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NEW MALAYAN ORCHIDS. 



By Henry N. Eidley, M.A., F.L.S. 



The following new species of Orchids have been obtained since 

 the publication of my paper on the Orchids of the Malay Peninsula 

 in the Journal of the Linnean Society, xxxii. 213-415 (1896), I add 

 a few further notes on already described species, as well as a few 

 novelties of the Malay Archipelago. 



Oberonia aurantiaca, sp. n. Acaulis, foHa pauca (ad 6) 

 falcata acuminata carnosa atroviridia, 2 pollices longa, ^ pollicis 

 lata vel minora. Spica 4 pollices longa, nutans, basi bracteis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis tecta. Bractese virides anguste lineares 

 acuminatse. Flores minimi verticillati. Sepala ovata aurantiaca 

 patentia. Petala oblonga obtusa apicibus denticulatis multo an- 

 gustiora. Labellum angustum oblongum rufum, lobis lateralibus 

 mediocribus oblongis obtusis quam lobus medius multo brevioribus, 

 lobo medio anguste oblongo apice bifido. Columua pro genere alta 

 rufa, stelidiis nuUis. Authera alba. 



Selangor, Kajang. Coll. J. Gondenoufjh, 1897. 



A curious little species allied to 0. riifilahris Lindl., a Burmese 

 plant, from which the short lateral lobes of the lip and the spreading 

 terminal lobes with no intermediate one distinguish it. It is also a 

 more fleshy and stouter plant. 



Liparis (§ Mollifoli^) pectinifera, sp. n. Terrestris, pseudo- 

 bulbis vetustis cyhndricis, 4^ pollicis longis, ^ |)olhcis crassis, pur- 

 pureis. Folia majora tenuia inEequalia 5, undulata late viridia, 

 inferiora ovata, superiora lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata acuta, 

 nervis validis elevatis, 6 pollices longa, 3 pollices lata vel minora. 

 Scapus validus tricarinatus basi nudo. Flores mediocres dissiti. 

 Bracteffi ovatffi acut^ undulat^e superiores lanceat^e, ^ pollicis longtis. 

 Pedicelli cum ovariis ^ poUicis longi, graciles. Sepala linearia 

 obtusa voluta, laete viridia, f pollicis longa. Petala anguste linearia 

 breviora. Labellum oblongum apice late quadrato bilobo dentato, 

 linea mediana incrassato, callis nuUis, viride lineis 2 in disco pur- 

 pureis. Columna gracilis curva exalata viridis. Anthera ovata, 

 poUiniis aurantiacis. 



Southern Perak, Bindings. In woods on the hill Gunong 

 Tungul. 



I found this plant growing in dense woods on the ground, and, 

 bringing it home, flowered it in the botanic gardens. In habit it 

 resembles Microstylis congesta Lindl., being a stout plant with large 

 pseudo-bulbs and undulate leaves. The pectinate lip and complete 

 absence of calli, represented merely by a thickening at the base of 

 the lip, make it very distinct from any of our native species ; but it 

 is more closely to L. pectinata Ridl., a very little-known plant 

 collected once in the Philippines by Cuming. That species is, 

 however, much smaller, and has a pair of calh at the base of 

 the lip. 



