34 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



§ 1. SaRCOI'ODIUM. 



1. D. LONGicoLLE, Lindl., Bot. Rog. 18-10, Misc. 127. Rhizome 

 short crccpirg branched, pscudobulbs densely crowded ilattened club- 

 shaped 4 to 8 inches long, -J- inch tbroiigh at tJic base, with a few large 

 brown slieaths at the base. Leaf solitary subterminal lanceolate 

 unequally bilobed 5 inches long one inch wide dark green. Flowers 

 solitary with a long slender pedicel 3 inches long, on a very short 

 rachis. Bracts brown lanceolate acute an inch long. Sepals lanceo- 

 late caudate 1} inch long j inch wide, yellow with dark red tips. 

 Petals similar smaller. ]\lentum | inch long obtuse. Lip three lolied 

 yellow, lateral lol)es erect falcate acute :[ incli long midlobe much long- 

 er pandurate, base narrowed, apex suddenly dilate cordate edges 

 crisped, lobulate nerves elevate reticulate, keels 2 straiglit at the base 

 flexuous on the midlobe. Column thick vellow. Rchb. til. Walp. Ann. 

 VI. 302. Hook. fil. Fl. Ind. V. 712. 



Singapore: (Cuming) Sungei Morai, on tree stum})s and the 

 ground in large masses rare (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. 



2. D. LOXGirES. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 713. Ic. PI. 2017. 

 Rhizome stout, pscudobulbs obpyramidal 1-1^ incii long, covered with 

 brown sheaths. Leaves 2 elliptic oblong lanceolate, 1^-3 inches long 

 sessile or shortly petioled stitHy coriaceous. Raceme 6 to 8 inches long 

 base quite nude, 3-5 flowered. Bracts lanceolate small. Flowers 1| to 

 1| inch across, with red veins, pedicel stout, with ovary 1| inch long. 

 Sepals linear or oblong lanceolate subacute 1 inch long. Mentum 

 conic short l)lunt. Laterals falcate. Lip as long as sepals ovate oblong 

 three lobed, side lobes rounded subacute or blunt, midlobe ovate or 

 lanceolate mealy with a few tul)ercles in two rows on the disc. Column 

 rather long, arms veiy obscure. Anther quadrate umbonate. 



Pei-ak: (Scortechini 417b) l"lu Batang Padang (Wray KilG), 

 Gunong Batu Puteh (Wray 889); Selangor, at Ibe Tlap (Curtis). 

 Endemic. 



3. D. MACuoroDUM, Hook. fil. Fl. Biit. Ind. ^' 713. Ic. PI. 2020. 

 Stem stout covered with slieaths, pseudobulbs conic deeply sulcate 2 

 inches long. Leaves 2 short elliptic obtuse thickly coriaceous 2-3 

 inches long. Racemes 6 to 8 inches tall about 6-flowered. Bracts 

 ovate lanceolate. Ovary with the very short pedicel 2 inches long. 

 Flowers 1\ incb wide. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, mentum very 

 short. Petals linear acute. Lip three lobed, side lobes rounded obtu.se 

 midlobe orbicular, keels 3 on the disc and two ear-.shaped calli at the 

 base. Column rather long, foot shorl, arms very obscure. Anther 

 conic. Capsule fusiform. 



Perak: (Scortechini) Lariit Hills 5,000 feet alt. (Ridley); 

 Fahang: Kluang Terbang (Barnes). 



