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APOSTASIACEH OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 319 
PLOCOGLOTTIS JAVANICA, Blume, Bijdr., p. 881. t. 21. 
Hab. Singapore: Local; Chan Chu Kang, and Choa Chu 
Kang! 
Johore: Hulu Batu Pahat, Lake and Kelsall! Ten- 
garah, J. Feilding ! 
Pahang: Kota Glanggi Woods! 
Perak : Maxwell’s Hill, Larut Hills! 
Kedah: Kedah Peak, woods ! 
This grows in damp, thick woods, As in all the species, I 
have seen the flowers open one by one, the lower ones, unless 
fertilized, falling off as the ones above open. In Blume’s 
figure, l.c., however, many flowers are represented as opening 
at once. 
P. ratipa, Ridl., sp. nova. Rhizoma crassiusculum ; radices 
crass, lanuginose. Caules 3 ped longi, plures, foliati. Folia 
6 poll. longa, 14-1? poll. lata, late lanceolata vel elliptico- 
lanceolata, acuta, a costis 3-5 elevatis percursa; vagine teretes, 
ore integre. Scapus altior, validus, pubescens, basi (vaginis 
paucis exceptis) nudus, superne laxe racemosus. Flores usque 
ad 20, majusculi, singulatim expansi, foetidi. Bracter } poll. 
longs, ovate acute, pubescentes, persistentes. Sepalum 
posticum # poll. longum, 3 poll. latum, ovato-lanceolatum 
acutum, lateralia torta deflexa. Petala cum sepalis subsequi- 
longa, lanceolata acuta; sepala petala aurantiaca rubro- 
maculata. Labellum } poll. longum, ferme }? poll. latum, 
quadratum, 3-dentatum, carnosum, citrinum, basi ad column 
margines adnatum. Columna brevis, crassa. Anthera conica ; 
pollinia globosa, pulverulenta. 
Hab. Singapore: Bukit Timah ! 
Johore: Tanjong Kopang, near Johor. 
Malacca: Jus! 
Selangor: Kwala Lumpur! 
This is not very rare, but seems to flower very rarely. It is 
called “ Galumbak” in Malacca. 
The flower emits a most footid stercoraceous odour. It occurs 
in dense, damp jungles. The affinity of the plant is with 
P. dilatata, Blume. 
