cxxxvi. orchide,®. 
[Tricho glottis. 
162 
63 . TRICHOGLOTTIS, Bl. 
Stems rather tall. Leaves coriaceous lanceolate lorate. Flowers 
small solitary; pedicels short. Sepals and petals similar spreading. 
Lip base boat-shaped or spurred, side-lobes 2 or 4, erect horn-like 
pubescent. Column short thick, no foot, arms short erect. Anther 
ovate; pollinia 2, caudicle linear, disc large. Species 36, Malay, 
Andamans, Siam. 
Lip with one pair of side-lobes; flowers large . . (i) T. retusa 
Lip with 2 pairs of side-lobes; flowers small. 
Base of lip boat-shaped. . . . . . (2) T. scaphigera 
Base of lip spurred . . . . . . (3) T. tetraceras 
(1) T. retusa Bl. Bijdr. 360, fig. 8; Ridl. Mat. i. 157. 
Stem stout, 3 ft. long or more. Leaves thick lorate blunt bilobed, 
5 in. long, -5 in. wide; sheaths reticulate, -5 in. long. Flowers 75 in. 
wide; pedicel and ovary ; 5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acute. 
Petals narrower, yellow, marked with pale red. Lip base boat¬ 
shaped, side-lobes with long recurved points, midlobe oblong 
lanceolate pubescent, white tinted pink. Column half as long as 
lip, top dark crimson. Hab. Limestone rocks. Pahang, Kota 
Glanggi. Selangor, Batu Caves (Kelsall). Jalor, Bukit Tapang 
(Gwynne-Vaughan). Disirib. Siam, Cochin-China, Java, Borneo. 
(2) T. scaphigera Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 357; Ridl . 
Mat. i. 157. 
Stem weak, 2 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate acute, base narrowed, 
3 in. long, *5 in. or less wide; sheaths *5 in. long. Flowers *5 in. 
wide. Sepals and petals oblanceolate blunt pubescent. All yellow 
blotched red. Lip base boat-shaped, side-lobes short blunt with a 
hairy callus at base, midlobe trifid, lateral lobes linear, mid one 
shorter rounded, a large pubescent callus in centre. Column short, 
arms long hairy. Anther pubescent. Hab. Perak (Scortechini), 
Waterloo (Curtis). Penang Hill (Curtis); Batu Hitam. Naung 
chik, Bukit Besar (Annandale) 
(3) T. tetraceras Ridl. Lc. ; Mat. i. 158. 
Stem weak, over 1 ft. long. Leaves 3 in. long, *5 in. wide, 
lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed; sheath -5 in. long. Flowers 
*5 in. wide. Sepals ochre oblong-ovate. Petals smaller ligulate. 
Lip flat, side-lobes tooth-like, 2 longer lobes in front, midlobe 
lanceolate-ovate blunt, 2 short and 2 long keels running from side- 
lobes to tip ending in a pubescent callus, spur acuminate blunt, a 
fleshy linear truncate callus in mouth. All white. Column short, 
arms tooth-like. Hab. On rocks. Lankawi, Goa Chirita (Curtis). 
Perlis, Tebing Tinggi, a form with narrower lip and longer spur. 
Cleisostoma tenuicaule. King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. ii. 596. Sacco - 
labium Pantlingii Ridl. Mat i. 162, is based on a plant cultivated in Calcutta 
Gardens, and said to have been collected in Perak by Kunstler. The drawing 
of it, all I have seen, resembles a Trichoglottis like the above species. 
