Tceniophyllum.] cxlviii. oechidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 77 



Ceylon ; in the Ambagamowa district, Be Alwis. 



Boots fleshy. Peduncle i in. ; bracts keeled ; flowers most minnte, pale green ; 

 sepals, petals and lip connate into an acutely 6-toothed perianth ; margins of lip free ; 

 column short; anther square, Bub-4-celled ; poUinia 4, pyriform, sessile on the gland. — 

 Descript. from Thwaites. 



2. T. scaberulum, Hook. f. ; peduncle \ in. Bcaberulous, sepals 

 petals and lip connate at the base, lip deeply saccate with a minute 

 incurved midlobe. 



Travakcoee j on teak branches, at Cottayanti, Johnson. 



Euok' about -J^ in. diam., compressed. Peduncle 2-3-S.d. ; bracts broad; flowers 

 sessile, -^ in. diam. ; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, fleshy ; sac or spur 

 nearly as long as the limb of the lip, base rounded ; column very short ; anther 

 truncate in front, poUinia pyriform. Capsule (young), i in., slender, curved, 

 scaberulous. 



3. T. serrula, HooJc. f. ; leafless', spike sessile many-fld. appearing 

 serrulate from the number and regularity of the very minute subdis- 

 tiohoiis bracts, sepals and petals free or nearly so, lip oymbiform, side 

 lobes low rounded, midlobe very short thick, spur sorotiform. 



Peeak ; at Larut, King's Collector. 



Soots stout, i in. diam. Spikes i-1 in. ; bracts concave, obtnse ; flowers about 

 ^ in. diam., reddish-yellow ; sepals lanceolate, obtuse and narrower petals with one 

 thick nerve ; side lobes of lip incurved ; column very short, papillose. Capsule |— IJ- 

 in., trigonous. 



69. mZCROSiLCCVS, Blume. 



Small densely tnfted epiphytes; stems densely leafy. Leaves disti- 

 chous, narrow or scalpelliform, fleshy. Flowers minute, subsessile or very 

 shortly racemose. Sepals and petals subequal, widely spreading. Idp 

 small, adnate to the base of the column, base broadly saccate ; side lobes 

 small or 0, midlobe broad subentire. Column very short, truncate ; anther 

 obtuse ; pollinia 4, distinct, ellipsoid or globose, sessile on the slender 

 strap, gland small or medium sized. Capsule small. — Species 3 or 4, 

 Malayan. 



1. Itl> javensis, Blume Bijdr. 367 ; leaves equitant scalpelliform, 

 flowers subsolitary. lAndl. Gen. & 8p. Orchid. 219. Sacoolabium 

 GriflBthii, Far. & Beichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 145. 



Tenassebim ; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5344), Belfer (Kew Distrib. 

 5384), Parish. Pbbak, ScortecAim.— Distbib. Malay Islands, Cambodia. 



Stems 2-4 in., curved, | in. diam. across the leaves. Leaves broad'y ovate, 

 obtuse, somewhat recurved, wrinkled when dry. Flowers -^ in. diam., almost con- 

 cealed by the leaves, cellular, white ; bracts scarious, sheathing ; sepals lanceolate ; 

 petals rather narrower; lip obtusely 3-lobed. Capsule \ in., sessile, ellipsoid. — 

 Description of flower from a drawing by Grifllth in Herb. Lindl. I have seen 

 no authentic Javan specimen, but the Indian plant agrees well with Blume's 

 description. 



2. Iff. virens, Sooh. f. ; leaves linear-oblong trigonous, flowers in 

 very short racemes. P Adenoncos virens, Blume Bijdr. 381 ; Lindl. Gen. 

 & Sp. Orchid. 236. 



Pkbak, ScortecUni. — Disteib. Java, Borneo. 



Stems 4-8 in., very stout, strongly incurved. Leaves l-lj by i in., very thick 

 and fleshy subacute. Bacemes much shorter than the leaves, 3-6-fld. ; bracts dis- 

 tichous, ovate, acute, very coriaceous and persistent ; flowers coriaceous, about i; in. 



