56 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



inches long, -i inch wide, slicatlis lialf an inch long. Flowers nn- 

 morous on Icallcss stems in veiy short racemes of 2 or 3 flowers 

 peduncles {■ inch long. Bracts very small ovate sheathing. Pedicels 

 5 inch long. Flowers 1- inch short light green. 8e))als lanceolate 

 acute laterals broader. Mentum very short blunt. Petals broader 

 arms erect. 



Perak: Ipoh (Goldham). 



60. D. iiki{COGLossu:m, Pchb. f. in llamb. Gartenz. XLII. p. 5oS. 

 Gard. Chron, 1886. II. p. 487. Stems 1 to 3| feet long very slender 

 pendulous, internodes about an inch long. Leaves few narrowly linear 

 acuminate thin 3 inches long, half inch wide. Pacemes hardly an inch 

 long 2-8 flowered. Bracts lanceolate obtuse small. Pedicel and ovary 

 4 inch long slender curved. Flowei-s small f^ inch across pinkish 

 white. Upper sepal ovate subaciite latei-als widely ovate. Mentum 

 very short and broad rounded. Petals l^inceolate, much smaller than 

 the sepals. Lip -| inch long with a very short claw subhemispheric 

 sides enclosing the column, apex beak-shaped acnte, a large bearded 

 callus at the base of the blade. Column short thick pubescent, arms 

 short broad erect toothed. Anther purple papillose skull-shaped 

 grooved on the top. D. aduncum Hook. til. Bot. Mag. 6784. (Xot 

 Lindley). 



Johor: Pulaii Tioman Island, East of Johor (Nanson) ; Batu 

 Pahat (Pidley); Perak: Batang Padang (Curtis). Distrib. China. 



70. 1). ACitKUM, Lindl., Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. p. "I 7. Bot. Reg. 

 1839 t. 20. Stems subterete thickened upwards !) to 36 inches tall, 

 internodes ^-1^ inch long. Leaves oblong lanceolate acute 4-o inches 

 long. Flowers 1 to 3 inches' on a short peduncle from the leafless 

 stems, 2 to 2i inches across, fragrant pale yellow. Sepals linear ob- 

 long acute. Mentum large conic truncate. Petals ovate lanceolate 

 acuminate. Lip o\ate lanceolate acute* recurved, sides incurved, disc 

 pubescent oi-ange vellow with red streaks. Column orange red. 

 Veitch Man. Dendrob. p. 19. D. helerocarpum Wall. PI. As. Par. II. 

 84. t. 19(i. P>ot. Mag. t. 4108 and lOTo Fl. de. Serres VIII. t. 842. 

 D. rhombeum Lindl., Bot. IJeir. 181:! t. 1^ Drndmh. sp. (irilf. Xotul 

 III. 301. Ic. PI. As. t. 30(;. 



P.-rak: L.irut Hills (Stephens). Distrib. India. Ceylon, Java, 

 Philippitii's. 'IJic form collceti'd (once only) i> \ ar. riii/ip/iinensis. 



71. I). sri'KiiiuM, IJclil). I'll. Walp. Ann. \i. p. 282. Stems 

 terete 2.1 to 4 fi-et long stout pendant. intcrnn(le.«- 1 ineli hmg. Leaves 

 oblong lanceolate aeute ."> lo 6 inches Imig. Flowers in pairs on the old 

 stems 3-4 inches across. Sepals lanceolate acute pink. Petals ovate 

 oblong much broader pink. Lip ovate sides convolute pubescent 



