurea notatis ; superiore parfim majore bifida, inferiore subrecurvata, lateralibus rectis. Stamina 5, quorum 4 fertilia longfe exserta, 

 parallela, didynama, e medio tubi orta, indeque usque ad basin ejus linea elevata decurrentia. Filamenta filiformia, pubescentia, corolla 

 fer^ dimidio longiora, e basi parum crassiore attenuata, apice incurva purpurascentia. Anthers parvce, carnosa;, glabrae, oblongse, 

 obtusee nudse biloculares, basi adfixse, horizontalit^r nutantes, apice cum ista filament! oppositi firmiter cohserentes. Stamen quintum 

 sterile clavato-capitatum, lineas duas longum, inclusum, tubo inter filamenta superiora inserta. Pistillum corolla brevius, pubescens. 

 Ovarium cylindricum, unguiculare, basi angustata, subpedicellata circumdatum annulo carnoso brevi, Isevi, crenulato, pseudo-quadri- 

 loculare, polysporum ;' placmtce nempfe ducE oppositae, stipitatae, jugiformes, intCis ad axin contigu^ et utrinque ad parietes cavitatis 

 extensse' marginibus subrevolutis ovuliferis. Stylus teres, brevis. Stigma carnosum, clavatum, vertice plano-convexum, marginibus 

 tumidis' Capsula ^racillima, siliquceformis, cylindraceo-compressa, obsoletissimfe 4-angularis et 4-sulcata, pendula, loevis, utrinque 

 attenuata fusca 10-pollicaris,'crassitie penna? columbinse, 1-locularis, 2-valvis : valvulee planae, lineares, intus argenteae, nitidoe. Pla- 

 centa 2 oppositae valvis contrarian, marginuia obsoleta iisdem insertae, tenuissimfe membranaceae, minutim foveolatae, ante dehiscentiam 

 laterality revolutffi semina loculis 4 spuriis continentes, posted explanatae, planae, directione valvulis parallel, iisdemque latiores. 

 Semina perquam copiosa minuta, cylindrica, fusca, foveolis placentarum laxfe adhcerentia, obtusa, inversa, utrinque terminata pilo 



