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tectij mox nudi. Folia singula, lanceolata acuta, plicata, ad basin angustata, 
1i-pedalia, 4 pollices lata, superne atro-purpureo-viridia, nitida, subtus læte purpurea. 
Scapi erecti, laterales, 1—2-pedales, purpurei, graciles, erecti, pubescentes, bracteis 
paucis dissitis. Racemus terminalis, floribus singulatim expansis, pluribus dissitis 
mediocribus. Bracteæ lanceolate acuminate, 1 pollicem longs. Ovarium gracile, 
pubescens, olivaceum, 4 pollicem longum. Sepalum posticum loratum, apice recurvo, 
vix i pollicem longum, i pollicem latum, pallide flavum, lateralia obliqua, aurita, 
curva, margine interiore incrassato, involuto, flavescentia, maculis atro-roseis in 
angulo interiore. Petala angusta, linearia acuta, quam sepalum posticum longiora, 
flava. Labellum breve, ferme quadratum, 1-pollicare, marginibus ad basin recurvis, 
apice lato, angulis exterioribus contortis, dente mediano, carnosum rubrum. 
Columna i-pollicaris, curva, flava, basi kermesina, superne clavata. Clinandrium 
profundum, margine dorsali subintegro. Anthera ? Stelidia rotundata, crassa, 
brevia. Stigma majusculum. Capsula 1i-polliearis, 4 pollicem crassa, angusta, 
oblonga, versus basin attenuata, coste equaliter carinate, carinis prominentibus, 
rotundatis. 
Pekan, in Pramau woods. 
I suppose this common plant has been passed over as P. acuminata, Blume, but it 
differs from Blume's description in the sepals and petals not being at all acuminate. № 
is very common in many parts of the Peninsula, from Singapore northwards, and I have 
also received it from Rhio. The flowers are inconspicuous and dull-coloured, but the 
leaves are of a fine purple, and the transmitted light of the sun towards evening, when 
it is low, causes them to resemble pieces of stained glass. 
LUISIA ANTENNIFERA, Blume. 
On low trees, Pulau Chengei, &c., on the Pahang River. 
ARACHNANTHE ALBA, п. sp. Caules 10-20-pedales, paullo compressi, $ pollicem crassi, 
fragiles, radicibus copiosis, longissimis. Folia lorata, obtuse inzequaliter biloba, 3 
pollices longa, 1% pollicem lata, vaginis subcompressis, viridibus, purpureo-punctatis, 
ore emarginato. Panicula longa, flexuosa. Flores ad 10, dissiti, magni, speciosi, 
pedicellis elongatis. Bractez ovatee, cucullatze, mediocres. Sepala linearia, spathu- 
lata, obtusa, marginibus revolutis, 11-pollicaria, 1 pollicem lata, omnia alba, similia. 
Petala paullo minora. Labellum parvum, lobis lateralibus latis, rotundatis, majus- 
culis, flavescentibus, kermesino-punetatis, lobo medio linguiformi subacuto, sub- 
integro, roseo-violaceo, striis medianis obseurioribus; disco inter lobos laterales, 
2 striis violaceis, et maculis aurantiacis 2. Columna crassa, recta, semitéres, 
flavescens, striis violaceis, ventre albo, marginibus violaceis. Anthera pileata, obtusa, 
margine producto, truncato, aurantiaco. gs | 
Climbing in and through bushes on the heath-district of Pramau and Kwala Pahang. 
It is also remarkably abundant on the small island in the Johore Strait known as 
Pulau Selitar: there the low trees are covered with it, the roots forming a dense curtain 
all through the undergrowth, not at all easy to penetrate. In hot and dry spots the 
