Plate 2128 



EENANTHERA ANGUSTIFOLIA, Uoolc. f. 



Orghide^, Subtribe Sarcanthe^. 



R. angustifolia, Wook. /. FL Brit. Ind. vi. 49 ; caule elongate flexnoso, 

 foliis reciirvis linearibus inferne angiistatis apice ica^qualiter bilobis, 

 panicula elongata laxiflora, floribus 1^ poll, diam., sepalis lanceolutis 

 lateralibus ungaiculatis, petalis angnstioribus, labelli minuti lobis 

 lateralibas acutis intermedio calcare infundibulari multo breviore 

 recnrvo, colamnse apice hispidulo. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula ; Peralc, on Gunong Batu Pateh, Wray. 



Caules crassitie pennee anserinse, striati. Folia 4-5 poll, longa, 

 poll. lata. Pedtmcnli laterales, elongati, graciles, parce ramosi ; 



^ractege parvoo ; pedicel li graciles, unacuni ovario poUicares. SepaJa 

 7-nervia, acuta, dorsali sessili, lateralibus basi rotundatis, abrupte 

 breviter unguiculatis. Petala sepalis aequilonga, sed angustiora. 

 Labelhim sepalis maltoties minns, sacculum conicum ore S-lobo lobis 

 lateribns 2-dentatis, intermedio linguajforrai- Gohanna brevis, crassa, 

 apice bidentata et anunlo pilorum instructa ; anthera ovoidea, trun- 

 cata; pollinia oblonga, majuscula, integra, stipite brevi lata, glandula 



ovata. 



Near R. elongata, LindL, of tlie Malayan Peninsula and Islands, but 

 tlie flowers are very much smaller, and tlic spur very small. — J. U. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Front; and 3, side view of column and lip. 4. Autlier. 

 5. Pollinia. All cnlaryed. 



