TRICHOSTOSiA. 331 
Anth. dorso carnosa, subbicallosa antea membranacea 
bilocularis, mobilis, loculis obsolete 4-locellatis. 
Pollinia 4, quaternatim coherentia, supero posticove mi- 
nore, accumbentia. i 
Caules basi in cormum dilatatæ, axillæ foliorum interdum 
plantiferze ! 
Has. Khasyah Mountains, in graminosus aquosis. Churra : 
Oct. 16th 1835. Assam Herb. 150. 
Oss. Aspectu certi differt ab Arundina bambusifolia vix 
non species distincta hoc modo distinguenda. 
A foliis ascendentibus atroviridibus nervis 5, ceteris con- 
spicuosioribus, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, rostello co- 
lumna latiore. Flores minores. Per. carneum.  Pollinia 
alba. 
A Bumbusi folia; folis distichis, patentissimis recurvis 
luteo-viridibus, nervis conspicuosioribus subseptemis, sepalis 
petalisque acuminatioribus. Labello medio tri-cristato, cristis 
lateralibus basi processum curvato arctis, columna apice mar- 
ginata, rostello latiore, flores duplo 3-plove majores. Pet. 
sepalaque albida. 
Pollinia, discretiora lutescentia. 
TRICHOSTOSIA. 
Trichostosia biflora Gr. Pl. CCCXV. 
Caulescens: vaginis completis ferrugineo-hispidis, limbis 
foliorum lineari-lanceolatis : przacuminatis obtusis carnosis 
coriaceis l-veniis, apice longe et conspicue unilateralibus, bifa- 
riis ascendentibus. 
Racemis spicisve oppostifoliis ex ore vagina exeuntibus, 
basin bractea cupulari donatis, foliis multoties brevioribus. 
Bractea maxima conduplicata concava navicularis sub- 
florem utrinque. Flos, vix resupinatus unilabiatus, extus 
pubescens. 
Sepala postica oblongo-lanceolata in labellum quasi re- 
