IN JAVA. 



91 



removable. The operations here described are oftea completed 

 before the opening of the Spatlioglotth at all, . 



Of the orchids I gathered here none interested me more 



FIG. 1^. — ARUNDIXA PPECZOSa; A, H, E, 

 AS FIG. 17; C, rPPER 3IARG1N, 

 D» LOWER AXL> SIDE FLAPS OF 

 STIGMA. 



FIG. 17.— ABrxuixA fij'ECioyA (hud); 



A, TOP OF CKEST OP ANTJIEK-CAP ; 



B, pollin'Ia; p, lower srAKGiN* or 



STIGMA ; E, STIG3IA ; F, FliONT OF 

 COLOIX. 



than the Arundina spciosa, Bl. This cane-like species grows 

 to a height of between five and six feet, producing without 

 intermission for many months a succession of larire and 



beautiful purple flowers. The labellum is tubular, and has a 



FIG. 18. 



AKrXDlXA SPECI03A SHOWING 

 ANTHER QUITE EOTATED INTO 

 STIGMA ; r», LOWER FLAPS OF STIG31A 

 CLOSING DOWV ANTHER-CAP ; A, F, 

 AS IX FIG. 17. 



FIG. 



19._ARL*XUIXA 81'ECIOSA SHOWING 

 POLLINIA ROTATED INTO tiXH'.SfA 

 AND THE FRONT OP COLUMN, F, 

 BURST WITH SWOLLEN POLLEN 

 TUBES. ANTHEB-CAP KEMOVEP. 



broad fringed dark purple n.argin, from .vhich radiate dccp.-r 

 lines converging towards the bright yellow throat, where they 

 merge in two ridges leading to the shallow nectar-depression 

 at the base of the column. . , 



In the very voung bud (Fig. 16) the column is crowned with 



