Prate 2083. 
CLADERIA VIRIDIFLORA. Hook. yi 
Orcuipes. Subtribe Eres. 
Claderia, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 810; Sepalum dorsale oblongum 
obtusum, lateralia dorsali wquilonga sed latiora, basi saccata. Petala 
sepalis squilonga, lineari-oblanceolata, obtusa, falcata, costa valida. 
bente, transverse oblongo retuso. Columna elongata, incurva, pilosa, 
clinandrio depresso, rostello hippocrepiforme porrecto ; anthera ter- 
minalis, hemispherica, imperfecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 2, pyriformia.— 
Terba terrestris. Rhizoma elongatum, repens, flexuosum, ramosq 
erectos foliosos florentesque emittens, apice ascendente truncos arboruwm 
scandente. Folia inferiora ampla, elliptico-oblonga, acuminata, plicatu, 
5-7-nervia, in petiolum latum angustata; superior ensim minora et 
angustiora, sessilia. Flores majuscult, tomentost, in spicam terminalem 
elongatam validam rigidam dispositi ; bractese parvule, concave, obtuse, 
persistentes. 
C. viridiflora, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1c. 
Has. Malayan Peninsula; Perak, King’s Collector; Malacca, in 
dense jungles, Maingay. 
Rhizoma crassitie penne anatine v. anserine, flexuosum, rigidum, 
internodiis }4-pollicaribus, nodis fibrosis ; apice in surculum radi- 
c 
ra 
lineari-lanceolata. Racemus 6-12 poll. longus, crassitie penne anatine, 
rigidus, erectus, multiflorus, breviter pedunculatus, pedunculo vaginis 
i actese 4 poll. longe et late, concave, 
ban 
is; mentum rotunda- 
um: petalorum et labelli nervis e costa radiantibus ramosis. Columna 
pilosa ; pollinia obovoideo-reniformia. 
A very remarkable plant, as to the affinity of which I am doubtful. 
The inflorescence and structure of the flowers for the most part are 
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