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CXXXVI. ORCHIDEjE. 
[Phy sums. 
90. PHYSURUS, Rich. 
Terrestrial succulent herbs. Leaves ovate or lanceolate petio- 
late. Flowers small in a terminal spike. Petals adnate to upper 
sepal or free. Lip short oblong entire, spur cylindric, bilobed. 
Column very short. Anther long-beaked. Pollinia 2 elongate 
pyriform on a small disc. Rostellum deeply bifid erect. Species 
about 20, few Indo-Malayan, Chinese, more American. 
Stout tall plant; leaves 5-nerved .... (1) P. latifolius 
Slender plant; leaves 3-nerved ..... (2) P. humilis 
(1) P. latifolius Bl. Orch. Arch . Ind. 95, pi. 27, fig. i; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 210. 
Stem about 18 in. tall. Leaves distant ovate acute, 3 in. long, 
2 in. wide; nerves 5; petioles 1 to 2 in. long. Scape 18 in. tall, 
pubescent, racemose part 6 to 7 in. long. Flowers numerous 
sessile erect, pinkish. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, hairy. Sepals 
hairy, -13 in. long, lanceolate blunt. Petals adnate to upper sepal 
linear-spathulate. Lip oblong blunt with 5 sinuate veins on disc, 
spur curved clubbed bilobed at tip. Capsule elliptic, -5 in. long. 
Hab. In forests. Rare. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Curtis). Dislrib. 
Java. 1 
(2) P. humilis Bl. l.c. fig. 2. 
Stem shorter and more slender than the last. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong, 3-nerved, 1-75 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
•75 in. long. Scape slender pubescent. Spike lax, 3 in. long. 
Flowers red-pubescent. Sepals and petals blunt oblong. Lip 
oblong concave, tip round decurved, spur longer acutely bifid. 
Hab. Rare. Selangor, Menuang Gasing, Ulu Langat (Kloss). 
Distrib. Java. 
91 . VRYDAGZYNEA, Bl. 
Small herbs with ascending stems. Leaves ovate or lanceolate 
petioled. Flowers small spicate erect. Sepals and petals con- 
nivent. Lip entire short, spur rather long pendulous with 2 pedi- 
celled glands (rudiments of the 2 lower stigmata) inside. Column 
short, arms thick erect. Anther ovate. Pollinia thick club-shaped 
on a large disc. Capsule ovoid. Species 5 or 6, Indo-Malayan. 
Leaves narrow lanceolate to both ends . . . (1) V. lancifolia 
Leaves ovate. 
Stem tall; leaves green, 2*5 in. long . . (2) V. albida 
Stem very short; leaves purple with 3 paler red 
stripes, 1 in. long . . . . . . (3) V. tristriata 
(1) V. lancifolia Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 398; Mat. i. 
210. 
Stem 6 to 9 in. tall. Leaves lanceolate acute oblique, 1*5 in. 
long, -25 to *75 in. wide; petioles -25 to -5 in. long. Scape usually 
rather long; raceme dense cylindric. Flowers glandular-pubescent 
