Materials for a Flora of ilie Malayan Peninsula. 37 



midlobe, median one shorter straight. Column channelled in front, 

 D. Kunstlen Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. 714. Ridley Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXXII. 239. 



Singapore: Kranji, Changi (Eidley 1T89) ; Johor; Batu Paliat 

 (Lake and Kelsall) ; Perak: (Scortechini) Larut (King's Collector 

 689T). Distrib, Siam, Borneo. 



10. D. ROSEO-PUNCTATUM, Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 

 240. Stems 6 to 8 inches long, pseudobulbs fusiform slightly flattened 

 olivaceous, 2 inches long ^ inch wide 5 incli thick. Leaf lanceolate 

 lorate obtuse dark green 6 inches long | inch wide. Flowers as large 

 as those of D. fiahcUum, pedicel \ inch long, a little longer than the 

 bracts. Sepals lanceolate acute | inch long ^ inch wide. Mentum 

 short broad obtuse. Petals linear all white. Lip f inch long side 

 lobes curved acute white spotted inside with crimson, midlobe fan- 

 shaped obcordate emarginate cream colour, keels 2 running on to the 

 midlobe and there plicate sinuate crimson. Column narrowed up- 

 M'ards red spotted arms short. Malay Peninsula (C. H. B. Singa- 

 pore) . Endemic. 



11. D. PALLiDiFLORUM, Ridl., l.c.c. p. 240. Stems slender 

 branched, pseudobulbs elongate ovoid, flattened thin 1^ inch long, ^ 

 inch wide, -/g inch thick. Leaves ovate acute thinly coriaceous 3 

 inches long 1 inch wide. Raceme half an inch long with numerous 

 bracts, pedicels \ inch long. Flowers small solitary. Upper sepal 

 ovate lanceolate ^ inch long laterals mucli larger ovate, mentum a 

 little longer obtuse. Petals as long lanceolate. All pale yellow with 

 white. Lip lateral lobes triangular acute, midlobe triangular bilobed 

 yellow edges waved, keels 2 large, wavy on the midlobe, median one 

 shorter straight. Column straight arms ovate. Anther emerald 

 green. 



Singapore: Kranji, Pulau Tekong (Ridley); Johor: Hulu Ku- 

 bong (Kelsall) ; Batu Pahat (Ridley). Distrib. Siam. Sumatra. 



12. D.BiFiDUM, Ridl., Journ. Roy. As. Soc. St. Br. Vol. 39, p. 73. 

 Plant with the habit of D. fabelluin Rchbf. Stems a foot or more 

 long slender, pseudobulbs 2 inches apart oblanceolate flattened 1-| inch 

 long. Leaf broadly lanceolate ovate obtuse 5 inches long, 2 inches 

 wide. Bracts lanceolate acute red. Flowers 1 or 2 opening at a time, 

 ovary and pedicel ^ inch long. Sepals and petals linear oblong acute 

 recurved yellow spotted with red. Petals smaller. Mentum rather 

 shorter than the sepals acute. Lip longer, claw narrow linear edges 

 and keels crenate, apex with two narrow cuneate undulate truncate 

 lobes half as long as the claw white yellowish at the tip. Column stout 

 conic as long as the foot, anther oblong truncate. 



Lankawi Islands (Curtis). Endemic. 



