84 OXLVIII. OECHiDEJ]. (J. D. Hooker.; \_Appendicula. 



apiculate between the teeth, sheaths ^-i in. Spikes in., 3-4-fld. ; bracts sheathing 

 the rachis, erect during flowering, then reflexed, strongly nerved ; flowers about 

 -^ in. long, dotted ; sepals ovate, obtuse, 1-nerved, base of lateral gibbous ; 

 petnls large, obovate, 1-nerved ; column unarmed ; rostellum very large, ovate. 

 The curious incurved spikes and spreading nearly symmetrical lateral sepals, 

 and short foot of the column, are all unlike other species of the genus. The solitary 

 specimen may not represent the plant fairly. 



5. A- S&oenig ii. Hook. f. Ic, Plant, ined. ; leaves f by in. oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse and minutely obtusely 2-fid., racemes minute leaf- 

 opposed 2-3 fld., flowers most' minute, inentum globose, lip ovate or oblong 

 5-nerved base calceolar. Epidendrum hexandrum, JEc&nig in Retz Obs. 

 vi. 45. 



INDIA, Herb. Settler (1779). 



^ Stem densely tufted, 4-6 in., very slender. Leaves close set, membranous, base 

 rounded; sheaths f- in. Racemes -|~g- in., decurved ; rachis slender, flexuous; 

 bracts lanceolate, reflexed after flowering ; flowers -^ in. long ; sepals ovate, acute, 

 and elliptic petals 1-nerved ; lip saccate at the base ; column unarmed. Of this very 

 distinct species I have seen only one specimen in Rottler's Herbarium, now at Kew. 

 In its slender tufted habit (upwards of twenty stems on a tuft) and minute racemes 

 and flowers it is like no other ; no locality is attached, to the specimen or to Koenig's 

 description, and as Rottler received (through Heyue) plants of both Indian Penin- 

 sulas, none can be assumed. 



6. A- torta? Blume Bijdr. 303 ; leaves ^ by in. oblong tip rounded 

 emarginate, bracts of terminal sessile spike as. long as the leaves densely 

 equitantly imbricate acute falcately recurved complicate and enclosing the 

 solitary flowers, mentum cylindric, lip narrowly panduriform twisted, 

 margins incurved waved, narrow base calceolar suddenly dilated into a 

 broad transversely oblong retuse serrulate concave terminal lobe. Lindl. 

 Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 230; Reickb.f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 117, t. 138. 



PERAK, Scortechini. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched, compressed, i n . broad. Leaves close-set, 

 shining, thin, base rounded ; sheaths i A in. Bracts of spike membranous, forming a 

 terminal flattened coloured crest as broad as the rest of the branch, and coterminous 

 with it; flowers i in. long, quite sessile; lateral sepals erect, aristately acuminate, 

 midrib very stout; petals oblong-lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved ; column unarmed, 

 rostellum slender, deeply 2-fid. Blume's description is very meagre, but I cannot 

 doubt belongs to this plant, of which there is an unnamed specimen in Herb. Kew, 

 collected in Borneo by Lobb. 



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7. A. xytriophora, Beichl.f.inSeem. Fl. Viti 299 ; leaves f-1^ by 

 \ \ in. oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate obtuse apiculate, raceme elongate 

 terminal slender laxly many-fld., mentum broad incurved, lip obovate sub- 

 truncate 5-nerved base narrowed calceolar. 



PERAK, Scortechini. DISTRIB. Philippine Islands. 



Stem 12-18 in., simple, compressed. Leaves rather close-set, membranous ; base 

 ^-amplexicaul. Racemes 25 in., suberect ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, membranous, 

 obtuse, 5-nerved; flowers i in. long; sepals greenish tips purple; petals elliptic, 

 obtuse, 3-nerved ; lip concave, yellow and purple j column unarmed ; anther short. 

 Capsule % in. , slender. 



8. A. lancifolia, HooJc.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; t all, leaves 3-4 by f-f in. 



lanceolate obtuse 2-dentate, racemes elongate simple or branched stout 

 many- and dense-fld., mentum cylindric, lip obovate-oblong 3-lobed, side 

 lobes small rounded, midlobe broadly ovate acute, base narrowly calceolar. 



