Ascotainia.] cXXXVi. orchide^. 1j 3 
i ft. long, 3 in. wide; petiole 4 to 5 in. long. Scape 1-5 ft. tall. 
Flowers 9 to io, 1 to 2 in. across. Sepals acute. Petals shorter, 
pale yellow veined purple. Lip shorter, side-lobes round, midlobe 
ovate, buff or nearly white spotted violet, with 3 ribs, spur yellow. 
Column broad boat-shaped, spotted violet. Anther yellow, 2 crim¬ 
son spots. Hab. On grassy banks. Penang Hill (Curtis). Kedah, 
Gunong Geriang. Distrib. Java and Amboina. 
24 . TAINIA, Bl. 
Terrestrial herbs; stems succulent creeping. Leaves ovate or 
lanceolate petiolate solitary. Scape tall erect with few flowers 
from creeping stem. Sepals lanceolate, laterals forming a mentum 
adnate to column foot. Petals similar. Lip spurred adnate to 
column foot, entire or 3-lobed. Column tall, foot short, arms very 
short. Anther bilobed at top. Pollinia 8, very unequal. Species 
10, Indo-Malaya. 
Sepals long caudate acuminate. , 
Flowers pale yellow; leaves 1 to 3 on the rhizome (1) T. speciosa 
Flowers purple; leaves numerous approximate . (2) T. Maingayi 
Sepals lanceolate acute. 
Leaves large; raceme long, many-flowered . . (3) T. latilingua 
Leaves small short, ovate; scape very slender 3- or 
4-flowered .(4) T. vegetissima 
Fl.M.P., 4 1 
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