Plate 2 1 48 



APPENDICULA CORDATA, Uooh. j 



Orchid E^'. Sabtrlbe Notylie^. 



A. cordata, TTorjlc, f. Fl. Brit. Ifid, vi. 83 ; foliis oblorigis apicc obtuse 



bidentatisj spicis lateralibus brevissime peduncnlatis incurvis panciBoris 

 vaginatis, bracteis latis, floribus parvulis punctatis, sepah's ovatis snb- 

 acutisj mento rotundato, petalis obovatis, labello ovato-cordato basin 

 versus membrana semilunari transversa instructo. 



Eab. Malay Peninsula; Perak, Father Scortecldnu 



Catdis 7-polliGaris, crassitie pennis anatinae. Folia pollicaria, aJ 

 ^ in. lata, submembranacea, inter denies apicales apiculata ; vaginae 

 4~2 P^^^' longfle. Splcce ;^-poIh'cares, 3-4- floras ; pedunculi ^ poll, 

 longi, validi, vaginati, vaginis inferioribns cupulaaforraibus, snperiori- 

 bas bracteisque ovatis demam reflexis nervosls ; flores ^^ poll, longi. 

 tSepala petala(\\ie l-nervia. Lahelliim sepab's lateralibus minus, pedi 

 brevi columnge sessile. Columna inermis, apice dilatata, rostello erecto 

 ovato concavo apice 2-dentato; antbera lauceolata. 



I have seen but one specimen of this very distinct spccics.-^J. T). TT, 



rig. 1. Peduncle and spike 2. Flower, spread open. 8. Column with roKtellum 

 and a pollen-mass. 4. Auther. All greatly inlargciL 



