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subquadrately cordate,” oblanceolate petals, and bracts hardly 
an inch with a broad, thickened, roughened area from the base 
to the apiculate tip. It is the only other species of the group 
known to me. 
Erta (§ Denprotrrion) pULCHELLA, Lindl., Bot. Reg. (1841) 
Misc., p. 52, et in Wall. List., n. 7407. 
Hab. Singapore: Kranji! Pulau Tekong! Sungei Morai! 
Johore: Kwala Kahang, Lake and Kelsall! Batu 
Pahat! 
Malacca: Bukit Batu Tiga, I. Derry! 
Penang: Government Hill, C. Curtis, rocks near 
Beach ! 
Pahang: Pulau Tiuman! 
Perak: Scortechini. 
Sungei Ujong: N. Cantley ! 
Kedah: Kedah Peak. 
Also Rhio! And Borneo, Haviland ! 
A very common plant growing often high up on branches of 
trees, often creeping over rocks by the sea or on the rivers. It 
is called “ Pard Chinduai” and “ Sakat Bigus,” by the Malays 
of Sungei Ujong. 
The flowers are of a buff yellow, the lip has a white claw 
with a central purple spot, and three purple bars ending in a 
purple blotch on the lamina. The lip is not ‘‘ mobile” in any 
plants which I have seen, as described by Blume. 
E. (§ Denprotrrion) pANNEA, Lindl., Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc., 
p. 64, 
Hab, Singapore: Kranji! Chan Chu Kang! 
Johore: Batu Pahat! Tana Runto! 
Malacca: Merliman! Sungei Bahra, I. Derry, Mt. 
Ophir ! 
Perak: Scortechini. 
This is called in Malacca “ Poko Kura Kubong,” and the 
leaves and roots are boiled and the decoction used for bathing 
by the aborigines (Jakuns) in cases of shivering fever. It is a 
common little plant creeping on branches of trees often very 
high up. 
E. (§ Denprowirion) PELLIPES, Reichb. f., ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. 
Ind., v. p. 802. 
