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CXL. LOWIACE^. 
[Orchidantha. 
Bracts lanceolate. Flowers medium to large. Calyx-tube cylindric 
nearly solid, lobes 3, lanceolate. Petals 2, small lanceolate, one 
(the lip) very large obovate. Stamens 5, short. Style 1, stigma 
3-armed. Capsule fusiform acute. Seeds numerous flask-shaped, 
hairy. Genus 1, Orchidantha (Lowia). Species 3, Borneo and 
Malay Peninsula. 
1. ORCHIDANTHA, N.E.Br. 
Stemless plants. Leaves elliptic or oblong petioled. Flowers 
in a panicled cluster from among the leaves, sometimes very large. 
Calyx-tube long cylindric, lobes lanceolate long. Petals 2 small 
and 1 very large obovate. Stamens 5 very short. Style 1 with 
3 stigmas. Capsule large fusiform acute purple. Species 3, one 
Bornean. 
Leaves large lanceolate tapering to base; lip 
trilobed, 4 in. long. (1) 0. longiflora 
Leaves elliptic smaller long petioled, lip 15 in. 
long, entire.(2J 0. maxiliarioides 
(1) O. longiflora Ridl. Lowia longiflora, Scort. Nuov. Giorn. 
Bot . ItaL 1866, p. 308, pi. ii.; Ridl. Mat. ii. 62. 
A large plant forming big tufts of lanceolate acute leaves 3 ft. 
