IN JAVA. 



89 



I have examined other species of the genus, and found them 

 to he fertilised in almost identically the same manner. 



A not uncommon orchid 



the sides of second-grow tli 



fiU'cst or banks of streams over all the Archipelago, is the 



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riG. 9.— SrATHOGLOTTISTLlCATA (FRONT 



\ view); A.A?frHER-CAP;B.POLLlNIA; 



, "c, CAUDICLES OF FOLLIXfA ; D, 



stigma; e, front of coloix; f, 

 TIP OF anther-cap; g, flap of 



3JARGIN OF stigma. 



no. 



10. — spatiioglottis plicata (side 

 view), when anther has rotated 

 pownwakds; a, c, e, f, g, as 



fig. 9 ; h, rostellpm. 



white or purple terrestrial orchid Spathogloitis iMcata, BL, 

 whose method of fertilisation differs from that of the Phajus. 

 Its pollinia lie in a rather deep anther, which runs out into a 



f-IG. 11. — SPATHOGLOTTIS PLTCATA 



LONGITUDINAL SECTION (SlDE VlEW); 

 ' A, C, E, F, H, AS IN PBEVIOCS 

 figure; B, POLLINIA, [DIAGRAM- 

 MATIC.] 



riG. 12. — SPATHOGLOTTIS PLICATA, 

 * (FRONT VIEW), WITH THE 

 ROTATED DOWN OVER THE STIGMA; 

 LETTERS SAME AS IN PREVIOUS 

 FIGURES, 



long 



xong sliavp triangular rostellum ftir overarcliing the stigma 



(Fi^s 10 11) The pollinia-caudicles, composed of pollen grains, 



protrude' from below the anther case and He on the rostellum 



projecting a little beyond its tip, as seen m the lateral view of 



