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230 CXXXVI. ORCHIDEAl:. [HabmaTta.<br />
(12) H. lacertifera Benth. Fl. Hongkong 362. H. Maingayi<br />
King Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvi. ii. 604. Peristylus candidus<br />
J. J. Smith Orchid v. Java 36, pl. xviii.<br />
Whole plant 8 to 18 in. tall, roots tuberous. Leaves 2 or 3 at<br />
base of stem, lanceolate or elliptic-Ianceolate acute. Spike 6 to 9 in.<br />
long. Flowers small appressed, fragrant, white. Upper sepal<br />
ovate; laterals falcate oblong blunt, nearly '25 in. long. Petals<br />
oblong-Ianceolate shorter. Lip short broad with 3 short blunt<br />
lobes, central one longest, rarely central shortest, spur very short,<br />
conic pointed green. Hab. Common on roadsides and grassy open<br />
spots. Singapore, Tanglin; Jurong. Johor, Castlewood. Malacca,<br />
Sungei Ujong (Derry); Nyalas. Penang Hill. Distrib. Mergui,<br />
Tavoy, N. India, Sumatra, Lingga, Java, Borneo, Hongkong.<br />
(13) H. monticola Rzdl. Journ. Lznn. Soc. xxxii. 413; Mat. i.<br />
228. Whole plant 5 to 12 in. tall or It.ss, very slender, tubers oblong.<br />
Leaves basal, 3 or 4, lanceolate acute, 1'5 to 2'25 in. long, '5 in.<br />
wide. Stem slender, 3 to 6 in. long. Raceme lax, 1'5 in. long,<br />
of very small green flowers. Sepals oblong-ovate. Petals elliptic<br />
oblong shorter. Lip trifid with a short claw, side-lobes filiform<br />
nearly 2, midlobe much shorter, spur as long as sepals, bifid.<br />
Hab. Mountains on banks, not common. Malacca, Mt. Ophir.<br />
Penang Hill, near the Crag Hotel (Ridley). Kedah Peak (Haniff).<br />
TRIBE V. CYPRIPEDIElE (GENERA 106).<br />
106. PAPHIOPEDILUM, Pfitz.<br />
Herbs usually terrestrial. Leaves radical often tessellate.<br />
Scape I or 2 (or many) flowered. Flowers large. Sepals spreading,<br />
laterals connate beneath the lip. Petals free usually narrower<br />
and longer. Lip sessile, lateral lobes inflexed, short, midlobe large<br />
saccate. Column short terete; anthers 2 globose with a large disclike<br />
staminode between and covering them. Stigma round, discshaped.<br />
Capsule long and narrow, elliptic.<br />
Distrib. Tropical Asia, about 30 species, N. and E. India, Malay<br />
Isles to China.<br />
Terrestrial. Leaves oblong tessellate herbaceous.<br />
Petals as broad as petals not warted; flowers white (I) P. niveum<br />
Petals narrower than sepals; flowers purple and<br />
green and white.<br />
Edges warted with hairs on warts; upper sepal<br />
sub-acute or blunt . . . . (2) P. barbatum<br />
Edges warted, no hairs; upper sepal abruptly<br />
acuminate . . (3) P. Robinsonii<br />
Petals warted all over. . .. (4) P. superbiena<br />
Epiphytic, leaves lorate coriaceous plain green.<br />
Scape several flowered long . ., (5) P. Lowii
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