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186 CXXXVI. ORCHIDE..£. [Thrixspermum.<br />
(7) T. crassifolium Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 32;<br />
Mat. i. 183.<br />
Stem 6 in. tall, stout. Leaves crowded thick leathery oblong<br />
blunt, 4 in. long, 1'25 in. thick. Scapes 3 to 5 in. long, base purple;<br />
racemes 1'5 to 4 in. long. Bracts '25 in. long, close set. Sepals<br />
linear caudate, base broader, '75 in. long, bright yellow. Petals<br />
narrower linear caudate. Lip '25 in. long, pubescent orange tipped<br />
cherry scarlet, spur saccate, side-lobes arched blunt, midlobe<br />
fleshy blunt ovate, callus tongue-shaped. Fruit angled linear,<br />
'3 in. long. Hab. On old coffee trees, rare. Johor, Castlewood<br />
(Ridley).<br />
(8) T. iodochilus Ridl.<br />
Habit of T. arachnites,' stem about 4 in. long, covered with<br />
strongly ribbed sheaths. Leaves oblong-linear, 3 to 5 in. long,<br />
'5 in. wide. Racemes fiat, I in. long or more on peduncles 1'5 in.<br />
long. Bracts boat-shaped as in T. arachnites. Flowers on pedicels<br />
'3 in. long. Sepals and petals triangular-Ianceolate long caudate,<br />
tails filiform, very slender, '75 in. long, ochre yellow, spur pink<br />
short blunt, :12 in. long. Lip '25 in. long, linear narrow violet.<br />
Hab. Trees at 1000 ft. altitude. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga<br />
Pass (Ridley).<br />
(9) T. leucarachne Rtdl. Journ. Lin1t. Soc. xxxii. 379.<br />
Stem 4 to 5 in. long. Leaves broadly linear-Iorate blunt, 6 in.<br />
long, '5 in. wide. Peduncles 6 in. long; racemes rather short;<br />
bracts acute. Sepals and petals linear-acuminate caudate filiform<br />
white. Lip saccate at base, side-lobes elongate, falcate acute,<br />
midlobe lanceolate acute, white, base crimson, lobes and disc inside<br />
violet spotted pubescent; callus small papilliform violet. Hab.<br />
Lankawi (Curtis). Dtstrib. South Siam.<br />
(10) T. notabile Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 379; Mat. i.<br />
183. Sarcochilus (Ridleya) notabilis Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 42; Ic.<br />
Pl. 2126.<br />
Stem 2 in. long. Leaves broad lorate oblong, green or purple,<br />
3 in. long, '5 to I in. wide. Scapes very slender, 3 in. long, purple,<br />
raceme I in. long. Bracts acute ovate purple. Flowers '75 to<br />
I in. wide. Sepals linear very narrow acuminate caudate. Petals<br />
similar, all yellow or reddish. Lip saccate ovate cuspidate, sidelobes<br />
not distinct, yellow with pink spots. Column foot adnate to<br />
lip, not distinct. Hab. Not common. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang;<br />
Bukit Mandai. Johor, Batu Pahat (Ridley). Perak, Teluk Anson<br />
(Williams).<br />
73. DENDROCOLLA, Bl.<br />
Small epiphytes; stems short. Leaves lorate or terete. Scapes<br />
erect; peduncle long; rachis thickened or not flattened. Bracts<br />
persistent not distichous. Flowers very fugacious small. Sepals<br />
and petals spreading. Lip broad convolute pubescent inside,
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