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CXXXVI. ORCHIDEiE. 
[Podochilus. 
elliptic, *25 in, long or more, -12 in. wide, tip bluntly unequally 
bilobed. Racemes sub-terminal, -5 in. long, slender. Flowers 
minute white. Sepals and petals lanceolate blunt; mentum very 
short. Lip 3-lobed, side-lobes broad round, midlobe linear 
oblong with 3 raised ribs. Anther ovate blunt, pollinia 4, pyriform, 
caudicles calyptrate. Rostellum 3-lobed. Hab. Not common. 
Johor, Ulu Kahang (Holttum). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). 
Lankawi, Gunong Raya at 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis); Dayong 
Bunting (Robinson). Pulau Adang (Ridley). Distrib. Tenasserim, 
Siam, Borneo, Java. 
77. APPENDICULA, Bl. 
Epiphytes occasionally on rocks. Stems erect, leafy terete or 
flat. Leaves distichous elliptic to lanceolate unequally bilobed, 
thinly coriaceous articulate with sheath. Flowers small in axillary 
and sub-terminal racemes. Bracts usually persistent and often 
reflexed. Upper sepal lanceolate or ovate, laterals prolonged below 
into a mentum. Petals smaller. Lip base saccate adnate to 
column foot, usually quite entire, a callus usually horse-shoe- 
shaped at base of lip. Column short thick, arms small, foot long or 
short. Anther ovate beaked. Pollinia 4 to 8, pear-shaped nar¬ 
rowed to a small disc. Rostellum ovate-lanceolate bifid. Capsule 
small elliptic. Species about 40, Indo-Malayan. 
Stem flattened winged ..... 
Stems terete; racemes lax axillary or sub- 
terminal. 
Leaves oblong broad blunt. 
Stem long pendulous; racemes long; lip 
spathulate ..... 
Stems erect stiff; racemes short. 
Flowers glabrous; lip with a callus. 
Callus square ..... 
Callus hooked ..... 
Callus conic; leaves thick deep shining 
green ...... 
Flowers hairy; leaves small close 
No callus; flowers glabrous; leaves oblong, 
'5 in. wide ..... 
No callus; flowery small glabrous; leaves very 
narrow linear ..... 
Stems elongate sometimes branched; leaves 
usually narrow, 1 in. long or more with 
reflexed bracts. 
Leaves close-set oblong; lip ovate acute . 
Leaves close-set oblong; lip limb crescent¬ 
shaped ...... 
Leaves narrow lanceolate rather thin. 
Lip oblong pandurate .... 
Lip cuneate, tip trilobed .... 
Inflorescence terminal; bracts large, foliaceous, 
white, longer than flowers; bracts 
white ...... 
(1) A. anceps 
(2) A. purpurascens 
(3) A. comuta 
(4) A. uncata 
(5) A. lucid a 
(6) A. muricata 
(7) A. reflexa 
(8) A. rupestris 
(9) A. densifolia 
(10) A. robusta 
(n) A. pendula 
(12) A. lancifolia 
(13) A. torta 
