26 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



16. L. uisTiciiA, Liiidl., Bot. Eeg. sub. t. 882. Ehizome long 

 and slender branehed ])seudobulbs pear-sliaped r^ inch long. Leaf 

 linear acute o to 1»» inches long j inch wide or less. Scape slender 

 naked, winged -1 to (J inches long raceme A to 4 inch long. Bracts 

 l-\ inch long, disticlious. Flowers \ inch. 8e])al oblong narrow 

 yellowish. Petals linear. Lip ^ inch long ocrc yellow, obovate retuse, 

 with 2 tul)ercled calli at base. Column slightly curved broadly 

 winged. Hook, 1'. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 70(5, Eidley Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXIL 291. L. (jregaria, Lindl., Gen. and 8]i. Orch. PI. 33. L. 

 niucroiiata, Lindl., Ic. 32. Mala.ris disliclia, 'rhouars, Orch. lies. 

 Austr. d'Ai'rique t. 82. Malaxis inucronata, Bl. Bijdr. 391. 



Singapore: Kranji (Ikidley 172), Sungei Buh)h (Kidley 2373); 

 Johor: Kwala Kahang, (Kelsall) ; Pahang: Kota Glanggi (lUdley) ; 

 I'erak (Scortechini 15.VJ), Bujcmg Malacca (IJidley 9281), Larut 

 (King's Collector 1980), Kijita (King's Collector 7U8.")) ; Penang: 

 (Maingay) ; Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Mascarene Isles, Ceylon, 

 Tcuasserim, Malay Archipelago. 



4. Platyclixis, Bentli. 



Tul'ted epipliytt's with luimei'ous obconic pscudobulbs crowded on 

 a rhizome. Lea\('s solitary ])etioU'd lanceolate or linear. Bracts stiff 

 terminal sleiuler. Flowers small green white or brown. Bracts stiff 

 broad convolute or narrow. Sepals and petals narrow spreading. 

 Jjip sessile or nearly so flat oblong, or pandurate, lobes small, calli 

 various. Column slender or short and broad, with distinct often long 

 arms, tip of column produced into a hood. Anther ineuml^eut 2 

 celled. Pollinia 4 waxy ovoid. 



Species about 20. Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



Bracts broad . . . . . . i. V. lon<jifol\a. 



Bracts nai-row, arms of columji long 



from the middle . . . . . . 2. P. (jracilis. 



Arms rising from near the base. 



Arms much shorter than the column 3. /-'. lincarifolia. 



Arms about as long acuminate . . I. /-*. linearis. 



Arms about as long toothed . . T). P. odorata. 



Column and arms very short. 



Arms from near the stignui . . Ci. P. K'tnijii. 

 Arms oblong toothed at base . . 7. /*. Saraivakcns\i>. 



1. Pl. LOiNuiFOLfA, Hcnisl. Card. Chron. (1881) II. p. GOG. 

 Pseudobulbs crowded in a large clump, elongate conic 3-1 indies long. 

 Leaf lanceolate ]ietiolale acuminate ()-13 inches long 1-2 A inches wide 

 petiolate 2-1 inches long, h'aecme 12 to IT) inches long l)ase nude for 

 about half its length. BraclE oblong convolute \ inch long as long ag 



