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Capsule globose. 
Australia. 
CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.iE. 
[A criopsis. 
Species 6 or 7, Tenasserim, Siam, Malaya, 
Inflorescence panicled; leaves linear narrow. 
Lip lanceolate, side-lobes broad 
Lip very narrow linear, side-lobes small 
Inflorescence racemose. 
Leaves linear; flowers yellow; lip white 
Leaves oblanceolate broad ; fkrwers purple 
(1) A. javanica 
(2) A. indica 
{3) A. Ridleyi 
(4) A. purpurea 
( 1 ) A. javanica Reinwdt, Flora 
Liter at. 1825, ii. 4; Ridl. Mat. i. 
187. A. crispa Griff. Notulce, iii. 
333; 1 c. PI. As. t. 318. 
Pseudobulbs crowded ovoid, 1 
in. long. Leaves 2 or 3, narrow 
linear, 3 to 6 in. long, -3 to *25 in. 
wide. Panicle over 1 ft. long. Sepal 
lanceolate, laterals connate, white 
tipped crimson. Petals spathulate 
white, crimson central bar. Lip 
side-lobes broad flat round, mid¬ 
lobe lanceolate blunt with 2 little 
triangular keels in centre, white 
with violet crimson spots. Column 
pink. Capsule globose, -5 in. long. 
Hob. Common in orchards and 
roadside trees. Singapore, Tanglin; 
Changi. Johor, Bukit Murdom 
(Kelsall); Batu Pahat. Malacca 
(Griffith). Pahang, Pekan. Selan¬ 
gor, Semangkok Pass. Sungei 
Ujong (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping 
Hills; Hermitage Hill. Penang, 
Balik Pulau (Curtis). Distrib. Ten¬ 
asserim, Sumatra, Java. 
(2) A. indica Wight, leones, t. 
1748; Ridl. Mat. i. 188. 
Pseudobulbs dense crowded, -5 
in. long, covered with old sheaths. 
Leaves linear, 3 in. long, -i in. wide. 
Scape 6 to 8 in. long; branches of 
panicle several, 4 in. long. Flowers less than -13 in. wide. Sepals 
narrow linear-oblong, laterals connate. Petals broader oblong 
yellowish spotted red. Lip very narrow linear, 2 short lobes at 
base, callus near base of lip bilobed. Capsule *5 in. long. Hab. 
Perak, Haram Para (Scortechini). Penang Hill (Maingay, Curtis). 
Setul (Ridley). Distrib. Tenasserim. 
(3) A. Ridleyi Hook fil. F.B.I. vi. 79; Ridl. Mat. i. 79. 
Pseudobulbs close on a stout rhizome, oblong-ovate, 1 in. long. 
Fig. 174. —Acriopsis Ridleyi. 
