Podockilus.] cxxxvi. orchide^L lg$ 
Column short, foot long. Rostellum triangular erect, bifid or 
bipartite. Anther erect. Pollinia 4 or 6, each pair enclosed in a 
calyptriform caudicle. Capsule ellipsoid. Species about 12, Indo- 
Malaya. 
Stems creeping branched, forming mats on trees. 
Leaves linear appressed, very narrow; lip 
cordate . . . . (1) P. tenuis 
Leaves broader spreading elliptic; lip base 
round.(2) P, inicrophyllus 
Stems tufted erect; leaves elliptic, -25 in. long. 
Lip 3-lobed.(3) P. lucescens 
(1) P. tenuis Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 235; Ridl. Mat. 
i. 192. P. acicularis Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 82; Ic. PI. 147. 
Slender tufted moss-like plant, branched, 3 to 12 in. long. 
Leaves linear acute, -12 in. long. Racemes very short. Flowers 
minute. Upper sepal ovate blunt, laterals larger oblique, mentum 
short round. Petals oblong blunt. Lip oblong-obovate blunt 
cordate with a horn on each side. Column arms ensiform truncate ; 
anther ovate cordate at length bifid. Pollinia in pairs enclosed in 
a calyptriform caudicle, base linear, disc linear. Hob. On wet 
mossy trunks and rocks. Pahang, Tahan River; Telom. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills, Waterfall; Temengoh; 
Sungei Rayah (Kunstler); Bujong Malacca; Gunong Inas, Sira 
Rimau (Yapp). Penang Hill. Kedah Peak. Disirib. Sumatra, 
Borneo. 
(2) P. microphyllus Lindl. Wall. Cat. 7335; Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. PI. 234. P. sciuroides Rchb. fit. Bonplandia, v. 41; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 192. 
Slender usually much branched. Stems 4 to 8 in. long. Leaves 
oblong-elliptic spreading, -5 in. long, mucronate. Racemes or 
panicles terminal, -25 in. long. Flowers minute white. Sepals 
ovate, laterals oblique, mentum bilobed blunt. Petals nearly as 
long and broader with a median violet line. Lip oblong-ovate 
blunt. Anther lanceolate acute, pollinia 6 elongate pear-shaped, 
caudicle 1, disc ovate red. Rostellum triangular-lanceolate 
minutely bifid. Hab. On trees, often forming mats. Common, 
Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Kranji. Johor, Bukit Pengaram; 
Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Negri 
Sembilan, Gunong Angsi (Burkill). Perak, Bujong Malacca. 
Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Kedah Peak. Penang (Wallich) ; 
Bukit Laksamana (Curtis); Richmond Pool. Disirib. Java. 
More erect than the preceding, with broad-spreading leaves. Lindley 
has 2 species under P. tenuis, viz. Wallich’s Penang plant, and a Himalayan 
one, now P. khasyana Hook. fil. 
(3) P. lucescens Bl. Bijdr. 295, t. 12; Ridl. Mat. i. 193. 
Stems tufted erect, 6 in. tall, not branched. Leaves narrow, 
Fl.M.P. 4 0 
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