22 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Raceme lax many floweix-'cl. Bracts lanceolate acute deflcxed ^ inch 

 long. re<lii-els 1 inch long purple. Flowers large. Sepals oblong 

 convolute ;j ineh long pinkish or green. Petals nearly as long linear 

 pink. Li]) ovate obtuse crenulate over half an inch long and as broad, 

 pale with jnirple veins, ealli small rounded. Column rather short 

 nearh' straight and thick with raised edges, no arms, purple. Anther 

 ovate purple. 



►Singapore: Chan Chu Kang (IJidlev) ; Johor (Little); Perak: 

 Bujong Malacca, (Curtis 328*J). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



."). L.FKK'KiHiiXKA, Liudl., Card. Chron. 1848, p. o5. Stem swol- 

 len at the base short. Leaves narrow linear lanceolate acuminate S 

 to y inches long by -^ to 1 inch wide. Kaceme 12 to IG inches tall 

 stout base nude, flowers small ^ inch long, scattered in the upper third. 

 Bi-acts lanceolate acuminate. Sepals oblong ovate laterals falcate 

 obtuse. Petals linear narrow, all green or purple. Lip ficshy hardly 

 clawed, oblong retuse, green or purple calli two small bosses at the 

 base. Column arched I'ather stout arms very obscure, greenish. 

 Anther ovate. Capsule pearshaped an inch long on a pedicel ^ inch 

 long. 



L. nervosa, Pidley, Journ. Linn. Soc. XXX IL 22 \. Damp 

 grassy spots, ricefields, etc. Singapore: Tanglin, Changi (liidley); 

 Malacca: (Criffith), Chabau (Pidley) : ]\^rak : Larut (King's Col- 

 lector 2]S2), Kanipar (Curtis 31U8). Distrib. Cambodia. 



Probably only a local form of L. nervosa, Lindl., differing mainly 

 in its narrow elongate leaves, and long Howerspike. 



1. L. ti;an8T1llata, Pidl., Journ. Linn. Soc. XXX 11. 225. 

 Stem an inch and a half long swollen. Leaves about 4 ovate to ovate 

 lanceolate acute obli(|ue 8 nerved ])etioles 2 inches long stout blade (> 

 inches long and two wide. Kaceme (5 inches long rachis winged, base 

 nude. Flowers | an inch across reversed, pedicels § inch long purple. 

 Sepals lorate purplish. Petals linear narrower. Lip clawed, blade 

 oblong obovate slightly retuse, and crenulate dark purple, witlu a 

 jnedian olive green channel, callus a transverse bar green with two 

 purple spots, at the base of the blade. Column nearly straight apex 

 Jiooded yellowish white, arms small oblong truncate. 



Perak: Larut Hills (liidley). Hndemic. 



o. L. WiJAYi, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 181. Sleui 15- Ij 

 inches long purple, l^eaves o lower ones ovate, upper ones lanceolate 

 acute undulate bright green six inches long three inches wide or 

 smaller. iJaccine stoiit G inches long 15 angled. Jiracts ovate acute 

 lanceate imdulate ^ inch long. Pedicels and ovaries slender ^ inch 

 long. S(!pals linear obtuse convolute ^ inch long. Petals narrowly 

 linear shorter all green. Lip oblong apex widely sijuare bilobcd, lobes 



