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APOSTASIACEH OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 355 
erecti; medius linearis recurvus basi a callis 2 quadratis 
ornatus; calcar breve conicum. Columna elongata, gracilis, 
arcuata; clinandrium convexum; stelidia brevia, rotundata, 
Anthera conica, margine retuso ; pollinia 2 elliptica, spathulata ; 
pedicellus latus, oblanceolatus ; discus latus oblongo-quadratus. 
Capsula 14 poll. longa, obconica. 
RENANTHERELLA HISTRIONICA, Ridl. Caules 2 ped. longi. Folia 
3 poll. longa, superne canaliculata, patentia, crassa, atro-viridia. 
Racemi 4 poll. longi; bractez breves, ovate, acute, amplexi- 
caules. Sepaluwm posticum erectum, lateralia postico breviora 
latiora convexa obliqua sub labello posita. Petala obtusa, ut 
sepala flava rubro-maculata rubro-marginata. Labellum sepalis 
multo brevius, 3-lobum; lobi laterales flavi rubro-maculati, 
apice rotundati marginibus rectis, medius lateralibus brevior 
flavus callis pallidis. Columna virescens rubro-marginata. 
Ovarium elongatum, gracile. Renanthera histrionica, Reichb, 
f. in Gard. Chron. (1878) p. 74; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., vi. 
p. 49. 
Hab. Singapore: Sirangoon, in a mangrove swamp! 
Malacca: Mt. Ophir, on trees ! 
This curious plant was described by Reichenbach from a 
plant of unknown locality cultivated in Day’s Garden, and 
referred to the genus Renanthera, with which indeed it has 
much in common. But beside the habit, utterly unlike that of 
an ordinary Renanthera, it has an elongate, graceful, arched 
column, quite peculiar in the Sarcanthew. It is an epiphyte, 
scrambling on tree branches, to which it clings by its long, 
white, stout, cylindrical roots. The narrow, fleshy, half-terete 
leaves, sharply pointed, are of a dark, dull green. The slender 
racemes bear a few flowers, opening but two or three at a time, 
of an orange yellow, with Indian red blotches. It flowers 
several times in the year. 
VANDA, R. Br. 
V. Hooxertana, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, iv. (1856) p. 324. 
Hab. Johore: Batu Pahat, Lake and Kelsall! 
Perak: Kinta! 
A terrestrial plant growing among bushes in swamps. The 
flowers vary very much in colour and size. It is commonly 
cultivated in Singapore under the name of the Kinta Weed. 
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