38 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



13. D. LACiNiosuM, Eidl., Journ. Linn. Soe. XXXII. 242. Steins 

 about a foot or more tall branched, pseudobulbs ovoid elliptic flat 

 greenish yellow If to 2 inches long f incli wide and hardly -^ inch 

 thick. Leaf lanceolate obtuse 4 inches long Ih inch wide. Eaceme 

 over an incli long covered with ovate lanceolate bracts. Flowers soli- 

 tary pale yellow. Sepals subequal widely lanceolate obtuse tips thick- 

 ened -\ inch long. Petals narrower acute. Lip lateral lobes falcate, 

 midlobe with a linear base apex oblong truncate much broader laci- 

 niate keels 2 straight to the base of the midlobe then sinuate on the 

 claw. Column white, arms tooth-shaped. Antlier sub-quadrate apex 

 rounded margin truncate fimbriate. Capsule elliptic 5 inch long. 

 Endemic. 



Singapore: Pulau Seletar (Eidley). 

 g 4. Aporum. 



14. D. Serra, Lindl., Journ. Linn. Soc. III. 3. Stems tufted, 

 flattened 6 to 24 inches long sometimes branched, base covered with 

 leaves, upper parts with sheaths only. Leaves ovate acute laterally 

 flattened f inch long | inch wide deep green, sometimes red. Eacemes 

 usually from the leafless portion, more rarely from the leafy part, 

 short compact, covered with copious brown acute bracts. Flowers 

 very small -J inch long, pure white. Pedicel and ovary -J inch long. 

 Sepals lanceolate ovate recurved. Petals linear, smaller. Mentum 

 long, narrow obtuse f the length of the ovaiy. Lip straight, linear 

 oblong, apex of two linear blunt parallel lol)es, a small forked callus at 

 the base of the terminal lobes. Column rather long curved, arms erect 

 tootli like. Anther ovate green. Capsule ^ inch long inequilaterally 

 pear-shaped. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 722. D. micranthiun Lindl. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. III. 3. Echb. fil. Walp.^Ann. VI. 270. D. Lobbii 

 Lindl. l.c.c. D. aloaefoHum Echb. fll. l.c.c. Aporum Serra Lindl. 

 Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 71. A. inicranthvm Gritf. Calc. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. IV. 376, V. 369. Macrostomium aloaefoUum Bl. Bijdr. 335, 

 fig. 37. Oxystopliylhiin macrosionia Hassk. Tidjschr. Nat. Gesch. X.i 

 S2. Common over the whole Peninsula. 



Singapore: (Wallich 2021) Changi (Eidley 185); Johor: Batu 

 Pahat (llidley 11257); Pahang: Pekan (Eidley 1211). Distrib. 

 Borneo, Java. 



15. D. KHODOSTELK, Eidl., Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Vol. III. (1893) 

 p. 360. Stems 12 to 15 inches long, as in D. serra. Leaves lanceolate 

 or ovate lanceolate acute f to 1 inch long \ inch wide. Flowers very 

 small white, with numerous dry brown bracts, ovary and pedicel \ inch 

 long. Sepals ovate obtuse. Mentum short broad blunt. Petals 

 linear acute. Lip linear oblong, midlobe bilobcd rounded broader 

 than the rest of the lip. Column rather large larger than in D. serra 



