104 cxxxvi. orchideje. [ Trichotosia . 
very short saccate. Petals sparsely hairy narrow spathulate. 
Lip pubescent, claw long, limb obovate 3-lobed, midlobe retuse 
with a hairy central patch. Column pubescent. Hab. Rare. 
Perak, Selama (Scortechini). 
Very near T. biflora Griff., hut flowers smaller and more hairy. 
(14) T. gracilis Kranzl. l.c. 143. Eria gracilis Hook . fd. F.B.I. 
v. 816; Ic. PI. 2078; Ridl. Mat. i. 95. 
Stems 4 to 6 in. long, glabrous. Leaves narrow linear-lanceolate, 
2 in. long, -25 in. wide, glabrous, young sheaths pubescent. Flowers 
2 to 3 in a short raceme. Bracts basal cup-shaped. Upper ones 
lanceolate acute, -25 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acute, laterals 
curved, mentum as long as ovary, all white red-hairv. Petals 
lanceolate, acute. Lip spathulate, claw long crimson, limb shortly 
3-lobed, midlobe oblong thickened, yellow-hairy. Column hairy. 
Capsule elliptic hairy. Hab. Singapore, Bajau. Pahang, Tahan River 
(Ridley). Perak (Scortechini); Hermitage Hill. Penang Hill (Curtis). 
14. PORPAX, Lindl. 
Very small plants; pseudobulbs discoid with reticulate sheaths, 
crowded. Leaves 2. Flowers 1 or 2 sessile on the top of the 
pseudobulbs. Sepals connate in a tube. Petals shorter free. Lip 
ovate. Column short foot adnate to sepals. Pollinia 8. Species 4, 
Indian. 
(1) P. meirax King and Pantling, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii. 
115 ; Ridl. Mat. i. 105. 
Pseudobulbs nearly-25 in. wide. Leaves elliptic-oblong petioled, 
*5 to 1 in. long. Flowers -5 in. long, brown. Bracts large ovate 
acute. Sepals free part ovate, awned. Petals shorter oblong- 
lanceolate blunt. Lip ovate-orbicular at base, midlobe oblong blunt. 
Foot twice as long as column. Hab. Very rare on rocks at 4000 ft. 
altitude. Kedah Peak (Ridley). Dislrib. Tenasserim, Himalaya. 
I have not seen flowers of this. 
15. TYLOSTYLIS, Bl. 
Rhizome long creeping; pseudobulbs distant of several inter¬ 
nodes. Leaves coriaceous sessile, 2 or 3. Raceme sub-terminal, 
of few medium flowers. Sepals oblong-elliptic pubescent. Petals 
smaller. Lip articulate on column-foot, fleshy entire. Column 
long curved, foot very short. Species 2. 
(1) T. rigida Bl. FI. Jav. Praef. vi.; Ridl. Mat. i. 106. Callo- 
stylis rigida Bl. Bijdr. 340, t. 74. Eria pulchella Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
1841; Misc. 52. 
Pseudobulbs 1 in. apart, flattened lanceolate, base narrowed, 
1-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, -25 in. through. Leaves broad lanceolate 
blunt bifid. Raceme 3 in. long, base nude. Flowers few, opening 
singly wide expanded, 1 in. across. Bracts orbicular recurved 
persistent. Upper sepal lanceolate blunt, laterals broader oblique. 
Petals spatliulate-lanceolate falcate smaller; all ochre yellow finely 
