Platk 2151. 



APPENDICULA MAINGAYI, nuol: f. 



Orchidejs. Subtribe Notylie^. 



A. Maingayi, iTooi. /. Vl. BnL luJ. vl. 85; canlibus elonjratJs 

 robastis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis imo apice dilatatis et apicnlatis v. 

 bidenticulatis, racemis terrainalibus erectis strictis multi-densifloris, 

 bracteis lanceolatis patenti-incurvis, sepalis lateralibns late ovatis, 

 metito rotundato v. subcylindraceo, labello elliptico v. obovato-oblongo 

 obtuso lutegro basi membraua lata fornicata iiistructo. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula ; Perak, Father ScortecTiini ; Penang, 

 JUamgay, 



Catdes 6-16 poll, longi, crassitie fere pennse anserinse. Folia 2-3 

 poll, longa, ^-^ poll, lata, erecto-patentia, basi angustata, vaginis ^-| 

 poll, longis. llacemi 1-2-pollicares, simplices v. basi ramosi, breviter 

 pedunculati, rachi subflexuosa ; bracte^ \2~s V^^^- longae, basi deflexas 

 dein incurvee, coriaceae, 5-costat£e ; flores ^\^ poll, longi. Sepala 

 lateralia obtusa, petalaque lineari- v. obovato-oblonga, 3-iiervia. 

 Lahellitm sepalis paullo longius, breviter unguicnlatum, 5-nerve. 

 Golitvma inermis, rostello brevi ; authera ovata, acuminata. Cajpsida 

 ^ poll, longa, fusiformis. 



The Perak specimens are more slender than those from Penang ; 

 the mentum is longer and more cjlindric, and the petals narrower 

 and 1-nerved. The species should be compared with the Javanese 

 yl. gramimfolia^ Teysm. and Binnend, in Tijdschr, Nederl. Ltd. xxiv. 

 (1862) 32. The specimen figured is from Penang. — J. D. H. 



Pig. 1. Flower (of Penang specimen). 2. Lip and column of the same. 3. Lip of 

 the same. 4. Flo^^'er of Perak specimen. 5. Lip of the same. All enlarged. 



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