Plate 2149. 



APPENDICULA KOENIGII, Uooh. /. 



Orchideje. Subtrlbe Nottlie^. 



A Koenigii; RooJcf, FL Brit Ind, vi. 84; foliis liiieari-oblongis 

 oblongo-lanceolatisve apice obtusis minute 2-fidis, spicis laterabbug 

 brevissimis 2-3-floriSj floribns mmutis, sepalis lateralibus ovatis acatis, 

 mento globoso, petalis ellipticis, labello ovatov. oblongo basi appendice 

 calceiforme Instructo. Epidendrum hexandrum, Koeii, in Hetz. Obs, 



vi. 45. 



Hab. India, Herb. EoUJer {in Herb. Kew,), 



Caules dense csespitosi, 4-G-polIicares, graciles. Folia crebra, 



i-J poll, longa, ^-J poll, lata, membianacca, yaginis ^-^ poll, longis. 

 Spiccp- brevissime pedunculatEe, ^-^ poll, longce, patentes v. recurvae, 

 pedunculo vaginato ; bracteoe rninntae, ovatse ; flores ^V"iV P^ll- longae. 

 Sepala et petala 1-nervia. Labellum sepalis brevius, o-nerve. Columua 

 brevissima, inermis, rostello magno ; antbera eordato-lanceolata ; 

 pollinia 4. 



Bat for the solitary specimen here figured frorn Rottler's Herbarium, 

 it is very improbable that the Ejpidendntm liexandmm of Koenig would 

 have been brought to light for some time to come. Unfortunately ho 

 locality is given for the plant, and as Rottler's Herbarium contains 

 Orchids from both Indian Peninsulas, it may have been sent to him 

 from the Malayan, where the genus is common. In its densely tufted 

 habit and very minute flowers, it differs from all other species known 

 to me. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flow-er. 2. Lip and column. 3. Lip, 4. Same in section. 5. Anther. 

 6. Pollinia. All rr:atly enlarged. 



