Plate 21 Do 



CEHATOSTYLIS ROBUSTA, Uunh: f, 

 Orchide^. Snbtribe Ccelogtne^;. 



C. robusta, Ilooh.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 827 ; caulibus robustl.s iatuosls 

 pseudobulbisque parvis teraunalibus vaginis arete imbricatis trabecu- 

 latim-nervosis tectis fobo bmceolato acuminato costato nervis utrinque 

 3,_flore sobtario palbde flavo gracile pedunculato pubescentc. bractea 

 minuta, sepalis laterabbus late ovatis obtusis, dorsali multo mJnore 

 mento cakanforme apice sabinflato truncate sub-bilobo, petab's elliptJco- 

 lanceolatisobtus.s, labello longe et anguste nnguiculato spathulato 

 concavo apice acnto carnoso, columna? ramis magnis erectis. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula ; Perak, alt. 4,900 feet, Wray. 



Caules 8-10 poll, longi v. lougiores, hic illic radicanteg ; vacri-na? 1-3. 

 pollicares membranacese, acntsB, supremae psendobulbis fongiorel 

 IseudohulU I poll, longx, teretes. Folia 4-5 poll. lon<ra ^ 1 poll 

 lata, conacea, costa valida. Scapus vaginis inclusus ; ovarm'm unacum 

 pedicello 1-pollicares. Floves \ poll, longi, pubescentcs, mento (sen 

 calcare) sepalis lateralibus JEquilongo ; sepala 5-7-norvia: petala 

 ^-nervia ; mentnm sepalis ajquilongiim. Goltimam bracliia antberara 

 superantia. 



The receipt of several new species of Geratostylis durln^r the pro- 

 gress of the 'Flora of British India ' has modified its generlc°cfcaracter. 

 -^7^,^'r°/^ *^^ ^^y to the genera of British Indian Orchids, at 

 p. b/1 ot vol. v., IS especially faulty, and should be replaced by 'Flowers 

 solitary or m a lax fascicle, axillary to the psendobnlb of the ternunal 

 leaf. Column with two erect arms, polliiiia 8.' — J, D. H. 



Fig. 1. Side view of flower. 2. Front view of flower, with lip removed. 3 and 

 4. Liips. 5. Column. All qrcatlu cnlarard. 



