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212 CXXXVI. ORCHIDEJE. [Cystorchis.<br />
verse orange bar, pubescent oblong-Ianceolate. Lip side-lobes<br />
involute orange, midlobe ovate, base narrowed, white. Hab. In<br />
damp woods. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Kranji. Johor,<br />
Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Tahan River. Selangor, Kwala Selangor.<br />
Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Batu Kurau (Curtis).<br />
Kedah Peak.<br />
var. purpurea RidI. C. javanica BI. I.c. 87. Leaves deep<br />
purple usually a smaller plant with smaller leaves. Hab. Singapore,<br />
Chan Chu Kang. Pahang, Tahan River woods. Perak<br />
(Scortechini). Distrib. Java, Borneo.<br />
(2) C. aphyUa Rldl. Joum. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 400; Mat. i.<br />
212.<br />
Saprophytic leafless plant, 6 in. tall, roots thick; stems covered<br />
with ovate acuminate sheaths. Flowers 4 or 5 in short terminal<br />
spike. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, '25 in. long. Petals shorter<br />
narrower. Lip lanceolate, base saccate, side-lobes involute hardly<br />
distinct, midlobe blunt. Anther ovate beaked curved upwards.<br />
Rostellum o. Hab. In forests scarce and difficult to find. Pahang,<br />
Gunong Tahan (Haniff). Malacca, Merlimau. Selangor, Semangkok<br />
Pass (Ridley). Distrib. Java, Borneo, Philippines.<br />
93. ANlECTOCHILUS, BI.<br />
Terrestrial herbs; stems ascending. Leaves ovate or lanceolate;<br />
petioled. Scapes glandular pubescent. Flowers medium<br />
size or small. Upper sepal adnate to petals forming a hood, laterals<br />
spreading. Lip adnate to column base, base saccate or spurred.<br />
Side-lobes erect or spreading; midlobe clawed, claw often pectinate,<br />
blade broadly bilobed, lobes divaricate or nearly entire, round.<br />
Column short with 2 wings in front. Anther lanceolate. Pollinia<br />
clubbed on a shield-like disc. Rostellum long bifid. Stigmata 2<br />
pustular on each side of rostellum. Species about 50, Indo-Malaya,<br />
China, including Odolltochilm, Myrmechis, and Cystopus.<br />
§ I. Eu-AntBctochtlU5. Stem short ascending with ovate leaves brownpurple<br />
veined with gold. Claw of hp fimbnate.<br />
Spur entire.<br />
Claw of lip horizontal, spur horizontal. . (I) A. Reinwardtii<br />
Claw at base parallel to column then geniculate;<br />
spur pendulous . (2) A. geniculatus<br />
Spur bifid at tip; lip horizontal (3) A. albolineatus<br />
§ 2. Odontoch,'us. Stem rather elongate; flowers numerous. Leaves<br />
green.<br />
Stem I ft. long; lip claw fimbriate, base saccate<br />
Stem 6 in. long; lip claw with 3 or 4 teeth, base<br />
saccate. . . . . . .<br />
(4) A. pectinatus<br />
(5) A. brevistylis<br />
Stem very slender; leaves very small brown, claw<br />
crenulate; hp spurred . . . . (6) A. calcaratus<br />
Stem short; flowers I or 2 large; lip claw entire,<br />
base saccate (7) A. macranthus
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