210 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



73. Physukus, Iiidiard. 



Terrestrial herbs with ovate or lanceolate petiolatc loaves, and 

 terminal spike of pu])escent or hairy small flowers. Petals aduate 

 to upper sepal or free. Lip short almost ol)long or quite entire, with 

 a spur cvlindrie usually clubbed, and bifid at the tip. Column very 

 short. Anther long-beaked. Pollinia 3 elongate pyriforni on a small 

 disc. Ivostellum arms long erect. 



Species about 20, two or three. Indo Malayan the rest Amer- 

 ican. 



Pii. LATiFOLius, Bl. Orcli. xVrcli. Ind. p. 95. PI. 27. Stem about 

 S inches long. Leaves distant ovate acute o inches long by two wide 

 with 5 conspicuous veins petiole 1 inch long. Scape 18 inches long 

 base nude with a few acuminate sheaths pubescent, racemose portion 

 6-7 inches. Flowers numerous crowded erect sessile. Bracts lan- 

 ceolate acuminate hisped, as long as the ovajy. Sepals hairy ^ inch 

 long lanceolate obtuse. Petals adnatc to upper thin linear spathulate. 

 Lip shorter oblong obtuse entire with 5 sinuate veins on the disc, spur 

 I the length of the ovary curved clu])bcd apex bilid. Anther very 

 long acuminate, rostellum deply bifid with long linear acuminate 

 lobes. Ovary hairy. Capsule elliptic i inch long. 



Perak: Larut Hills (Curtis). Distrib. Java. 



74. YiJYDAGZYXEA, Blumc. 



Small herbs with an ascending stem. Leaves ovate or lanceolate 

 petioled. Flowers small spicate erect. Sepals and petals connivent. 

 Lip entire short, spur rather long pendulous with two pedicellcd 

 glands, (rudiments of the two lower stigmata) inside. Column sliort, 

 with thick arms erect. Anther ovate. Pollinia thick club-shaped 

 on a large disc. Capsule ovoid. 



Species 5 or 6. Indo-Malayan. 



Spike peduncled longer than the leaves 

 Spike nearly sessile conic short. 



Leaves lanceolate acute green . . 



Leaves ovate olive with pink stripes 



1. \. LANCiFOLiA, Pidl. Joum. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 398. Stem 

 C to 9 inches tall erect, rhizome long. Leaves lanceolate acute obli- 

 que 1 J-3 inches long .[ to ^ inch wide petiole \-\ inch long. Peduncle 

 variable usually rather long, raceme densely cylindric. Flowers gla- 

 brous or glanduhir pubescent white tipped with pink. Bracts lanceo- 

 late acuminate l inch long. Sepals lanceolate laterals falcate broad- 

 er. Petals shorter adhering to the upper sepal. Lip mueh shorter 

 oblong obtuse, sides involute spur subcyliudric obtuse glands globose 



