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had white sepals and petals and a deep maroon lip. It grew 
abundantly, deep in moss, but seems to flower rarely. The 
remarkable growth of the pedicel just as the fruit is ripening 
I have alluded to under Didymopleais. 
I have seen this or the next species out of flower on Mt. 
Ophir and Bukit Hitam, in Selangor. 
CorysaNnTHEs Fornicata, Lindl., Gen. et Sp. Orch., p. 394. 
Hab. Perak: Tambak Batak ; Gunong Huar, Scortechint. 
POGONTA, Juss. 
P. puncrata, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat., i. p. 32, et Orch. 
Archip. Ind., p. 150, t. 49, f. 2. 
Hab. Singapore: Bukit Timah ! 
Lankawi Islands: Terutau, 0. Curtis! 
This grows in very wet spots in the jungle on Bukit Timah. 
It is not recorded from the Malay Peninsula in the ‘ Flora of 
British India.’ 
P. FLABELLIFORMIS, Lindl. in Wall. List, n. 7400. 
Hab. Pahang: Kwala Tembeling Woods ? 
Perak : damp grassy fields, Padang Rengas ! 
I am doubtful as to the leaf specimens from the Pahang 
locality, but I have little doubt as to the flowering ones from 
Perak. 
P.? srriata, Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Ser. II. (Bot.) iti. 
(1893) p. 377. 
Hab. Pahang: Tahan River Woods ! 
DIDYMOPLEXIS, Griff. 
D. PALLENS, Griff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. (1844) p. 383, 
t. 17. 
Hab. Singapore: Chan Chu Kang! Bajan! 
Johore: Gunong Panti! 
Perak : Scortechini. 
Kedah: Kedah Peak! 
A very succulent, fragile plant, very inconspicuous when 
in flower. It grows usually in dry woods. The remarkable 
lengthening of the pedicel of the flower after fertilization has 
been described and figured by Hemsley in ‘Journ. Linn. Soc. 
(Bot.)’ xx. (1883) p. 311, t. 28. The object of it is, as Hemsley 
