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5. Tir. QFixQUEFiDA, ITook. fil. n. Brit. Ind. YI. 20. Ic. PI. 

 2119. Psoudobulbs ovnle oblong 1-H inch long. Leaf linear elong- 

 ate narrowed to a petiole, T)-! inches long 1-1^ inch wide. Raceme 3-3 

 inches long deeurved. Bracts small ovate. Flowers f inch across. 

 Upper sepal lanceolate boat-shaped, laterals ovate acute. Petals linear 

 lanceolate. Lip pubescent with 2 erett linear auricles at the base, 

 side lobes large curved obtuse, midlobe ovate. 



Malacca (Maingay). .^ 



60. PODOCIIILUS, Bl. 



Epiphytic or rupestrial herbs, stems usually short tufted not 

 swollen terete or flattened, leafy. Leaves distichous, oblong, lanceo- 

 late or linear, articulated (in Malayan species). Pacemes lateral 

 or subterminal, short flowers usually very few small, white or green 

 rarely pink. Upper sepal lanceolate, laterals broader prolonged into 

 a mentum. Petals smaller. Lip little longer base saccate adnate to 

 the column foot, usually entire, side lobes absent, with or without a 

 callus on the disc or at the base of the sac. Column short and thick 

 with a foot, arms absent or very obscure. Anther ovate beaked, pol- 

 linia 4 to 8 clubbed, narrowed to a long or short caudicle or pair of 

 caudicles, or caudicles absent, disc usually one rarely two. Rostellum 

 ovate or lanceolate erect acute, entire or bifid. Capsule small elliptic. 



Species 4T. Indian, Malayan. 



I have followed Schlechter in amalgamating Appcndicula with 

 Podochihis. which has long been obviously necessary. 



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§ 1. AnsTA. Very slender mossy plants 

 with small leaves and minute flowers. 



Stems creeping. 



Lip sagittate at base . . . . . . 1. P. tenuis. 



Ijip rounded at base . . . . . . 2. P. sciuroides. 



►Stems tufted ascending . . . . . , . . 3. P. luresccns. 



§ 2. ArPENDicuLA. Erect usually stout 

 plants, leaves broad or narrow long. 



Stems flattened winged . . . . . . . . 4. P. anceps. 



Stems terete. Bracts small. 



Leaves narrow linear • . . . . . . o. P. rnpestris. 



Leaves broad. 

 Stems long pendulous. Lip spathulate . . G. P. unciferus. 

 Stems erect stiff. 



Lip with a callus on the disc. Flowers 

 glabrous. 



