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APOSTASIACEE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 329 
CALANTHE, R. Br. 
C. veratriFouta, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 573. 
Hab. Johore; Sedili River! 
Perak: Larut Hills, 2,000 feet alt. 
Selangor: Bukit Hitam, Kelsall ! 
Common in Sumatra (at Siak and other localities). 
I cannot satisfactorily distinguish what I take to be C. dip- 
loxiphion, Hook. f., from the common C. veratrifolia, R. Br.; it 
seems to be merely a form growing in thick wet jungle. The 
common plant is very variable in form of leaf, size of bracts, 
compactness of raceme, and length of spur, and in the Larut 
Hills almost every plant looks different. In the drier woods of 
the Sedili River, one gets the compact-headed form with fairly 
large flowers; and the same form is brought by the orchid 
collectors from Siak in Sumatra. A very distinct looking form 
from Perak has a lax elongate raceme, with broad bracts, and 
large flowers with the sepals tipped with bright green ; but it 
passes into the common form. The colour of the callus varies 
from white to yellow and orange-red. 
C. Wray, Hook. f., Ic. Pl., t. 2114, except for the pectinate 
calli, seems to me the same species. The plant described in the 
‘ Flora of British India,’ v, p. 850, under the same name, I take 
to be C. Cecilie, Hort. Low. 
C. Ceci, Hort. Low, ex Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1883) 
I. p. 432. 
Hab. Sungei Ujong: Gunong Talan! 
Perak: Hermitage Hill, 2,000 feet alt! 
Pahang: Kota Glanggi Woods? 
This plant was described by Reichenbach from a living 
specimen sent from Perak by Sir Hugh Low. The description 
was overlooked accidentally in the ‘ Flora of British India.’ The 
well-known locality for it is on the slopes of the Hermitage 
Hill, near Kwala Kangsa, where it grows on granite rocks. 
The natives of Sungei Ujong call it “ Suboy.” 
Reichenbach gives its affinity as with C. parviflora, Lindl., 
a Javan plant. I do not know this, but it is certain that 
C. Cecilie is very near C. Masuca, Lindl. There is a figure of 
it among Scortechini’s drawings, and I take it that this is the 
