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Acampe.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. 155<br />
(I) A. penangiana Rid!. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 358; Mat.<br />
i. 149.<br />
Stem short and thick. Leaves lorate stiff, 7 in. long, I'S in.<br />
wide. Raceme 2'S in. long; peduncle thick. Sepals'S in. long,<br />
oblong-ovate broad blunt. Petals narrower spathulate, all yellow<br />
with red spots on back and red bars in front. Lip spurless, sidelobes<br />
curved long blunt, midlobe ovate yellow with 3 red streaks<br />
on side lobes, disc pubescent. Column base broad, yellow with<br />
2 pink spots, arms short erect. Hab. Penang, Government Hill<br />
(Curtis). Terutau (Curtis). Lankawi (Williams).<br />
54. STAUROPSIS, Benth.<br />
Stems very stout, tall or short. Leaves very thick lorate<br />
bilobed at tip. Raceme lateral short tall. Flowers large fleshy<br />
showy. Sepals oblong. Petals little smaller. Lip adnate to<br />
base of column short spurless, side-lobes short, midlobe oblong,<br />
an oblong callus at base. Column short, broad, no foot, wings or<br />
arms. Rostellum bifid, entire or lobed processes from below stigma.<br />
Anthers conic I-celled. Pollinia 2, on a broad caudicle, disc reniform.<br />
Species 10, Malayan and Indian, China, Polynesia.<br />
(I) S. gigantea Benth. Gen. Plant iii. S72; Ridl. Mat. i. ISO.<br />
Yanda gigantea Lindt. Walt. Cat. 7326; Bot. Mag. 5189.<br />
Stems 2 ft. tall or more, very stout. Leaves lorate, I to 2 ft.<br />
long, 2 to 3 in. wide. Raceme 6 to IS in. long. Flowers 12 to IS,<br />
about 2 in. wide. Upper sepal oblong blunt, laterals falcate yellow<br />
with red blotches. Petals narrower spathulate blunt. Lip half<br />
as long, base boat-shaped, pink, midlobe fleshy oblong with 3 low<br />
ridges yellow, callus conic; stigmatic process retuse. Capsule<br />
oblong, 4 in. long, I'S in. through. Hab. On trees and rocks.<br />
Lankawi isles, Kwah. Terutau (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. Distrib.<br />
Burma, Siam.<br />
55. PHALlENOPSIS, Bl.<br />
Epiphytes with short stems. Leaves oblong or obovate few,<br />
coriaceous. Racemes short or long pedicelled, sometimes several.<br />
Flowers often showy. Sepals sub-equal. Yetals often larger.<br />
Lip spurless clawed or adnate to column base, side-lobes erect,<br />
usually with a forked or entire callus. Column rather long; anther<br />
2-celled, caudicle linear or spathulate with a disc. Species about<br />
25, India, Indo-China, Malaya.<br />
Scape short; flowers large showy.<br />
Llp glabrous .<br />
Lip pubescent. . .<br />
Scape long; rachls flat elongating<br />
Scape long; rachis not broad and flat.<br />
Flowers small; ffildlobe acute. . .<br />
Flowers large yellow; mldlobe obovate round<br />
(I) P. violacea<br />
(2) P. sumatrana<br />
(3) P. comu-cervi<br />
(4) P. muscicola<br />
(5) P. fuscata
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