356 obchidejE. \Pachy stoma. 



narrower. Labellum saccate at the base, articulate on a short projection of 

 the base of the column, erect, 3-lobed, crested in the centre. Anther terminal, 

 lid-like, half-immersed in the dilated summit of the column. Pollen-masses 

 8, waxy, nearly equal. — Terrestrial leafless herbs, with a tuberous rhizome. 

 Scapes erect, with scarious sheathing scales and bracts. Mowers pubescent, 

 in a 1 -sided spike. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. P. chinense, Reichb. fit. in Bonplandia, 1855, 251. Scapes 1 to 

 \\ ft. high, with a terminal raceme of about 3 in. Bracts lanceolate, scarious 

 with fine points. Ovary densely pubescent. Perianth also pubescent, of a light 

 lilac, about i in. long. Sepals lanceolate, pubescent, the upper one rather 

 narrower, the petals linear. Labellum yellow, rather shorter, the 2 lateral 

 lobes broadly oblong, obtuse ; the middle one rather longer, broadly oblong, 

 with a short point ; and 3 or sometimes 5 longitudinal crests or rows of tu- 

 bercles on the disk. — Apaturia chinensis, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 131. 



In marshy spots on the top of Mount Gough, Champion ; also Seemann, Hance, Wright. 

 Not known out of S. China. 



11. ANIA, Lindl. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading. Labellum connate with the 

 base of the column in a short spur or pouch, 3-lobed, flat, with raised plates 

 on the disk. Column winged. Anther terminal, lid-like. Pollen-masses 8, 

 of which 4 often smaller, waxy. — Rhizome creeping. Leaves radical, proceed- 

 ing from a false-bulb. Scapes leafless except the sheathing scales. Flowers 

 glabrous, in loose racemes. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. A. angustifolia, Lindl Gen. et Sp. Orch. 129. Leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, 6 to 10 in. long, £ to 1-J- in. broad, narrowed into a long petiole, 

 proceeding from an ovoid false-bulb. Scape 1£ ft. long or more. Flowers 

 distant. Bracts narrow, very pointed. Sepals and petals full 7 lines long, 

 lanceolate, with short fine points. Labellum concave at the base, forming 

 with a projection from the base of the column an obtuse spur of rather more 

 than 1 line ; the lamina 6 lines long, obovate-cuneate, entire or slightly 3-lobed, 

 with 3 slightly raised longitudinal plaits. 



In a ravine of Mount Parker, Wilford; also Wright ; and probably the same species seen 

 by Champion and gathered past flower by Hance ; and supposed to be the N. Indian A. 

 latifolia, Lindl. These specimens however agree in every respect with the spurred-flowered 

 A. angustifolia, from Tavoy, except that I find the pollen-masses nearly equal in size, instead 

 of 4 being smaller as described. They had already fallen away in the flower I examined of 

 my Tavoy specimen, but I believe that Dr. Lindley now considers this character as less con- 

 stant than he at first supposed it to be. 



12. CYRTOPERA, Lindl. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading, the petals broader. Labellum 

 connate at the base, with a projection from the column into a short broad 

 pouch ; the lamina concave, broadly 3-lobed, the lateral lobes erect. Anther 

 terminal, lid-like. Pollen-masses 2, usually 2-lobed, waxy, with a short tri- 



