Ceratoslylis.] 
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19 . CERATOSTYLIS, Bl. 
Small tufted epiphytes not pseudobulbous; stems simple or 
branched. Leaves 1 or 2, narrow coriaceous or fleshy. Flowers 
very small rarely medium solitary or in a tuft white or pink, lateral 
sepals forming a mentum. Petals narrower. Lip adnate to column 
foot by the claw, blade entire fleshy. Column short, tip broad; 
stigma very large with two long arms. Column foot long; anther 
2-celled. Pollinia 8. Species 20 or more, Indo-Malaya, Polynesia. 
Stems simple succulent, rush-like. 
Leaf terete ....... 
Stems simple erect; leaf lanceolate 
Stems very short tufted not branched; flowers from 
between leaves. 
Flower *5 in. across; leaves lanceolate 
Petals ovate oblique crimson; lip claw linear . 
Petals lanceolate acuminate white tipped purple; 
lip base broad ...... 
Petals lanceolate white; lip narrow . 
Stems branched. 
Leaves large lanceolate reticulate 
Leaves linear reticulate ..... 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate; sheaths punctate 
Stems long pendulous; flower heads scattered on stem 
(1) C. subulata 
( 2 ) C. lancifolia 
{3) C. eriaeoides 
(4) C. cryptantlia 
(5) C. linearis 
(6) C. linearifolia 
(7) C. robusia 
(8) C. clathrata 
(9) C. puncticulata 
10) C. pendula 
(1) C. subulata Bl. Bijdr. 304. C. gracilis Ridl. Mat. i. 106 
(not Blume). C. malaccensis Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 825; Ic. PI. 2098. 
Stems tufted terete with brown sheaths at base, 3 to 9 in. long. 
Leaf 1, erect terminal terete, *5 to 1*5 in. long. Flowers in a lateral 
tuft from leaf base, produced singly, *25 in. long, pale pink, pubes¬ 
cent. Bracts ovate. Sepals lanceolate blunt; mentum globose. 
Petals small lanceolate yellowish. Lip shoe-shaped pubescent, claw 
short. Column short, foot as long, arms longer than column. 
Capsule oblong sub-sessile. Hab. Common on trees and rocks. 
Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Gunong Tahan on rocks (whole 
plant yellow); Telom. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith). Selangor, 
Menuang Gasing (Robinson); Semangkok Pass (Ridley). Perak, 
Thaiping Hills; Teluk Anson (Williams). Province Wellesley, 
Bukit Serayah. Kedah Peak. Pulau Adang. Distrib. Java. 
I suppose this to be Blume’s C. subulata. Specimens of C. gracilis Bl. 
from Blume, in Herb. Kew, have flat, not terete leaves, as Blume describes. 
But I have seen no specimen of our species from Java. 
(2) C. lancifolia Hook, fil, F.B.I. v. 826; Ic. PI. 2102; Ridl. 
Mat. i. no. 
Stems tufted, 2 to 4 in. long, covered with sheaths. Leaf 1, 
narrow linear-lanceolate acute, 1 to 3*5 in. long, *25 in. wide. 
Flowers opening singly, *3 in. wide; pedicel and ovary pubescent 
filiform, -5 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate acute. Petals 
smaller; mentum short bilobed. Lip narrow, base oblong, tip 
thick dagger-shaped. Column arms long, oblong blunt. Hab. 
Selangor, Menuang Gasing (Kloss); Pahang, Bukit Fraser (Burkill). 
Perak (Scortechini). 
