Arundina.] okchidEjE. 355 



1. A, chinensis, Blume ; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 125. Stems erect, 



1 ft. high or more, leafy to near the top. Leaves stiff, linear, 4 to 7 in. long, 

 4 to 5 lines broad. Flowers (pink ?) 2 to 5, on short pedicels. Bracts short, 

 concave. Sepals and petals L in. long or more. Labellum rather longer, 

 loosely enveloping the column, spreading and broadly 3-lobed at the top, the 

 middle lobe larger, notched or 2-lobed, with 3 longitudinal veins more or less 

 prominent. — A. Philippi, Keichb. fil. in Linnaea, xxv. 227. 



Common in Hongkong, Champion and others. On the adjoining continent and northward 

 to Amoy. 



8. PHAIUS, Lour. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, free. Labellum broad, convolute round the 

 column, entire or 3-lobed, spurred at the base. Column semi-cylindrical. 

 Anther terminal, lid-like. Pollen-masses 8, waxy, nearly equal. — Tall erect 

 herbs with large leaves. Scapes radical, leafless except sheathing scales. 

 Flowers large and showy. 



A small tropical or subtropical Asiatic genus. 



1. P. grandifolius, Lour.; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 126. Stems 

 tufted, usually thickened into short tubers or false-bulbs at the base, bearing 



2 or 3 ovate-lanceolate or oblong leaves, often above 1 ft. long, narrowed into 

 a long petiole. Scape 2 or 3 ft. high, bearing a raceme of showy flowers, 

 usually white outside and cinnamon-brown inside ; the labellum white, shaded 

 and streaked with crimson. Sepals and petals near 2 in. long. — Bletia Tan- 

 kervilla, Br. in Bot. Mag. t. 1924. 



Common by the sides of streams, Champion and others. Also on the Chinese continent, 

 and frequently cultivated in gardens. 



9. SPATHOGLOTTIS, Blume. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, free, spreading, the petals rather broader. 

 Labellum articulate at the base of the column, not spurred, but concave or 

 saccate, deeply 3-lobed, the middle lobe contracted into a claw, and tubercu- 

 late or cristate. Column winged or petal-like. Anther terminal, lid-like. 

 Pollen-masses 8, waxy. — Rhizomes underground. Leaves narrow. Scapes 

 radical, leafless. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. S. Fortunei, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1845, tf. 19. Rhizome tuberous. 

 Leaves radical, usually 2 together, linear-lanceolate, 6 to 10 in. long. Scape 

 pubescent, 1 to 2 ft. high, leafless except a few sheathing scales. Flowers 3 

 to 8, yellow, distant. Bracts short, lanceolate. Perianth-segments \ in. long 

 or rather more. Lateral lobes of the labellum broadly oblong-falcate, middle 

 lobe obovate, emarginate, the broad claw with 2 lateral angles at its base and 

 2 much raised longitudinal plaits above the middle. 



Common in the island, Fortune, Champion, and others. Not known from elsewhere, un- 

 less it be but a slight variety of the S. pubescens, Lindl., from Khasia and Silhet. 



10. PACHYSTOMA, Blume. 



(Apaturia, Lindl.) 



Sepals and petals erect or slightly spreading, nearly equal, or the petals 



2 a 2 



