72 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Eaceme dense glal)rous pendulous two inches long, peduncle 1^ inch 

 long, thick, covered with swollen sheaths. Flowers ^ inch long. 

 Bracts nearly -| inch long lanceolate. I'pper sepal ^ inch long ovate 

 lanceolate nmcronate, laterals longer acnininate acute, purplish green 

 with darker spots. Petals lanceolate mucronate -| inch long. Lip 

 fleshy tongue-shaped apex decurved purple. Column nearly globose 

 short white with purple spots foot narrow apex free, arms erect tri- 

 angular acute. Capsule 1^ inch long pear-shaped. 



Singapore: Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Timah, Ivranji on trees in 

 forests (Kidley). Endemic. 



§ 7. Intervallatae. 



31. B. STELLA, Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXX L (1896), p. 277. 

 Pseudobulbs crowded ovoid ^ inch long, roots copious. Leaves lanceo- 

 late subobtuse narrowed at the base thick (5 inches long, 1-J- inch wide. 

 Scapes 18 inches long nude for the greater part except for a few 

 sheaths, raceme about 80 flowered, rachis thickened. Bracts ovate ^ 

 inch long, ovary and pedicel half an inch. Flower large patent. 

 Sepals lanceolate acuminate I5 inch long yellow with red streaks. 

 Petals very short ^ inch long, similarly coloured. Lip oblong lanceo- 

 late acuminate 14 inch long dark pink with two keels from the base. 

 Column green short, foot as long, arms very short rounded. 



y>. ^'anesso, King. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI. ii. '.), p. 587. 



Singapore: Bukit Mandai, Jurong (Eidley) ; Perak: (Scorte- 

 chini; Kedah : Gunong Jerai (Ridley), Batang l^adang ]?iver 

 (Ayro). Endemic. 



I see no difference between the description of B. Vaiirssa, King, 

 and B. Stella. 



32. B. CLELSTOGAMUM, Kidl. l.c.c. Pscudobulbs densely crowded 

 conic f inch long. Leaf oblong or oblanceolate 4-6 inches long, 2 to 

 1 inch wide petiole half inch long. Scapes several stiff 12 inches long 

 with a few distant sheaths. Eaceme short flattened. Bracts ovate 

 acute, I inch long. Flowers cleistogamous not or rarely opening. 

 Sepals lanceolate acuminate, pale yellow, f inch long laterals gibbous 

 at base red inside. Petals minute (piadrate toothed with a long cusp, 

 green. Lip long curved acute lateral loljes sliort falcate median 

 long nai-row acuminate, with two ])arallel approximate keels, base 

 crimson, blade straw colour. Column short tliick green with erect 

 subulate arms foot very short, rostellum absent. 



Perak: Waterloo (Curtis). Distrib. Phio. Borneo. 



§ 8. OXYSEPALUM. 



33. B. CL.wnKSTixi'M, Lindl. Bot. Peg. XXVIL 1841, Misc. 166. 

 Stems tutted uendent branched sU'nd(^r 6 inches to a foot long, 



