356 ORCHiDE^. {Pachystoma. 



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

 the base of the column, erect, 3-lobecl, crested in the centre. Anther tenninal, 

 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. Tlowers pubescent, 

 in a 1-sided spike. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



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

 ly 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 ^ in. long. Sepals lanceolate, pubescent, the upper one rather 

 naiTower, the petals linear. LabeUum 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 chhiensh, Liudl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 131. 



In marshy spots on the top of Mount Gough, Chamjnon ; also Seemann, Hance, WWight. 

 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 wnnged. Anther terminal, lid- like. Pollen-masses 8, 

 of which 4 often smaller, waxy. — Khizome 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^ in. broad, narrowed into a long petiole, 

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

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

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

 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, entii-e or slightly 3-lobed, 

 with 8 slightly raised longitudinal plaits. 



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

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

 latlfolia, 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- 



