Tas. 7563. 
TAINIA PENANGIANA. 
Native of Penang. 
Nat. Ord. Orncuipra.—'ribe EpIpENDREA. 
Genus Taina, Blume; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. iii. p. 515.) 
TaINIa penangiana; pseudobulbis crassis ovoideis vaginatis, vagina in tubum 
elongatum petiolum amplectente producta, folio lanceolato longe 
petiolato, scapo e basi pseudobulbi erecto petiolum longe superante 
gracili basi vaginis brevibus late ovatis imbricatis tecto, racemo 
laxifloro, bracteis lanceolatis pedicellis equilongis, floribus 2 poll. expans., 
sepalis petalisque consimilibus lanceolatis acuminatis flavidis rubro 
striatis, labelli albi lobis lateralibus obtusis columnam amplectantibus, 
intermedio parvo orbiculari v. rhombeo cuspidato, disco lamellis 3 ornato, 
calcare sacciforme lobulato, columna alata. 
T. penangiana, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. v. p. 820; in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2089. - 
The genus Tainia was founded by Blume on a Malayan 
plant, 7. speciosa, which was for many years the only 
recognized species. To this three, also Malayan, were 
added by Reichenbach, and one by Teijsmann and Beinnen- 
dyke. These five are all that were known at the date of 
publication of the Index Kewensis; since which upwards 
of a dozen species have been recognized, chiefly British 
Indian, and it may be confidently anticipated that there 
are not a few yet to be discovered. One only has hitherto 
been published in this magazine, namely 1. viridifusea, 
Benth. (Calanthe viridifusca, Hook., t. 4669.) 
T. penangiana was first described in the ‘Flora of 
British India’’ from very imperfect herbarium specimens, 
in which no pseudobulb was present at the base of the 
petiole, and the midlobe of the lip had crisped margins, no 
doubt from contraction in drying. The plant figured was 
received at the Royal Gardens, Kew, from Penang, where 
it was discovered growing on damp rocks by Mr. C. Curtis, 
F.L.S., Assistant Superintendent, Gardens and Forest 
Department. It flowers annually in March, in a warm 
house. - 
Descr.—Pseudobulbs clustered, two inches long, ovoidly 
flagon-shaped, clothed with brown, scarious sheaths, the 
NovEMBER Ist, 1897. 
