868 ; ‚МЕ. H. N. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
ARUNDINA SPECIOSA, Blume. (4. densiflora, Lindl.) 
Rocky islets in the Tahan River. 
_ The locality Singapore in the * Flora of British India’ is, I am sure, an error. There 
no likely spot for it to grow in Singapore. 
VANDEAX. 
EULOPHIA SQUALIDA, Lindl. 
Common by the Sedili River, Johore. 
E. GRAMINEA, L 
Sandy places near the sea: Вашрш; Kwantan; Sungei Meang. Common. 
CYMBIDIUM ALOIFOLIUM, Swartz. 
Pekan, Kwala Pahang. Common, open woods, orchards, «сс. 
Of this common orchid I have had under cultivation several forms; and having com- 
pared the broad, thick-leaved, large-flowered form (C. Finlaysonianum) with the figures of 
C. aloifolium, Sw., and with forms from India, I cannot see any really specific difference. 
C. pubescens, Lindl., is very different-looking, at first sight, from this species, but I have 
found forms intermediate between the two. tis probable that it will be found to be 
only a variety. Another form occurs in Perak, with narrow leaves and erect flower- 
spike, the flowers resembling those of C. aloifolium, Sw., but differing slightly in 
colour. It is possible that there is but one variable species extending from the Hima- 
layas to China and the Malay Peninsula. 
DiropruM Pictum, Reichb. f. 
Tahan woods; Kota Glanggi. Common. 
If this fine plant were more floriferous, it would be one of the most popular of the 
Malay orchids, but, unfortunately, it is rare to find even traces of flowers i in the wild 
state, and it very seldom flowers under cultivation. 
BROMHEADIA PALUSTRIS, Lindl. 
Pramau, near Pekan. 
B. ALTICOLA, Ridl. 
I found a piece of this fallen from a high tree in the Tahan woods. 
PLOCOGLOTTIS JAVANICA, Blume. 
Common in the Pulau Tawar woods and at Kota Glanggi. 
Blume’s figure (Orch. Archipel. Ind. t. 14) makes this appear a much finer plant than 
it really is, here at least, by representing a number of flowers open at a time. Here one 
or two only open at once. 
P. PORPHYROPHYLLA, n. sp.  Pseudobulbi plures іп rhizomate brevi, conici, olivacei, 
purpurei, superne attenuati, 3 pollices longi, $ pollicem lati, primo vaginis siccis 
