Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 49 



curved as long a^ the sepal dilated towards the apex. Petals Ijroader, 

 blunter and shorter than the upper se])als. Li]) 3-lobed with an ob- 

 long base, side lobes elongate rounded niidlobe oldong ovate cus})idate, 

 keels 3 on the disc between the side lobes running to the end of the 

 tip, a pale yellow papillose patch on the midlolie. Column gi'aceful 

 long with a strong central bar, arms tooth-like small. Capsule an inch 

 long elli})tic. Lindl., Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 88. Bot. Peg. 1839 t. 22. 

 Crilr. Notul. iii. 315. Bot. Mag. t. 4013. Miq. Choix. t. 22. Hook. 

 lil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. T29. Oni/rhiu)n cruiiienaiuai , Bl. Bijdr. 326. 



Whole ]\'ninsula very common. 



Singapore: Pulau Tekong (Ridley 2033) : Johor: Batu Pahat; 

 Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Penang, Malacca. Distrib. Burmah, Anda- 

 mans, S. China. Siam. Malay Archipelago to Christnu\s Island. 

 " Pigeon Orchid," native names Poko Merpati, Bunga Angin. 



§10. BliKVlFLOKES. 



-IT. I). EUPHLEBiuM, Lindl., Journ. Linn. Soc. IIP p. 7. Stems 

 numerous from a short slender bi'anched rhizome, 6 to 9 inches long 

 base slender terete thickened upwai-ds waved. Leaves terminal 2 

 lanceolate acuminate 3 inches long ^ inch wide narrowed into a very 

 short petioled. Flowers solitary pendulous on a slender pedicel from a 

 depression from one of the internodes below the leaves with a small 

 yellow bract. Upper sepal ovate oblong blunt, laterals broad tri- 

 angular ovate. Mentum very short. Petals lanceolate spathulate, all 

 white. Lip base narrow, side loljes erect short, midlobe broad orbicu- 

 lar, centre depressed yellow with pink veins and streaks, a small callus 

 at the base of tlie -claw. Column short thick squared. Anther skull- 

 shaped. Ca})sule an inch long obconic. Echb. ill. Xenia Orch. IL p. 

 26 t. 110. 



Singapore: in mangrove swamps, Kranji, Selitar, etc. (Pidley) ; 

 Johor: Gunong Panti, Batu Pahat. I)isti-ib. Borneo, Java. 



■48. U. CALLiHOTRYS, Kidl., Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII 258. 

 Stems several subtei'ete grooved not thickened 6 inclies or more long 

 I inch thick, internodes H inch long. Leaves few at the end of the 

 stem lanceolate thinly coriaceous 4 inches long, one inch wide nerves 

 6 distinct. liaceme an inch long, from an internode near the toj) of 

 the stem 6-fiowered. Flowers crowded fleshy sweet scented hardly 

 expanding, on pedicels \ inch long. Bracts ovate acute thin. Upper 

 sepal widely ovate obtuse i inch long | inch wid(>, laterals longer 

 ovate acute falcate. Mentum shorter thick. Petals lanceolate falcate 

 longer than the upper sepal all white. Lip ovate cuneate spoon- 

 shaped fleshy yellow ornamented with red streaks. Column nearly 

 straight. Capside oblong 1-| inch long pedicel and peduncle thick- 

 ened. 



Singapore: Kranji, Sun^ei Bulu (Rid^y). Distrib. Borneo. 



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