20 'Matoridh for n Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



IS. 0. orAiiLi^;. Hook. ni. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. GSo. Stems 6 to 8 

 inches long flcxiious. Loaves strniglit lanceolate acute one inch long. 

 Spike 4-0 inches long, low flowered. Flowers suhsessile reddish -^'o 

 inch across. Bracts very short triangular ovate. Dorsal sepal or- 

 hicular, laterals ovate. Petals linear. Lip with two ohlong cylindrie 

 obtuse lateral lolies, niidlobe quadrate flat obtusely 2 lobed. 



Perak: Kinta Kiver (King's Collector). Endemic. 



10. 0. CAi'DATA, King, Journ. As. Soe, Bengal LXVI. LI. p. ."iSl. 

 Stems an inch and a balf long. Leaves 4 or 5 distant, linear ensil'orm 

 acuminate falcate '} to 2 inches long -g'V inch broad. Spike much 

 decurved, as long as the longest leaf, lax-flowered. Flowers solitary 

 about gV inch long. Bract ovate entire. Sepals ovate oblong acute 

 ])ale red. Petals linear lanceolate acuminate. J^ip much longer, 

 lateral lobes ovate acuminate sjireadiug. midlobe narrow dee]dy divided 

 into 2 caudate acuminate lol)ules. 



Perak (Scortechini 3151)). Endemic. 



20. 0. EoLFKAXA, King, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal LXYI. IT. 581. 

 long and about | inch wide. Spike 3 or 4 times as long as the leaves 

 Stems about an inch long. Leaves ensil'orm acute falcate § to 1 inch 

 slendei' puberulous rathei' s])arsely flowered. Bract oblong edges erose. 

 Ovary glandulai- hairy stalked. Flowers oV inch orange coloured. 

 Sepals subequal ovate obtuse. Petals linear entire. Lip longer base 

 bi-oad and concave, lateral lobes I'ounded erect, midlolxnl narrow 

 sliortly bilobed at the apex, edges entire. 



Perak (Scorlecliini 210;}). Endemic. 



3. LiJ'ARis, Picbard. 



Terrestrial or epiphytic ))lants. Stems usually swollen at base. 

 Leaves lierbaceous (teri'cstrial species) or coi-iaceous (epij>hytes) 

 ovate or lanceolate lew. Paceme erect, flowers numerous small, or 

 very small. Sepals and petals narrow linear or oblong. Lip clawed, 

 blade oblong, ovate or reniform, deflexed witli a single or double 

 callus at tlie base. Column long graceful , free with short arms or 

 wings. Anther terminal ovate. Polliuia I. Species over 100. All 

 temperate and topical regions. 



^ 1. MoLiJ FOLIA K, terrestrial, leaves her- 

 baceous one or moiv on a swollen stem 

 not articulated. 



Leaves several. 



]jip large oblong, deiitieulate, 



flowers deep red . . . . \. L. alrosanfjninea. 



Lip large ovate, ]iale vriurd i-ed 2. /.. rf/ioaa. 



