Corymbis.] cXXXvi. OrchiDe^E. 209 
1 in. long. Column *3 in. long. Hab. Limestone rocks, Perak, 
Kwala Dipang (Kunstler). 
A very little known plant. 
89 . TROPIDIA, Bl. 
Stems wiry leafy. Leaves lanceolate acuminate membranous. 
Panicles or racemes short axillary or terminal. Flowers small, 
pale green or white. Sepals and petals lanceolate similar con- 
nivent. Lip entire, base saccate. Column short. Anther lanceo¬ 
late. Pollinia 4 elongate pyriform with long slender caudicle and 
ovate disc. Rostellum triangular bifid. Capsule cylindric. Species 
6 or 7, Indo-Malaya, China, Polynesia, Jamaica. 
Racemes axillary and sub-terminal sessile; bracts 
short.(r) T. curculigoides 
Racemes peduncled; bracts 1-5 in. long or less . (2) T. Maingayi 
Spike terminal dense peduncled . , . . (3) T. angulosa 
(1) T. curculigoides Lindl. Wall. Cat. 7386; Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. pi. 497. T. squamata Bl. Oreh. Arch, hid , 123, t. 41; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 209. 
Stems slender or stout, 8 to 12 in. tall. Leaves lanceolate 
long-acuminate plicate, 6 to 9 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide. Racemes 
axillary or sub-terminal sessile, *5 in. long, with many broad ovate 
ribbed bracts. Flowers -25 in. long, greenish white, vanilla-scented. 
Sepals lanceolate falcate. Petals narrower, linear falcate. Lip 
lanceolate, base saccate. Hab. Common in forests. Singapore, 
Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Batu 
Pahat. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Gin ting 
Bidai; Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Perak, Thaiping Hills. Kedah 
Peak (Robinson and Kloss). Distrib. India, Ceylon, Borneo. 
(2) T. Maingayi Hook. fU. F.B.I. vi. 93; Ridl. Mat. i. 209. 
Stem 12 to 18 in. tall. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 
6 to 6*5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, 7-ribbed. Spikes terminal and 
axillary, 1 in. long. Peduncle 1 to 2 in. long, flexuous. Bracts, 
lower ones -15 in. long, linear acuminate. Flowers *25 in. long, 
crowded. Sepals oblong-ovate blunt. Petals obliquely oblong. 
Lip ovate acute with 3 lamellate ribs. Hab. Rare. Malacca, Mt. 
Ophir (Maingay, Griffith). 
(3) T. angulosa Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. 122; King Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. viii. 275, pi. 1365; Ridl. Mat. i. 209. 
Stem branched, 8 to 12 in. long. Leaves 2 or 3 terminal ovate 
acuminate, base round, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 3 in. wide. Spike 
terminal dense; peduncle 3 to 4in. long. Bracts -5 to -75 in. long, 
narrow. Flowers nearly *75 in. long, greenish white. Upper 
sepal linear-lanceolate acute, laterals lanceolate connate to near 
tips. Petals narrow blunt. Lip oblong-ovate blunt, 2 lamellate 
nerves in centre, base spurred. Capsule *5 in. long. Hab. Rare. 
Perak, Ipoh (Curtis). Distrib. India, Burma, Formosa. 
Fl.M.P. 4. p 
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