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ON THE ORCHIDEZ AND APOSTASIACER. 213 
The Orchideee a (evlasiacee of the Malay Peninsula. By 
Henry Ripi#f, M.A., F.L.S., Director Gardens and Forest 
Department, Singapore. 
[Read 5th April and 3rd May, 1894.] 
Tue plants enumerated and described in this paper are those 
of the Malay Peninsula, from Kedah State (lat. 7° N., long. 
99°30 to 104°30 E.) to Singapore, including the Lankawi 
Islands, and all other islands adjacent to the west coast, and 
the islands of Pulau Tioman, Pulau Tinggi, and Pulau Aor, on 
the east coast of Johore. I have added a few from Southern 
Siam, on the borders of the Malay Peninsula. 
The whole area is about 50,000 square miles in extent. 
Much of this country is as yet practically unknown botanically ; 
the northern States and the hill ranges which form the main 
chain of the peninsula, when it is possible to explore these, will 
doubtless add very largely to our knowledge. Of the earlier 
collectors, Cuming and Lobb found many species in Singapore, 
and both visited Mount Ophir in Malacca. Unfortunately 
Lobb’s collections were so irregularly labelled that it is often 
doubtful as to where he obtained his specimens. In Wallich’s 
Herbarium are a number of species collected by himself in 
Singapore and Penang, and by Finlayson in Penang and other 
parts of the peninsula. Griffith collected many on Mount 
Ophir and other parts of Malacca, and Maingay collected also 
in Penang and Malacca. Perak, a very rich district, has been 
explored by Father Scortechini, Mr. Wray, of the Perak 
Museum, Kunstler, Mr. Curtis, and myself. Mr. Curtis has 
obtained many species also in Penang, Kedah, the Lankawi 
Islands, and on the Siamese coast. I have visited myself, 
within the last six years, the States of Johore, Malacca, Pahang, 
Selangor, Sungei Ujong, Perak, Kedah, and the Island of 
Penang; as well as investigated pretty thoroughly the Island 
of Singapore ; and I have received from many other parts of 
the peninsula, living and herbarium specimens from native 
dealers, and from various private persons; among the latter 
Lieut. Kelsall, R.A., obtained valuable series from the high 
hill, Bukit Hitam, and from the limestone caves of Kwala 
Lumpur in Selangor, and also from various parts of the interior 
of Johore, during an expedition across the peninsula in company 
