Apostasia.'] cxlviii. ouchide^. (J. D. Hooker.) 175 



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

 and Australian. 



1. A. Wallichll, Br. in Wall. Oat. 4448 ; in PI. As. Bar. i. 75, t. 84 

 (A. odorata) ; leaves linear-lanceolate 6-7-nerved, spikes panicled, peduncle 

 naked below, anthers versatile cell bases unequal, staminode adnate to the 

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

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

 Mesodaotylus deflexa. Wall., ex. Fl. As. Bar. I. c. 74. 



Teoeical Nepal, Wallich. Khasia Hills, /. D. E. Sf T. T. Assam, G-riffith. 

 Penano, Curtis. PehakI Soortecldni, King's Collector, Ceylon ; in the Suffragan 

 district, Thwaites. — Disteib. Samatra, Java, N. Guinea. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 4-8 in. Panicle decurved, 4-10 in. ; biaots subulate j 

 flowers subsecund, J in. diam., yellow ; ovary ^-% in. Capsule ^-J In. 



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

 leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate finely acuminate 8-5-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 ; Miquel M. Ind. Bat. iii. 

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

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



Khasia Hills and CHiTTAaoN&, J. D. S. Sf T. T. Tenasseeim ; at Mprgui, 

 Griffith (Kew Diatrib. 5604). Malacca, Maingay, top of Mt. Ophir, BMlett. 

 SiN&APOBE, Lohh. Peeak, Wray. — Distkib, Sumatra, Java. 



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

 WalUcliii, as are the ovaries. 



3. A. latifolia, Bolfe in Journ. lAnn. 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, Scortechini, Wray. 



Stem 3 ft. Leaves 4-6 by 1-lJ in., nerves very close; petiole l-lj in. Panicle 

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

 very small. 



113. ZTEVWIEDXA, Blume. 



Terrestrial herbs, with a short caudex and leafy stifi 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. Idp subspathulate. 

 Column short; stigma terminal, long, erect, tip discoid; anthers 8, erect, 

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

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



1. Ni Iiindleyi, Bolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 232, t. 48, f. 10-12 ; 

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

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



Penank, Carfw.— Disteib. Borneo. 



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

 branous, many-nerved, stoutly petioled. Maceme 1-2 ft., stout, erect, raohis stout ; 

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

 horizontal, pedicelled; ovary i in. 



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



