Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 45 



thin light green 4 inches long -J-^ inch wide, sheaths f incli long 

 transversely wrinkled. Eaceme fi'oni the centre of one of the inter- 

 nodes very short enclosed in oblong obtuse bracts, 2-flowered. Flowers 

 rather small yellowish unexpanded, pedicel ^ inch long ovary thicker ^ 

 inch long. Upper sepal lanceolate obtuse, laterals larger triangular 

 lanceolate. Mentum as long thick obtuse curved. Petals linear lan- 

 ceolate acute. Lip shorter narrow thin spatbulate entire, no side 

 lobes. Column short thick, arms erect, very stout. Capsule ovoid i 

 inch long. Hook. lil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 7^7. Pediloniuin biflovum 

 Bl. Bijdr. ;]22. 



Singapore: Serangoon (Ridley); Malacca: Bukit Bruang (Grif- 

 fith); Perak: Taipeng (Kidley) ; Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Siam, 

 Java, Sumatra, Borneo. There are two forms, one more slender with 

 narrow leaves, the other stouter with broader stiffer leaves and rather 

 longer flowers. 



35. D. PENSILE, Ridl., Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 353. Stems 

 numerous pendulous 2 to 3 feet long entirely leafy terete. Leaves 

 ovate lanceolate fleshy distichous bright green 3 inches long, ^ inch 

 wide. Eacemes very short from the middle of the internodes with a 

 pair of sessile j'ellow unexpanded flowers and an ovate triangular Inroad 

 dry bract. Ovary thick | inch long. Sepals lanceolate twisted, late- 

 rals subtriangular blunt. Mentum shoi-t broad obtuse. Petals narrow 

 lanceolate. Lip much shorter than the sepals, 3-lobed, side short 

 erect falcate midlobe longer lanceolate acute pubescent with a red 

 median line. Column thick subglobose narrowed upwards, arms none. 

 Anther thick subglobose. Capsule elliptic an inch long very shortly 

 pedicelled. 



Singapore: Changi (Kidley 3930), Selitar; Jolior (Ridley). 

 Distrib. Rhio. 



§8. DiSTICIIOPHYLLAE. 



36. D. BiFARiUiM, Lindl., Wall. Cat. 2002. Stems tufted 6 to 12 

 inches long | inch through, channelled. Leaves ellipic oblong shortly 

 unequally bilobed h to 2 inches long \-% inch wide. Flowers solitary 

 axillary ^ inch long expanded, white. Bracts 1-2 minute. Pedicel 

 and ovary slender | inch long. Upper sepal lanceolate acute, laterals 

 little larger. Petals linear acute. Mentum short obtuse straight. 

 Lip entire broadly obovate retuse centre papillose yellow. Column 

 short thick with 2 tooth-like erect arms. Capsule an inch long | 

 inch thick pyriform inequilateral. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 732". 

 D. excisiun Lindl., Bot. Reg. 18-11, Misc. 77. 



Singapore: Seletar, Kranji (Ridley) ; Johor : Tana Runto (Rid- 

 ley) ; Pahang: Kluang Terbang (Barnes), Tahan River (Ridley); 

 Selangor: Bukit Hitam (Kelsall) ; Penang (Wallich 2002), Govern- 

 ment Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. 



