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Singapore: Changi, Bukit Timah, etc., (Ridley); Jolior: Tana 

 Eunto (Ridley) ; Perak : ITmdings (Curtis) ; no locality (Kunstler) ; 

 Penang: the S2)0ut (Curtis). Not rare. Endemic. 



2. B. MEGALANTiiuM, Gritt". Xotulac III. 86. Ic. PI. As. t. 293. 

 Rhizome fairly stout, pseudobulbs small distant. Leaf very coriaceous 

 oblong emarginate petiolate. Flowers solitary dusky with purple spots. 

 Sepals linear acuminate upper 2^ inches long, laterals scytlie-like 

 crossed over the lip. Petals lanceolate long, acuminate rather shorter 

 than the sepals. Lip long narrow slender three lobed, lobes short 

 acute, midlobe long acuminate. Cohimn thick arms short rounded. 

 Fruit clubshaped 3 inches long. Walp. Ann. \l. 34G. Hook. iil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. 754. 



Malacca: on Pulau Besar (Griffith). Only known from Griffith's 

 description and figure. 



3. B. PILEATUM, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. T3. Rliizome long 

 rather slender ^ inch through crinite, pseudolnilbs 1^ inch apart, 

 cylindric narrow |-14 inch long. Ijcaf thinly coriaceous lanceolate 

 petiolate obtuse 4-6 inches long 1-3 inches across, petiole |-^ inch 

 long. Peduncle very short, pedicel slender 3 inches long. Floweis 1 

 inch to 1^ across, yellow. Sepals subequal and similar lanceolate ob- 

 long, obtuse. Petals narrower oblong obtuse, nearly as long. Lip half 

 the length of the sepals fiat with a broad rounded base tapering to a 

 blunt point grooved at the base yellow with red spots on each side of 

 the groove. Column unusually long green, arms none. Anther conic. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. \. p. 754. So rco podium pileatuin. Lindl. 

 Fol. Orch. 4. 



Singapore: Seletar (Ridley) ; Johor : Panchur (Ridley) ; Perak: 

 (Wray) : Penang (Maingay) ; Penara Bukit (Ridley 7339) ; Govern- 

 ment Hill (Curtis 1773). Distrib. Sumatra. Climbing on small 

 trees in forests. 



4. B. MACRAXTiiUM, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 13. Rhizome very 

 stout crinite, 5 inch thick woody emitting large tufts of short roots at 

 the nodes. Pseudobulbs an inch apart, oblong wrinkled one inch long. 

 Leaf coriaceous elliptic obtuse petiolate 5 to 8 inches by lf-3 inches 

 wide, petiole stout an inch long. Flowers two inches across, peduncle 

 very short, pedicel thick 3 inches long. Tapper sepal lanceolate acute 

 white with purple spots. Lateral sepals larger semiovate .acuminate 

 base depressed, connivent, bases yellow with the crimson spots, apices 

 dark brown. Petals resembling the upper sepal but a little narrower. 

 Lip ^ inch long base (juadrate with two truncate ears apex acute 

 curved, yellow tinted with red. Column short and thick yellow, arms 

 porrect tooth-like acute. Anther conic obtuse deej) red. Hook. fd. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 753. Ridley Ann. Bot. IV. p. 328. PI. XXII. A. 



