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Corymbis.] CXXXVI. ORCHlDEJE. 2UY<br />
I in. long. Column'3 in. long. Hab. Limestone rocks, Perak,<br />
Kwala Dipang (Kunstler).<br />
A very little known plant.<br />
89. TROPIDIA, Bl.<br />
Stems wiry leafy. Leaves lanceolate acuminate membranous.<br />
Panicles or racemes short axillary or terminal. Flowers small,<br />
pale green or white. Sepals and petals lanceolate similar connivent.<br />
Lip entire, base saccate. Column short. Anther Ian ceolate.<br />
Pollinia 4 elongate pyriform with long slender caudicle and<br />
ovate disc. Rostellum triangular bifid. Capsule cylindric. Species<br />
6 or 7, Indo-Malaya, China, Polynesia, Jamaica.<br />
Racemes axillary and sub-termmal sessIle; bracts<br />
short . . . . . . . . (I) T. curculigoides<br />
Racemes peduncled; bracts 1'5 Ill. long or less . (2) T. Maingayi<br />
Spike termmal dense peduncled . (3) T. angulosa<br />
(r) T. curculigoides Lzndl. Wall. Cat. 7386; Gen. and Sp.<br />
Orch. pl. 497. T. squamata Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. 123, t. 41; Ridl.<br />
Mat. i. z09.<br />
Stems slender or stout, 8 to IZ in. tall. Leaves lanceolate<br />
long-acuminate plicate, 6 to 9 in. long, I to 1'5 in. wide. Racemes<br />
axillary or sub-terminal sessile, '5 in. long, with many broad ovate<br />
ribbed bracts. Flowers '25 in. long, greenish white, vanilla-scented.<br />
Sepals lanceolate falcate. Petals narrower, linear falcate. Lip<br />
lanceolate, base saccate. Hab. Common in forests. Singapore,<br />
Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Batu<br />
Pahat. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Ginting<br />
Bidai; Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Perak, Thaiping Hills. Kedah<br />
Peak (Robinson and Kloss). Drstrib. India, Ceylon, Borneo.<br />
(z) T. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 93; Ridl. Mat. i. zog.<br />
Stem 12 to 18 in. tall. Leaves elliptic-Ianceolate acuminate,<br />
6 to 6'5 in. long, 1'5 in. wide, 7-ribbed. Spikes terminal and<br />
axillary, I in. long. Peduncle I to 2 in. long, flexuous. Bracts,<br />
lower ones '15 in. long, linear acuminate. Flowers '25 in. long,<br />
crowded. Sepals oblong-ovate blunt. Petals obliquely oblong.<br />
Lip ovate acute with 3 lamellate ribs. H abo Rare. Malacca, Mt.<br />
Ophir (Maingay, Griffith).<br />
(3) T.' angulosa Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. lz2; King Ann. Bot.<br />
Gard. Calc. viii. z75, pl. 1365; Rtdl. Mat. i. z09.<br />
Stem branched, 8 to IZ in. long. Leaves Z or 3 terminal ovate<br />
acuminate, base round, 3 to 5 in. long, I to 3 in. wide. Spike<br />
terminal dense; peduncle 3 to 4 in. long. Bracts'5 to '75 in. long,<br />
narrow. Flowers nearly '75 in. long, greenish white. Upper<br />
sepal linear-Ianceolate acute, laterals lanceolate connate to near<br />
tips. Petals narrow blunt. Lip oblong-ovate blunt, 2 lamellatc<br />
nerves in centre, base ·spurred. Capsule '5 in. long. Hab. Rare.<br />
Perak, Ipoh (Curtis). DzstYlb. India, Burma, Fr:rmosa.<br />
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