Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Penmsvla. 197 



in front. Anther ovate orange. Pollinia 8 very unequal on a small 

 rounded disc. Column arms very short. Rostellum shortly bifid. 

 Appendicida pendida, Bl. Bijdr. 298. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 

 p. 228. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ill. 701. A. ChaJmov^ilana, Fv. Muell. 

 Wing. South Science Record 1885. A. Maingayi, Hook, fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. 85. Ic. PI. 2151. Conochilus distichns, Hassk. Tijdsch. 

 Nat. Ges. IX. p. 146. 



Perak (Scortechini) ; Penang (Maingay 1617), Government Hill 

 (Curtis 2822), (Eidley 7243). Distrib. Java, Borneo, Philippines, 

 New Guinea. 



14. P. LAXCiFOLiA, Schlecliter I.e. 51. Stems tall over two feet 

 sometimes l)rauched. Leaves thin dark green 1^-4 inches long -| to 1 

 inch Avide, apex subacute, sheaths J-^ inch long. Eacemes terminal 

 2-3 inches long. Bracts ovate lanceolate reflexed. Flowers small 

 ■^ inch long green or yellow. Sepals ovate acute mentum short broad. 

 Petals obovate oblong blunt. Lip free cuneate oblong, apex 3 lobed 

 lobes rounded short midlobe ovate subacuminate, a curved horse-shoe 

 shaped lamina running as far as the side lobes. Cohimn short, foot 

 long. Eostellum triangular bifid. Column arms short truncate. 

 Appendicida lancifoUa, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 84. Ic. PI. XXII. 

 2150. 



Selangor: Bukit Hitam (Eidley); Perak: Gunong Batu Putih 

 (King's Coll. 8032), Larut Hills 5000 alt. (Eidley 2886). This is 

 very near P. pendida Schl. 



15. P. TORTA, Schlecliter I.e. 60. Stems tufted 6-8 inches long, 

 flattened, seldom branched. Leaves oblong rounded | inch long 

 wide, sheaths ^ inch long. Spike terminal | inch long. Bracts dis- 

 tichous ovate white leaf-like I inch long recurved. Flowers hidden 

 in the bracts yellowish white small. Sepals lanceolate acute, laterals 

 very oblique acuminate, mentum long ):>arallel to the column. Petals 

 lanceolate subacute broader. Lip base o1)loiig apex broadly and orbi- 

 cularly bilobed, lobes rounded. Column short ai-ms rounded foot long. 

 Anther ovate acuminate crimson. Pollinia 4 connate into a caudicle 

 with an oblong disc. Appendicida torta, Bl. Bijdr. p. 303. Lindl. 

 Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 230. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. .704. Echb. fil. 

 Xen. Orch. 11. 117. t. 138. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. \l. p. 84. A. 

 rhodiola, Echb. fil. Xenia. II. p. 118. t. 138. A. Peijeriana, Kranzl. 

 Gard. Chron. X. 1891. p. 669. 



Selangor: Bawang, Kwala Lumpur Caves (Eidley); Perak 

 (Scortechini) ; Larut Hills (Eidley). Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



16. P. CALLOSA, Schlechter I.e. 62. Stems tufted 6-18 inches 

 long terete. Leaves distichous twisted at the base so that tlie one 

 edge is uppermost oblong obtuse, unequally bilobed, ^ inch long I inch 



