334 MR, HENRY RIDLEY ON ORCHIDEE AND 
Hab. Singapore: Sungei Buluh! 
Malacca ! 
Lankawi Islands, Curtis ! 
Siam: Bangtaphan! Dr. Keith. 
As I have elsewhere mentioned, (. pubescens, Lindl., when 
typical, looks very different from C. aloifolium, Sw., but the 
two plants pass into each other, and it is really often hard to 
draw the line between them. 
The var. pubescens is much less abundant than the very common 
C. aloifolium, which grows everywhere on trees, especially near 
the sea coast. 
It is visited and fertilized by hornets, Vespa cincta, Fabr., 
and also by Carpenter bees, Xylocopa, spp. 
CymBipium acutuM, Ridl., sp. nova. Czespitosa. Rhizoma 
crassum. Folia 12 poll. longa, } poll. lata, plurima, erecta, 
graminea. Scapus 6-8 poll. longus, erectus vel sub-erectus 
froctifer nutans. Flores panci, 14 poll. in diam., remoti. 
Bractee breves, ovate, acute; pedicelli 1 poll. longi et ultra. 
Sepala 1 poll. longa, } poll. lata, lanceolata acuta, albescentia 
a fascid median purpured tincta. Petala sepalis breviora. 
Labellum sepalis brevius; lobi laterales longiusculi, obtust, 
albescentes in margine nervisque kermesini; discus ochreus ; 
carine 2 integre apice crassiores; lobus medius ovatus, 7 
margine sinuatns, mucronatus, atro-kermesinus, in medio 4 
macula aurantiacd ornatus. Columna recta, lata, in ventre 
plana, violaceo-purpurea. Anthera pileata, ochrea; marge 
anticus latus, retusus; pollinia triangularia, obovata; discus 
latus, transverse ellipticus, utrinque acutus. Stigma trans 
versim oblongum, angustum. Capsula 3 poll. longa, fusiformis, 
rostrata ; pedicellus 14 poll. longus, incrassatus. 
Hab. Perak: Waterloo Estate, Kwala Kangsa Valley, Bir 
Greme Elphinstone ! Thaiping Hills! 
This is a very distinct plant, forming large tufts of narrow, 
grassy leaves, which are not articulated above the base as in 
CQ, aloifolium, Sw. 
The scape is rather short and erect; the flowers smaller than 
in C. aloifolium, Sw., with nearly white sepals and petals, with 
a medium bar of purple. The lip has the form of C. aloifolium, 
but is differently coloured. It is a very distinct and pretty 
plant. 
