332 ORCHIDE. 
cumbens, lateralia medium supra carinatis, basin obliquis 
cum pede columne connatis, in calear clavato spurio, carinis 
in alabastro valde conspicuis. 
Pet. sepalo postico conformia minora. 
Labellum directione columnz spathulatum | carnosum, 
apicem conduplicatum intus przesertim in parte supera dila- 
tatio, papillis villosa. 
Columna elongata, semiteres, (that is the face opposite to 
labellum is very flat,) papillis similiter labello pubescente. 
Clinand. 3-dentat. dentibus latis. 
Rostellum simplex porrecto-decurvum. Anther } immersa 
like a cap with the peak raised so as to expose great part of 
the cell, 8-locularis, loculis infimis majoribus,  Pollinia 8- 
Stigma transverse subrostellate. 
1. Plant natural size flowers however drawn too large. 
2. Back view of inflorescence. 
Front view of do. 4a alabastrum. 
Lateral view of the flower. 
Column and labellum seen laterally. 
Do. labellum deflexed partly. 
Labellum seen in front. 
Column and anther seen in front. 
. Anther seen laterally. 
10. In front. 11. Behind vertical view. 
12. Pollinia (not seen so perfectly as they are drawn.) 
13. Anther in front, one cell open, shewing it to be 4-lo- 
cular. 
14. Column seen in front, its foot cut away. 
Has. Malacca. On trees Mount Ophir, above Puddam 
Bhatoo. 
Oss. Certainly allied to Aporum and to Dendrobium. 
An Trichostosia pauciflora Blume. 
X1PHosium.—Gen. Novum. 
Xiphosium acuminatum Griff. Pl. COCXVI. 
Itinerary Notes р. 78, no. 1153. 
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