Plate 2145. 



PODOCHILUS UNCIFERUS, Uooli. f. 



Orchidf^. Subtribe Notvlieje. 



P. unciferus, ILocjk.f. Ft. Brit Ind. vi. 81 ; caulibus gracilibus erecti9, 

 foliis oblongis obtusis, peduncnlis latoralibus numerosis gracihbus 

 vaginatis foliis subcequilongis imo apice paucifloris, sepalis petalisqne 

 oblongis, mento elongate, labelli cuueato-oblanceolati v. -spathulati 

 appendicG basali uncinato recarvo ungue gracili. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula; Perab, Father Scortechini ; Borneo; 

 Philippine Islauus. 



Caules fasciculati, 18-24 poll, longi, foliosi. Folia disticba, plana, 

 semiamplexicaulia, f-l^ poll, longa, i-| poll, lata, apice rotundata, 

 sffipe denticulata et subiueaibranacea, 1-nervia, striata, nitida; yaginse 

 ^i poll. longJB. Pedunculi erecto-patentes, bracteis acicalanbus 

 vaginati, racemo brevissimo l-paucifloro termiuati, raclii capillan ; 

 bractea? latse. Flores } poll, longi. Sepala acuta v. acammata, 

 3-nervia, mento cylindraceo obtuse sepala squantia. Petala late 

 oblonga, 3-nervia. Lahellum pedi brevi columnar articulatura, apice 

 dilatatum trilobum, ungue gracili, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, termiu- 

 ale triangular! acuto. Columna inermis ; anthera ovato-lanceolata ; 

 polliuia anguste pjriformia. 



The only Indian species with flat (not equitant or laterally com- 

 pressed) broad leaves and many lateral peduncles.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Peelu nek and raceme. 2. Flower. 3. Lip. 4. Anther-case. 5. Polliuia. 

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