Ajapendicula.] oxlviii. obohidb^. (J, D. Hooker.) 85 



PbkAK ; on Gunong Batu Pateh, alt. 3-4000 ft., on rooks, King's Collector. 



Stem 12-24 in., stout, terete. Leaves rather thin, base semi-amplexicaul ; sheaths 

 4 in. Racemes 3-6 in., terminal and leaf-opposed, sessile or peduneled, erect; raohis 

 stout ; bracts ^ in., oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, recurved, strongly nerved ; flowers 

 i in. long, bright yellow with a red centre ; Literal sepals recurved, acute ; petals 

 obovate-oblong, 3-nerved; column unarmed; anther as broad as long. Capsule 

 Jin., fusiform, strongly riljbed, claret-coloured. — Very like A. crislata, Blume, of Java, 

 but the limb of the lip is not " rounded emargiaate and crested on either side." 



,9. A. nXaing'ayl, KooTc.f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaves 2-3 by J-^ in. liuear- 

 lauceolate tip dilated apioulate, racemes terminal many aad dense-fld., 

 bracts spreading and incnrved, mentum snb-cylindric or shorter, lip elliptic- 

 or ovate-oblong 5-nerved, base calceolar, tip ronnded. 



Pbeak, Scortechini. Penano, Maingay, {Kew Bistrib. 1617j. 



8temsh-\6 in., rather slender or stout, unbranched. Leaves subereet, narrowed at 

 the base, tip minutely 2-fid or rounded. Racemes 1-2 in., simple or branched 

 at the base, subereet, flexuous ; bracts Jj-|- in., deflexed, then incurved, coriaceous, 

 subacute, 5-ribbed ; flowers -^ in. long ; lateral sepals broad, obtuse, nerve slender ; 

 petals linear- or obovate-oblong, 3-nerved; lip concave; column unarmed, rostellum 

 short, triangular; anther ovate, acuminate. Capsule ^ in., fusiform.— The Perak 

 specimens are more slender than the Penang, the mentum is longer and more 

 cylindric, the petals narrower, 1-nerved. The species should be compared with 

 A. graminifolia, Teysm. and Binnend. 



IMEEEPEOTLT KNOWN SPECIBS. 



10. A. ecblnocarpa, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaves ^ in. dose 

 set orbicnlar-oblong coriaceous margin thickened upper base reflexed, spike 

 short terminal few-fld., bracts orbicular concave, capsule ellipsoid, valves 

 densely clothed with soft bristles. 



PbeAK ; lower camp in Gunong Batu Pateh, alt. 3400 ft., Wray. 



Stem 4-6 in., slender but rigid ; internode i in. Leaves semi-amplexicaul, pale, 

 opaque, rather waved ; tip rounded, obscurely 2-fld. with incumbent teeth ; upper base 

 usually reflexed, like an ear. Capsule t in. long, turgid.— A very remarkable 

 species. 



A. lONGHOLiA, Blume By dr. 304; Lindl. Gen. <f- 8p. Orchid. 230? Thwaites 

 Enum. 806. Ceylon, Ambagamowa district, rare, Thwaites (C.P. 3208). Of the 

 plant thus doubtfully referred by Thwaites to the Javan A. longifolia, this author 

 says that the flowers are .not in a sufficietitly perfect state for analysis. Blume thus 

 describes longifolia, "Stems simple compressed, leaves linear-lanceolate retuse 

 flowers densely capitate." Thwaites adds, "leaves 3-5 by i in., retuse, mucronate.' 

 Can the Ceylon plant be an Agrostophyllum or Phreatia ? 



A. TERES, Oriff. Notul. iii. 359 ; lo. Plant. Asiat. t. 332, is Ceratostylis teres, 

 E. f. see v. v. p. 825. 



A SP Griff. Notul. 359 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. 335, fig. 1, analysis only, from 

 Afighanistan, ra,nnot (as Lindley in Hook. Kew Journ. vii. 36 observes) be an 

 Appendicula. 



74 TKEIASIS, Blume. 



Epiphytes, with either small 1-2-leaved pseudobulbs, or with short 

 compressed stems clothed with equitant leaf sheaths Leaves oblong or 

 linear-oblong flat, or loriform and jointed on the sheath. Scajpe from the 

 base of the pseudobulb, or lateral on the stem, with 1-3 small sheaths ; 

 flowers very minute, spicate, cellular. Seipala connivent, dorsal flat, lateral 

 concave keeled or winged. Petals narrow, membranous. Lip sessile at the 



