14 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



inch long. Pedicels twice as long spreading. Dorsal sepal oblong 

 obtuse, laterals ovate oblong Jl inch long. Petals rather short oblong, 

 all pale pink. Lip large auricles f inch long lanceolate acute rosy 

 violet, blade rounded with G long iucurved teeth rosy, fovea deep 

 elliptic. Column emerald green, arms oblong truncate. 



M. plantaginea, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. 688 (not Steudel). 



Perak: Batu Kurau (Curtis), Gunong Buku (Scortechini), Ulu 

 Bubong (Kings Collector 1042G 10858), Telok Pinang (Ridley), 

 Taipeng (Curtis). Endemic. 



3. M. ACUTAXGULA, Hook. f. Ic. PI. t. 1835 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. 

 68. Stem swollen short. Leaves ovate lanceolate oblique acuminate 

 4-6 inches long by 1^ wide. Raceme 6 to 8 inches long base nude. 

 Bracts lanceolate deflexed. Flowers numerous green or white ^ inch 

 across pedicels \ inch long. Sepals linear oblong. Petals longer 

 and narrower. Lip auricles triangular acute, blade shorter pectinate 

 all round. Arms of column large rounded. 



Perak: Batang Padang, (Wray 1604), Larut Hills (Curtis); 

 Selangor: Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Endemic. 



4. M. coxCtEsta, Rchb. f. Walp. Ann. VI. 206. Stem swollen 

 at the base 1-2 inches long. Leaves 4 or 5 unequal ovate to ovate 

 lanceolate acimiinate, tlie largest. 6 to 7 inches long, by 2 inches wide. 

 Raceme 8 to 12 inches long, base about half nude. Flowers v<»ry 

 small crowded yellow or crimson. Sepals oblong, laterals broader. 

 Petals linear blunt. Lip without auricles oblong, three lobed, lateral 

 lobes erect broad blunt, median longer narrow blunt. Caj)sule erect 

 ^ inch long, ril)s crenulate. Hook. hi. Fl. Brit. Ind. A'. 689, Ridley 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIV. 334. King Ann. Roy. Bot. Cale. 8, p. 19, 

 Plate 23. 



M. Bernaysii, F. ]\Iuell. Fracrment XI. 21. M. trUohulata, Kurz 

 Andam. Rep. App. B XIX. M.^itsca,, Rchb. f. Walp. Ann. VI. 207. 

 Dienia rongesta, Lindl MaJa.ris latifolia. Sm. Rees Cvelop. .1/. 

 plicata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 456. 



Singapore: Kranji, Bukit Timah, etc. (Ridley) ; Malacca: Batu 

 Tiga (Ridley), Mount Ophir (Derrv), Snugei Hudang (Derrv 162) ; 

 Pahang: Selensing (Machado) ; Perak: Maxwell's Hill (Ridlev) ; 

 Penang: Waterfall Hill (TOtiO Ridley) ; Pulau Betong (Curtis 3121), 

 Lankawi (Curtis). Xative name Sigundol butan. Very comnum over 

 the Peninsula. Distrib. Tropical Himalaya, Buiiuah, Andaman isles, 

 Deccan, Ceylon, Cambodia, Borneo, China, Australia. 



5. M. MiCRAXTiTA, Hook. f. Ic. PI. t. 1834. Fl. Brit. lud. A', p. 

 688. Stem not swollen cree])ing on rocks or the grouud 6 inches long 

 or more. Leaves subdisticbous tbin lanceolate^ or ovate lanceolate 

 acute crisped coppery shining above, 2-4 inches long '^ imh wide, 



