68 ON THE VEGETATION OF MALAYSIA, 



Sarcanthus croceus, yellow; Luzon. ♦S'. teretifolmis, colour?. 

 Singapore. 



(Eceoclades falcata, white ; Malaysia. 



JErides huttoni, white ; Borneo. This genus is named from aer 

 the air, because the plants possess the power of living almost 

 entirely upon matter which they absorb from the atmosphere. 

 The flowers usually are very fragrant and amongst the largest 

 orchids known. jE. tceniale, growing on branches, has long flat 

 roots hanj^ing down like the joints of a tape- worm ; hence the 

 name. JE. quinquevidnerum, pink, with five red blotches on each 

 flower, which the Spaniards in the Philippines likened to the 

 wounds of our Lord ; it is cultivated in Singapore. ^E suaveolens, 

 colour 1 ; Java. jE. suavissimum, white, lilac, orange ; JSIalacca. 

 jE. virens, purple and white ; Java. uE. superbfwi, purple and 

 white. 



Thelasis capitafa, Bl., colour?; Java. T. carinata, Bl., colour 1; 

 Java. 



Acantho2)hippium javanicum, crimson, rose ; Java. 



Calanthe abbreviata, colour ? ; Java. C. migustifolia, colour 1 ; 

 Java ; Gunong Hijau, Perak. C. curcuJigoides, orange ; Malacca. 

 C. emarginata, violet and orange ; Java. G. furcata, white ; 

 Luzon. C. parviflora, colour ? ; Java. C. pidclira^ orange ; 

 Java. C. speciosa, orange ; Java, C. veifchii, purple and rose ; 

 Borneo. C. veratrifolia, white ; Java. C. vestita, white and 

 crimson; Perak; Malacca; Singapore; Borneo. 



Grammatophyllum fastnosum, brown and yellow ; Malacca. 

 G. Tnultiflorum, green and brown ; Luzon. G. scriptum, colour 1 ; 

 Amboyna. G. speciosum, yellow and purple ; plant ten feet high ; 

 flower-stem six feet long ; flowers six inches across ; called the 

 Queen of Orchids ; Java. G. tigrinum, brown-spotted ; Luzon. 



Leoptardanthus scandens, colour ? ; Java ; Singapore. 



Phalmnopsis amabilis, white and yellow ; Manila ; Borneo. P. 

 grandiflora, white and yellow; Java; Borneo. P. cornucervi. 



