Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 73 



covered with short close fitting ribhecl sheaths, pseiido1)ulbs ^ inch 

 apart, or more distant, oval very small :i inch long. Leaf elliptic 

 oblong coriaceous ^ inch long .by 5 inch wide obtuse narrowed at the 

 base. Flowers borne singly or in pairs in axils of sheaths, on very 

 short pedicels yellowish white ^ inch long. Sepals lanceolate caudate 

 subequal. Petals very much shorter ovate translucent blunt. Lip as 

 long as petals entire ovate fleshy. Column short and thick, arms very 

 short erect blunt. Fruit elliptic ^ inch long. Hook. hi. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. 753. B. trisetosuiu, Grilf. Xotul. iii. 23, Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 

 293. OxysepaJa oval i folia, Wt. Ic. t. 1T36. Epidendrum srs.'^ilr, 

 Koenig. Eetz. observ. YI. 60. 



Singapore: Kranji, etc.; Johor: Kota Tinggi (Pidley) ; Pahang: 

 Tahan liiver (Ridlev) ; Malacca: (Griffith), Batu Berendam (Derrv) ; 

 Perak: ( Scortechini' )V Penang : Telok Tikus (Curtis 1979). Distrib. 

 Borneo, Java, Tenasserim. 



34. B, CAPiTATUM, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. p. 56. Stems 

 stout woody in a tuft 6-9 inches long branched pendent or erect cover- 

 ed with dry ribbed sheaths, pseudol)ulbs conic ^ to an inch long J 

 to ^ inch through crowded or ^ inch apart. Leaf lanceolate or elliptic 

 lanceolate acute or obtuse, 2 to -l inches long | to 1 inch across coria- 

 ceous. Flowers in a short raceme usually half an inch long or less 

 orange scarlet about 6 or 8 in a raceme. Sepals lanceolate acuminate 

 Y^6 inch long. Petals shorter narrow linear half as long as the sepals, 

 all red. Lip small tongue-shaped yellow. Column short stout arms 

 suberect acuminate. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. 759. Diphyes 

 capHata, Bl. Bijdr. 314. 



On hills 2 to 6,000 feet alt. Johor: Batu Pabat (Ridley) ; Pa- 

 hang: Kluang Terbang (Barnes 11228); Perak: Bujong Malacca 

 (Ridley), Gunong Batu Putih (Wray), Larut Hills (Curtis); 

 Penang: Government Hill (Curtis 2883). Distrib. Borneo, Java. 



§ 9. DiPHYES. 



35. B. BREViPES, Eidl. Journ. Eoy. x\.s. Soc. Str. Br. Yol. 

 XXXIX. p. 75. Ehizome woody, pseudobulbs i to f incli apart cylin- 

 dric conic curved \ inch long. Leaf ellijitic shortly petioled an inch 

 long \ to -J inch wide, apex subacute coriaceous. Eaceme very short 

 about 6 flowered \ inch long. Flowers pale yellow. Bracts lanceolate 

 much longer than the ovary. Sepals subequal lanceolate acuminate 

 I inch long. Petals about ^ as long elliptic blunt. Lip shorter 

 curved fleshy deeply grooved, base clawed, with two strongly raised 

 ridges from the base. Column short and thjck with a short foot. 

 Arms erect narrow acuminate. 



Perak: Bujong Malacca (Eidley), loc. incert (Scortechini draw- 

 ing No. 176). Endemic, 



