44 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, 



Brit. Ind. Y. 726. D. calcaratum LiiuU. Bot. Eeg. 1840, Misc. 89. 

 D. Lohbii Tevsm. and Binn. Nat. Tijdsclir. Nedl. Ind. III. 399, Walp. 

 Ann. VI. 292. Hook. fil. l.c.c. 



Terrestrial, alwa^'s in shallow water, " Kumput Rajah Sari.'' 



Singapore: Changi 2377 (Ridley) (Lobb. 482) ; Malacca: Bukit 

 Bruang (Ridley). Distrib. Labuan. 



32. D.viLLOSULUM, Wall. Cat. 2006. Stems graceful terete some- 

 times branched, 2 to 3 feet tall. Leaves linear lanceolate apex im- 

 equally bilobed two inches long nearly | incii wide, sheaths terete an 

 inch long covered with black pubescence. Flowers solitary on short 

 pedicels -^ inch long from tbe mouth of the sheaths, pendulous about 

 I inch long. Sepals lanceolate acute § inch long yellowish with pale 

 red reticulation. Mentum | inch long narrow obtuse straight. Petals 

 narrowly linear recurved, coloured like the sepals. Lip shorter 3- 

 lobed, side lobes narrow erect obtuse, midlobe nearly orbicular edges 

 fleshy primrose coloured. Column short and thick base thickened, 

 arms short obscure. Anther apex refuse margin emarginate. Hook, 

 fd. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. 728. 



Terrestrial on dead leaves from sea level to 4,0UU feet alt. 



Singapore: Bajau (Ridley 23T8) : Sungei Buluh (Ridley 368); 

 Malacca: Mt. Ophir (Ridley) ; Penang (Porter, Wall. Cat. 2006) top 

 of West Hill (Ridley) ; Kedah : Gtmong Jerai (Ridley). Endemic. 



33. D. PACHYGLOSSUM, Par. and Rchb. fil. Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 XXX. 149. Epiphytic. Stems several slender, a foot long. Leaves 

 distant linear acute 4 inches long {r inch through, sheaths | inch long. 

 Flowers small in pairs on short racemes, lateral. Bracts small lanceo- 

 late I as long as the pedicel. Sepals spreading oblong obtuse, laterals 

 broader -| inch long ^ inch wide. Menttim as long blunt, white. 

 Petals narrowly linear acute. Sepals and petals greenish with red 

 streaks. Ijip fleshy spathulate, lateral lobes hardly distinct median 

 longer emarginate blunt pale green, keels 2 on the disc. Column 

 narrow arms tootb-like erect, ifook. fll. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 727, Ann. 

 Rov. Bot. Calc. V. 9 8, t. 12. D. abicliniiui Ridl. .Tourn. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXII. 252. 



Perak: Larut Hills at 2,000 feet (Ridley) ; Kedali : (Junong Jerai 

 (Ridley); Lankawi : Cunong ]iaya (Curtis 2562). Distrib. Tenas- 

 serim. As this is a bill ])lant, is it probal)le that the drawing referred 

 to in the Annals of the Royal Botanical fJai'deiis, Calcutta, from 

 Singapore, was from a cultivated specimen. 



§7. Bambusaefouai:. 



34. I). GEMELLfM, Liudl., Ccn. and Sp. Onh. pi. 81. Bot. Reg. 

 1840, Misc. 192, 1841. Misc. G2. Kpii)hy1ic. 2 to 3 feet tall terete 

 below flattened above. Leaves lanceolate lorate apex uneijually bilobed 



