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plants brought down to Singapore from as far north as Siam 
flowered simultaneously with those in Singapore. 
The natives call it “Bunga Angin” (lit. Windflower) in 
Malacca, and boil the pseudo-bulbs and use them for earache. 
Denprosium (§ Ciavat&) INconcINNUM, Ridl., sp. nova. Radices 
longe, crassee. Caules ultrapedales, basi pollicari teretes, dein 
pseudo-bulbosi 13-pollicares fusiformes, superne graciles ramosi 
teretes. Folia dissita; vagine 14 poll. longe ; lamine 13 poll. 
longee } poll. late, apice obtuse. Racemz poll. longi, a bracteis 
siccis tecti, ex internodorum basibus extrusi. Flores 1 poll. 
longi, singulatim expansi, albi. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum 
acutum, lateralia multo majora ovata acuta falcata; mentum 
rectum, longius. Petala linearia, falcata. Labellum obcor- 
datum, emarginatum ; lobi laterales lati apice rotundati, medius 
suppressus. Columna lata, erecta; stelidia parva, erecta. 
Stigma oblongum, majusculum. 
Hab. Siam: Pungah, on trees near the village, C. Curtis ! 
A very insignificant straggling plant, with the stem swollen 
into a pseudo-bulb an inch and a half above the base. 
It appears to be most nearly allied to D. crumenatum, Sw. 
D. (§ Cravarz) Ctavator, Ridl., sp. nova. Caules ultra- 
pedales, basi et apice nudi, superne graciles; internodi 
basales pauci, teretes, unus ? poll. longus incrassatus fusi- 
formis 10-costatus olivaceus. Folia3 poll. longa, ;’; poll. crassa, 
pauca, remota, teretia, acuta, canaliculata. Racemi breves, e 
caulis parte nuda terminali orti; bractee plures brunee. 
Flores parvi, singulatim expansi, pallide flavescentes rubrotincti. 
Sepalum posticum % poll. longum lanceolatum acutum, lateralia 
35. poll. lata late ovata falcata ; mentum latum, curvum, 
crassum. Petala } poll. longa, lanceolata, sepalo postico 
breviora angustiora. Labelli lobi laterales oblongi rotundati 
pallidi rubronervosi, medius ovatus obtusus minute denticulatus ; 
discus elevatus flavescenti-rubescens. Columna brevis, striato- 
rubescens. Anthera rotundato-oblonga, late marginata ; stelidia 
obscura. Stigma rotundatum, viride. 
Hab. Perak: Thaiping! 
This species is allied to D. clavipes, Hook. f., but differs in the 
terete leaves grooved on the upper surface, and the denticulate 
mid-lobe of the lip. 
