48 Materials for a Flora of the Mahyan Peninsula. 



portion of tlie stem. Bracts many brown. Flowers small opening 

 singly yellowish tinted with red. Upper sepal lanceolate acute § inch 

 long, laterals widely ovale falcate. Mentiim broad curved thick. 

 ]*etals ] inch Jong lanceolate shorter and broader. Lip side lobes 

 oblong rounded j^ale witli red nerves, midlobe ovate obtuse minutely 

 toothed, disc elevated yellowish red. Column short arms obscure. 



I'crak: Taiping (Kidley) ; Johor : Sungei 'I'ebrau. D. nicllituni, 

 llidl, -lourn. IJoy. As. Soc. *S. Br. 11:52. Kudcniic. 



U. 1). CLAViPHs, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. :28. Ic. 1*1. 2021. 

 Stem ci'owded G-12 inches long, slender, one internode at base thicken- 

 ed ovoid globose ^ inch long, apex of stem often nude. Leaves narrow 

 linear l-l:j; inch long -^ inch wide flat, apex bifid. Flowers solitary 

 axillary often on the nude part of the stem, § inch long white. Bracts 

 ovate acufe small. Sepals lanceolate acute veined ])iiik. Mentum as 

 long curved tiiick. Petals lanceolate narower. Up iiastate, lateral 

 lobes rounded hardly distinct, midlobe lanceolate acute, callus on the 

 disc oblong yellow. 



Pahang: Pula« Chengei (IJidley) ; Selangor near the Batu Caves, 

 Kuala Lumpor (Kidley) ; Perak (Scortechini jSTo. 2184). Distrib. 

 Sumatra. 



45. D. TUBERIFERUM, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. (28. Ic. PI. 

 fig. 1. Stems several 12 to 18 inches tall red, two intcrnodes at the 

 base swollen into an oval compressed pseudobulb H inch long one inch 

 wide ^ inch thick, apex of stem leafless. Leaves few blunt, elliptic 

 ovate minutely unequally bifid, one inch long j inch to ^ inch wide, 

 sheaths one inch long. Flowers from the nude portions of the stems 

 lateral solitary ^ inch long. Upper sepal lanceolate acute ^ inch long 

 white with a violet-crimson median line and tip, laterals triangular 

 acute. Mentum a little longer curved blunt. Petals lanceolate acute 

 white with a violet line. Lip three lobes, side lobes rounded wliite with 

 violet veins, midlobe longer lanceolate acute apex ciliate, white with 

 a violet crimson central bar to the tip. a refuse callus yellowish on the 

 disc between the side lobes. Column slender. "^^ 



Singapore: Kranji, Bajaii, etc. (Ridley); Johor: Batu Pahat 

 (Kidley); I'ahang: Kwala "Pahang (Kidley): Perak: Larut Hills, 

 Gunong Hijau (Murton). Distrib. Borneo. 



Hi. I). CRUMENATUM, Sw. in Schrad. -lourn. ii. p. 237. Stems 

 numrous often branched 3-4 feet long; four intcrnodes at the liasc 

 swollen into an elongate fusiform ribbed pseudobull) three inches long 

 •l inch through, upper part of stem leafless. Leaves broadly elliptic 

 stiff coriaceous i)Iunt refuse 3 inches long one wide, .sheaths terete Ih 

 inch long. Flowers wliite produced singly from tufts of dry brown 

 bracts on the nude part of the stem, pedicels h inch long. I'pper 

 sepal lanceolate acute i inch long, laterals broader. Mentum conic 



