CXXXVI. ORCHIDE^E. 
Ascochilus.] 
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small, spur cylindric pendulous or porrect thick. Column tall and 
slender, foot narrow as long or longer. Anther beaked. Pollinia 
2, globose; caudicle linear, disc small. Capsule narrow cylindric. 
Species 5 to 6, Andamans, Siam, Malaya. 
Stem elongate; leaves terete straight long . 
Stem 4 in. long; leaves terete strongly recurved. 
Stem short; leaves broad. 
Lip 4-lobed ....... 
Lip 3-lobed ; flowers small. 
Sepals narrow acute yellow, glabrous . 
Sepals broad barred red, hairy 
Flowers minute; sepals lanceolate 
(1) A, teres 
(2) A. eapricomis 
(3) A. hirtulus 
(4) A. siamensis 
(5) A. hirsutus 
( 6 ) A. minutiflorus 
(1) A, teres Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 39, p. 85; Mat. i. 
178. 
Stem slender, 6 in. long or more. Leaves terete acute, 4*5 in. 
long, -12 in. thick ; sheaths ribbed and wrinkled, *5 in. long. Raceme 
slender, 4 in. long. Flowers few remote, *25 in. wide. Upper 
sepal oblanceolate hooded, laterals oblique-ovate much larger. 
Petals broad spathulate oblique. Lip side-lobes falcate lanceolate, 
midlobe hastate, basal lobes rounded, spur curved blunt. Column 
as long as foot. Hab. Rare. Johor, Bukit Banang near Batu 
Pahat (Ridley). 
(2) A. capricornis Ridl. 
Stems tufted branched, 4 in. tall. Leaves rigid terete recurved 
blunt, 1 in. long; sheaths -2 in. long, strongly ribbed and cancellate. 
Racemes 2 to 2-5 in. long, lax. Bracts ovate sheathing persistent. 
Pedicels -25 in. long. Sepals oblong rounded, upper one magenta, 
laterals falcate broad, brownish green mottled red. Petals oblong 
blunt as long, *1 in. long. Lip shortly clawed, side-lobes erect 
triangular, midlobe porrect much longer triangular-lanceolate 
acuminate, spur scrotiform, an oblong thick blunt callus in mouth of 
spur. Column tall, winged above. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Senyum 
(Evans). 
(3) A. hirtulus Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 375; Mat. i. 178' 
Sarcochilus hirtulus Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 89; Ic. PI. t. 2121. 
Stem -5 in. long. Leaves falcate linear acute, 2 to 3 in. long. 
Scape *5 in. long, muricate; raceme very short. Flowers nearly 
•5 in. wide. Upper sepal lanceolate, laterals adnate to column, 
much larger oblanceolate. Petals linear-lanceolate, all cream with 
pink spots. Lip, side-lobes linear curved, midlobe bilobed, lobes 
linear, spur curved short blunt. Column tall slender, foot narrow. 
Capsule narrow cylindric, 1-5 in. long. Hab. In damp rocky spots. 
Pahang, Kota Glanggi. Malacca (Maingay). Negri Sembilan, 
Siliau (Williams). Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Penang Waterfall. Lankawi (Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning. 
(4) A. siamensis Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 375 ; Mat. i. 178. 
Stem 1 in. long. Leaves 5 in. long, hardly -5 in. wide, lorate 
falcate acute. Scapes 3 in. long, muriculate; racemes very short. 
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