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long lanceolate aeuto. rodieel and ovary | inch long. Sepals oblong, 

 laterals falcate obtuse gi'eenish white. Petals narrower and shorter. 

 Lip oblong abru])tly decurved in the middle apex bifid, edges ciliatc, 

 orange, ealli 2 small processes. Column graceful arched, arms very 

 fcihort rounded. Capsule elliptic \ inch long. On lofty trees. 



Malacca: Macliap (Derrv IGO) ; Selangor: Goa Bat'u ( IJidlfy 

 8132); Perak: Uhi Bubong (King's Collector 10403). Distrib. 

 Sumatra, Java, Boi'neo, Siam. 



13. L. LOXGU'Es. Lindl., Wall. PI. As. Piar. I. 31. t. 35, Uen. and 

 fSp. Orch. 40. Pseudobulb short ovoid, 1-2 inches long or elongate to 

 inches, cylindric, leaves linear obovate oblong subspathulate obtuse 

 or acute, 4-8 inches long 1 inch wide. Baccnie erect about (i Inches 

 long. Flowers copious crowded in the up])er part, \'ery small. 

 Bracts linear acuminate I inch long. Sepals oblong greenish white. 

 Petals linear. Li)) ovate acute decurved in the middle orange or 

 green, no calli. Column graceful curved with short arms. Wt. 

 Icones t. 90G. L. pcndakC Undl Bot. IJeg. 1838, Misc. 180. L. 

 ^paihulata, Lindl., Bot. Keg. 1843. Bare. 



Perak: Larut Hills (Derry), Batang Padang (Wray 1440); 

 ]\'nang: Sonkay Biver (Curtis oOT) (Poi-ter in Wallich's Catalogue 

 1913). Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malay and Pacific Isles, China. 



14. L. coMosA, Bidley, Journ, Linn. Soc. XXXII. 229. A 

 small plant with crowded conical pseudobulbs f inch long. Leaves 

 narrowly lanceolate a-c-ute narrowed to the base 4-i inch long ] inch 

 wide. Baceme erect G inches long. Flowers small numerous green. 

 Sepals lanceohite lorate, laterals broader. Petals linear. Lip oblong 

 sul)((uailrate apex rounded, "no calli. Column slightly arched above, 

 aruis short obscure. Capsule ellipsoid subglobose ^r inch long. 



Perak: Larut Hills at l,r)00 feet altitude (Curtis). Endemic. 

 § ;>. Dlstichae. 



15. L. coMPRKssA, Lidl., Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. ]). 32. Ehizome 

 creeping, pseudobulbs subglobose at base covered Avith the sheath of 

 the leaf. Leaf solitary coriaceous linear lanceolate acute, 9-15 inches 

 long 1 inch wide. Bracts distichous imbricating. Flowers opening 

 singly red brown. Pedicels \ inch long. Sepals lanceolate. Petals 

 jiaiTow linear. I^ip half an inch long, cuneate flabelliform with a 

 narrow claw, apex broad truncate crenulate. Calli 2. Column slen- 

 der curved, no arms. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. TOO, Bidley Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXII. 291. Malaxi^ coinijrcssa, Bl. Bijdr. 390, t. 54. 



Perak: Larut Hills at 1,(»00 feet (Curtis 2009), Scortechini 1420, 

 Gunong Batu I'ulih (Wray 1244). Distrib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo, 



Celebes. 



