Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



49. D. MODESTUM, Kidl., Journ. Bol. 36 (1898) p. 211. Stems 

 few and slender 7 inclies long ^i^ inch wide, fiexuous purple. Leaf 

 terminal one rarely 2, lanceolate linear an inch long ^ inch wide 

 petiolate. Flowers in pairs on a short peduncle, pedicels |.inch long. 

 Sepals lanceolate § inch long, laterals with a broader base. Mentum 

 as long acuminate acute, all white tinted rose. Petals linear oblong 

 shorter white. Lij) ovate acuminate, side lobes indistinct, white Mith 

 violet stripes. Column short arms shorter than the oblong anther 

 violet. 



Penang, Hill at 2o()0 feet alt. (iiidlcy). Endemic. 



§11. Pkdilonl'M. 



50. D. LAMELLATUM, Liiidl., Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. p. 89. 

 Stems 2 to 4 inches tall, of 4-.") fiexuous internodes, fusiform with a 

 narrow base thin and flat 1-1^ inch wide I'g inch thick. Leaves 2-3 

 ovate subacute thinly coriaceous on the apices of the young stems 2-3 

 inches long one inch wide. Flowers few in short racemes from the 

 upper internodes of the leafless stems. Bracts minute ovate subobtuse. 

 Ovary and pedicel ^ inch long. Flowers nearly an inch long cream- 

 colour withering ochre. T'pper sepal ovate subobtuse broad, laterals 

 ovate, mentum long compressed blunt. Petals obovate obtuse nar- 

 rower. Lip shorter than sei)al olx-uneate, with a broad rounded apex 

 minutely fimbriate, white with a central orange orchre bar of o low 

 keels. Column broad rounded arms verv obscure thick. Hook. til. Fl. 

 Brit. hid. V. :4!). P. rompressum Lindl., Bot. Peg. 1842. Misc. TO 

 1844 t. oo. Walp. Ann. \l. SOT. Oni/cliiuin lameUatum Bl. Bijdr. 

 526 fig. 10. 



Singajjore: Changi, Jurong (KMdIcy): .lohor: Batu Pahat ; 

 Selangor: Kuala Tjumpor (Curtis) ; Pahang: Ivuantan (Durnford) ; 

 Per^lv (Scortechini ). Distrib. Moulmein. Borneo, Java. 



51. 1). SECUNDUM, Lindl., (Jen. and Sp. Orch. PL 81. Stems 

 terete grooved stout 3 feet long | inch through. Leaves elliptic ob- 

 long or linear oblong obtuse 4 inches long 1] inch wide. Pacemes 4-6 

 inclies long on the old stems, peduncles 4 inch long. Bracts ovate 

 acute Ve Jii<-'^i '^^? jiersistent. Flowers very numerous dens^dy crowded 

 secund A inch long, rose pink or wliile, shortly ))e(licelled. Tapper 

 sepal ovate acute, laterals similar. Mentum twice as long, curved 

 thick dilate at the apex. Petals blunt but little smaller than the 

 sepals. Lip acute linear sjiathulate entire, apex orange. C*olumn 

 thickened ujiwards. Bot. Peg. t. 12!>1, and 1844 Misc. 65. Pclib. til. 

 Exot. Fl. t. 2(i!». Bot. Mag. t. 1352. De Vriese Tllustr. t. 6. Veitch. 

 Manual. Di-ndrobiiim ^2. iiook. fit. I-'|. Hiii. ind. \'. :3»>. 1>. Inir- 

 sii/i'niiii Lindl.. .loiini. Linn. Soc 111. 16. I'cdihjninin scrtnuluin, 

 BL Bijdr. -d-^-^. 



