Plate 2150. 



APPENDICULA LANCIFOLIA, Uooli. f. 



ORCHiDEiE. Subtribe Notylie^. 



A. lancifolia, Eook.f. FL Brit. hid. vi. 84 ; caulibus elongutis, foliig 

 lanceolatis apico obtuse bidentatis, racemis terminaHbus et latcralibiis 

 elougatis strictis simplicibas v. ramosis densi-multifloris, bracteis 

 mnjusculis ovatis deflexis, sepalis lateralibus late ovatis,^ niento late 

 cjiindraceo, labello ovato-obloiigo v. -obcuueato ungniculato basi 

 membrana concava instructo, apice trifido lobis lateralibus parvis 

 rotundatis, interuiedio late ovato. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula : Perak, on Gunong Batn Pateh, alfc, 3,000- 

 4,000 feet, King's Collector. 



Oaules 12-24 poll, longi, crassitie pemia3 fere anserlnfe. Folia 

 3-4 poll, longa, §-f poll, lata, basi semiamplexicaulia, subniembranacea, 

 dorso infra° apicem mncronulata ; vaginis ^-pollicaribus. ^ Bacemi 

 1-4 poll, longi, pedunculo brevi vaginis irnbricatis lanceolatis erectis 

 tecto, racbi stricta ; bracteK ^ poll. longa3, concaviK pedicellis long^iores, 

 coriaeeaj, nervosse ; floras ^ poll. longi, aurei, disco rnbro. Sepala 

 lateralia subacuta, mento breviora, petalaque multo minora obovato- 

 oblonga 2-nervia. Lahellum sepalis lateralibus sequilongam, nngue 

 lata. "Columna brevissima, inermis, pede elongata ; anthera late ovato- 

 cordata ; pollinia 4. Capsula |-pollicaris, fusiformis, costata. 



Very like the Javanese A. cridafa, Blume, but the bmb of the lip 

 is not "rounded emarginate and crested on either side." — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Tip of leaf, showing the dorsal miicro. 2. Flower. 3. The siimc laid open. 

 4. Lip. " 6. Column. 6. Anther. 7. Polliuia. All enlarged. 



