18 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsida. 



9. 0. AURAXTIACA, Kidlov, Journ, Bot. A^ol. 3G, p. 210. Leaves 

 about G falcate acuminate fiesliy dark green 2 inches long l inch wide 

 or less. Spike 4 inclies long nodding base covered with lanceolate 

 acuminate bracts. Bracts narrow]}' linear acuminate. Flowers 

 minute whorled. Sepals ovate spreading orange. Petals oblong 

 obtuse tips toothed, much narrower. Lip narrow oblong red much 

 longer than the sepals, lateral lobes short oblong obtuse narrow, me- 

 dian long narrowly oblong bifid at the apex. Column rather longer 

 than usual. 



Selangor: Kajang (Goodenough). Endemic. 



10, 0. TXSECTiFiiiHA, Hook. fil. Ic. PI. t. 2004, Leaves ensiform 

 straight narrow upwards 2 to 4 inches long -J inch wide. Spike about 

 as long as the leaves. Bracts subulate minutely erose. Flowers sub- 

 whorled sessile ^V in<-'h across. Sepals ovate subacute. Petals linear. 

 Lip much longer, side-lobes 2-3 partite 'with linear lol)ules, midlobe 

 much longer with two linear lobes. Capsule shortlv, pedicelled. 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VL p. 180. 



Pahang: Tahan Piver (Pidley) ; Perak: Larut Hills at 3,500 feet 

 altitude (King's Coll. 2T93). Endemic. 



§ 2. Caulescentes. 



11, 0. AXCEPS, Lindl., Sert. Orch. sub. t. 8. Stems tufted 4 to 

 10 inches long witii short cultratc leaves ^-h inch long very numerous 

 and close. Spike cylindric 1-3 inches long densely covered with 

 flowers. Bracts ovate entire, concealed by tlie flowers. Flowers 

 ocreous. Sepals ovate. Petals much smaller linear, entire all re- 

 fle.xed so as to be invisible behind the broad lip. Lip ovate or oblong 

 ovate emarginate longer than the sepals. Column arms bright green. 

 Capsule sessile globose. Lindl, Fol. Orch. 6, Hook, f, Fl, Brit. Ind, 

 V. 685, 0. imhrkata, Wight, Ic. t, 1629 (not Blume). 0. GriffiihU, 

 Wight, Ic, Y, 4, Malaxlx ancpps, Echb. f, Walp. Ann, VI. 214, 



Singapore: Galang (Ridley 9513), Kranji (Ridley); Malacca: 

 Tanjong Kling (Ridley) ; Pahang: near Pekan (Ridley 1559), Pasir 

 Lovang (Ridley) ; Selangor: (luting Bidai (Ridlev) ; Perak: Dindings 

 (Pidley) (Scortochini) ; Penang: Waterfall Hill (Curtis), Dis- 

 tribution Tenasserim, Native name, Sakat Lidah Buaya, 



Leaves used for poulticing. The largest native species easily 

 distinguished by its long stem and dense spike of yellow flowers. 



12. 0, iMiNiATA, Lindl., Bot. l^^g. 1843, Misc. 8. Stem short 

 1-11 inch long, leaves ensifoi'm acute about 8, one inch long \ inch 

 wide. Spike slender H-8 inches long puberulous base nude. Flowers 

 tjV ii^eli across lax pedicelled, red. Bracts lanceolate shorter than the 

 pedicels. Pedicels ))ubern]ous. Sepals ovale, eiliate. Petals nar- 

 rower. Lip base naiMow dilated towards the apex denticulate bilobed. 

 Tiindl. Fol. Orch. (i. Hook. f. Fl. I'.ril. Iml. \'. {\>^~). Mnlaxia ininiain, 

 Ifchb. f. Walp. Ann. VI. 215. 



