358 ORCHIDE^. [CoUonia. 



Collect, t. 89 B. In that state, however, he might easily have mistaken the Cottonia for a 

 Sarcanthus. 



15. ACAMPE, Lindl. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading, fragile. Labellum fleshy, adnate 

 to the unproduced base of the column, hollowed into a spur or pouch in the 

 lower part, the upper part undivided. Column short, thick, usually 2-pointed. 

 Anther ovate, terminal. Pollen-masses 2, waxy, with a subulate caudicle 

 longer than themselves. — Epiphytes, with coriaceous distichous leaves. Flow- 

 ers densely racemose, on short lateral peduncles. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. A. multiflora, Liiidl. Fol. Orchid, i. Leaves linear-oblong, 6 to 8 

 in. long by about \\ in. broad, obliquely obtuse at the top, thickly conaceous. 

 Peduncles branching, shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, in short racemes 

 or corymbs, yellow dotted with red. Labellum ovate, rather acute ; the spur 

 short, with raised lines or folds. 



Common in ravines, Channnon, Seemann. Not known out of S, China. 



16. LUISIA, Gaudicli. 



Sepals herbaceous, the upper one smaller. Petals tliinner, usually longer. 

 Labellum undivided, usually auriculate, continuous with the column, not ap- 

 pendiculate, convex or concave. Column very short, fleshy. Anther termi- 

 nal, lid-like. Pollen-masses 2, mth a short broad caudicle. — Stems rush-like, 

 leafy. Leaves stifl", terete. Flowers small, dark green or purple, in lateral 

 racemes. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



Chaminon found a species, apparently of this genus, on rocks in the island : but his spe- 

 cimens are not in flower, and cannot be identified. Lindlcy believes them to be the L. teres, 

 Blume, a Javanese plant. 



17. APPENDICULA, Blume. 



Sepals connivent, the lower ones connate witli a projection from the base of 

 the column into an obtuse spur. Petals smaller. Labellum connate with or 

 inserted on the projection of the column, sessile, concave, appendiculate at the 

 base or bordered by a raised margin ; the lamina entire or 3-lobed. Column 

 short, tapering into an emarginate beak. Anther terminal. Pollen-masses 8, 

 rarely 6 or 4, w^axy, attached by 2 membranous caudicles. — Epiphytes with 

 short distichous oblique leaves. Flowers small, in lateral or terminal racemes 

 or rarely solitary. 



A small tropical Asiatic species. 



1. A, bifaria, Lindl. in Keio Journ. Bot. vii. 35. Leaves numerous, ob- 

 long, 1 in. long or rather more, obtuse and usually notched, with a minute 

 point in the notch. Spikes terminal, scarcely longer than the last leaves. 

 Flowers nearly 4 lines long, including the broad obtuse poucli or spur. Sepals 

 and petals nearly equal. Labellum " oblong, with a circular membranous ap- 

 pendage and an ovate tooth on the lamina." 



In ravines of Mount Gough, Champion. Also in Penang, if the species be really the same. 



