328 MR. HENRY RIDLEY ON ORCHIDEX AND 
lobis rotundatis. Columna 4 poll. longa, basi oblonga, superne 
late dilatata, in margine late sinuata. Anthera parva, ovata, 
aurantiaca; rostellum ovatum, tenue. Stigma reniforme, 
margine elevata. 
Hub. Perak: Larut Hills! 4,000 feet alt. 
A small compact plant with the foliage and pseudo-bulbs of a 
Pholidota, and a short erect scape. The lip is pandurate in 
outline with the disc thickened and bearing two low keels. At 
the base, which is slightly saccate, is a good deal of nectar. 
PHOLIDOTA, Lindl. 
P. tmpricata, Lindl. in Hook., Baot. F., ii. t. 138. 
Hab. Lankawi Islands: C. Curtis! 
Siam: Bangtaphan, Dr. Keith! Tonka (Native 
collector). 
Perak : Scortechini. 
Apparently common in Java and Borneo. The peninsula 
form is generally the stunted one with short leaves and 
peduncle. 
P. micrantua, Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., v. p. 847, et Ic. Pl.» 
t. 1891. 
Hab. Perak: Gunong Batu Putih, Wray. 
P. pecurva, Ridl., sp. nova. Caules elongati, ramosi 3 inter- 
nodii 3-4 poll. longi, psendo-bulbosi, teretes, olivacei, basi 
vaginati superne nudi. Folia bina, 4 poll. longa, 14 poll. lata, 
late obovata vel oblanceolata, acuta, canaliculata, striata, atro- 
viridia. Racemus 6 poll. longus, gracilis, decurvus, basi nudus 
superne flexuosus; bractes lanceolate: acutw, caduce. Flores 
ferme 1 poll. lati, plures. Sepala } poll. longa, ovata aut 
oblonga, subacuta. Petala sepalis minora, oblonga; sepala 
petala carnea. Labellum oblongum, cymbeforme, marginibus 
involutis ; carine 5, basi incrassate, apices versus attenuate : 
epichilium bilobum, subquadratum, basi tortum, roseo-carneum 
basi aurantiacum. Colwmna recta, oblonga, rosea. Anthera 
depressa, plana, bilocularis; margo posticus prolongatus lobis 
2 oblongis rotundatis, anticus rostratus ; rostellum ovatum 
acuminatum acutum, integrum. 
Hab. Perak: C. Curtis ! (cultivated in Penang Gardens.) 
This is most nearly allied to P. articulata, Lindl. 
