Apostasia.~] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 175 



or ; stigma terminal long erect, tip discoid. Species 6, Indian, Malayan 

 and Australian. 



1. A. Wallichii, Br. in Wall. Cat. 4448 ; in PI. As. Ear. i. 75, t. 84 



(A. odorata) ; leaves linear-lanceolate 5-7-nerved, spikes panicled, peduncle 

 naked below, anthers versatile cell bases unequal, staminode adnatetothe 

 style. Blume in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, ii. 93 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 748; 

 Thwaites Enum. 315 ; Eolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 237, t. 48, f. 22-24. 

 Mesodactylus deflexa, Wall., ex. PL As. Ear. I. c. 74. 



TROPICAL NEPAL, Wallich. KHASIA HILLS, J. D. II. fy T. T. ASSAM, Griffith . 

 PENANG, Curtis. PEUAK, Scortechini, King's Collector, CEYLON ; in the Suffragan 

 district, Thwaites. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, N. Guinea. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 4-8 in. Panicle decurved, 410 in.; bracts subulate; 

 flowers subsecund, iu. diam., yellow ; ovary -J-f iu. Capsule - in. 



2. A. nuda, Br. in Wall. Gat. 4449 ; in Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. 76, t. 85 ; 



leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate finely acuminate 3-5-nerved, spikes 

 panicled many-bracteate at the base, anthers erect cell-bases equal, stami- 

 node 0. Blume in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, ii. 93 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 748 ; Eolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 239, t. 48, f. 20, 21. A. Brunonis, Qrif. 

 Notul. iii. 243 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 282. 



KHASIA HILLS and CHITTAGONG, J. D. H. fy T. T. TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5604). MALACCA, Maingay, top of Mt. Ophir, HuUett. 

 SINGAPORE, Lobb. PERAK, Wray. DISTRIB, Sumatra, Java. 



Stem 10-12 in. Leaves 4-10 in. Panicle decurved, much shorter than in A. 

 Wallicliii, as are the ovaries. 



3. A. latifolia, Eolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 242 ; leaves petioled 

 elliptic-lanceolate finely acuminate very many nerved, spikes panicled, 

 peduncle naked at the base, anther erect bases equal staminode 0. 



PEEAK, Scortecliini, Wray. 



Stem 3 ft. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1| in., nerves very close; petiole !-!- in. Panicle 

 stouter than in nuda and Wallichii, bracts broader ; ovaries f in., curved ; flowers 

 very small. 



113. NEUWIEDIA, Blume. 



Terrestrial herbs, with a short caudex and leafy stiff stems. Leaves 

 elongate, petioled, strongly nerved. Flowers small, in a terminal simple 

 erect dense raceme, clothed with long bracts. Sepals and petals equal 

 and similar, free, or the latter rather broader. Lip subspathulate. 

 Column short ; stigma terminal, long, erect, tip discoid ; anthers 3, erect, 

 narrow, stipitate, one on each side of the stigma, and one dorsal, cells 

 parallel. Ovary 3-celled. Species 6, Malayan. 



1. N. Xtindleyi, Eolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 232, t. 48, f. 10-12 ; 

 peduncle elongate, raceme elongate many and dense-fid, and flowers 

 puberulous, bracts 1-1| in. membranous, erect and recurved. 



PENANG, Curtis. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Stem very short, stout. Leaves many, 1-2 ft. by 2-3 in., oblanceolate, mem- 

 branous, many-nerved, stoutly petioled. Raceme 1-2 ft., stout, erect, rachis stout ; 

 bracts much longer than the flowers, narrowly lanceolate; flowers 1 in. long, 

 horizontal, pedicelled ; ovary -| in. 



2. N. Curtisii, Eolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc, xxv. 233, t. 48, f. 13, 14 ; 



