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across. Flowers in pairs an incli across, white. Bracts minute, sepals 

 ovate oblong. ' Mentum curved as long as the dorsal sepal,' stout. 

 Petals suborbicular olituse. Lip clawed rhombic ovate 3 lobed lobes 

 equal, claw with a strong spine. Column short, arms erect curved 

 rather large. Anther hatshaped. 



Perak: Batang Padang Valley (Wray). Endemic. 



66. D. SAXCxUrxoLEXTUM, Lindl., Bot. Peg. 1842 Misc. 73. 1843 

 t. 6. 1844 Misc. 52. Stems fairly stout 1-2 feet long flexuous, inter- 

 nodes i to 1^ inch long y\ inch thick. Leaves lanceolate subacute few, 

 2 inches long ij inch wide. Pacemes short 1-1-| inch long, 4 to 6 

 flowered. Bracts ovate acute ^ inch long. Flowers large showy, an 

 -inch across. LTpper sepal broadly ovate obtuse ^ inch long, laterals 

 similar ; mentum f inch long terete apex gibbous curved, white tinted 

 rose. Petals widely ovate ol)tuse ^ inch long f inch wide, white. Lip 

 shorter base narrow straight with a recurved spine-like callus, limb 

 suddenly dilate quadrate rounded edges waved. Column thick arms 

 thin rounded. Anther flat. Veitch Man. Dendr. 72. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. lud. V. 731. Var typica. Flowers cream colour, tip of sepals, 

 petals and lip violet crimson a central yellow patch on the tip. 



Yar crriiui. D. cervnum Pchb. f. Gard. Chron. XIL p. 554. 

 Flowers ycliowi-h o.hre, occurs with the other. 



Selangor: Pahang track (Pidley 8478); Penang Hill (Curtis); 

 Kedah: Gunong Jerai (Pidley 5139). Distrib. Borneo. 



§12. EUDEXDROBIUM. 



67. D. FLAViDULU^r, Hook. fll. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 185. Stems 

 rather slender terete 12 to 18 inches tall, internodes an inch long. 

 I^eaves lanceolate, 3 inches long by ^ inch wide. Racemes several and 

 inch long or more Ji to 6 flowered. Bracts lanceolate short. Flowers 

 pale yellow or more 3 to 6 flowered. Bracts lanceolate short. Flowers 

 pale yellow or nearly white i inch long. Upper sepal ovate acute, late- 

 rals similar. Mentum very short thick straight. Petals lanceolate 

 acute about as big as the sepals. Lip oblong three lobed, lateral lobes 

 short lanceolate acute, median longer ovate lanceolate ol)tusc with 

 a red spot on the tip edges ciliate, 4 low ridges on the disc. Column 

 rather long, arms erect tooth-like acute, anther hatshaped blunt. 

 Capsule elongate elliptic pearshaped ^ inch long. 



Singapore: Kranji, etc. (Pidley). Distrib. Phio. On trees 

 in mangrove swamps. Allied to D. stuposum. 



68. D. VIRIDICATUM, Pidl., Journ. P. As. Soc. S. Br. 39 p. 72. 

 Stem rather slender over a foot long. Leaves lanceolate acute 2^ 



