74 Maierials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



This is allied to B. Gamhlei Hook. fil. but with a ranch shorter 

 peduncle. 



.30. B. coxcixxuM, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 189. le. PI. 

 2038. Ehizome slender far creeping, with numerous wiry roots, 

 pseudobulbs 1 to 2 inches apart, conic curved | inch long. Leaf ovate, 

 or ovate lanceolate or elliptic 1-1^ inch long ^ to 1 inch wide. Scape 

 close to the pseudobulb very slender 1-1 j inch long. Flowers sub- 

 terminal 4 or 5. Bracts lanceolate nearly as long as the short ovary. 

 Sepals narrow lanceolate linear acute J inch long connivent, similar 

 yellowish with orange tips. Petals about luilf as long elliptic l)lunt 

 pallid. Lip as long as petals lanceolate cui-ved orange red. Column 

 stout thick, foot shorter, arm§ erect slender acuminate. Anther 

 depressed, 



Singapore: Sungei Btiluh (Eidley 2359), Kranji (Eidley) ; 

 Johor: Kwala Kahang (Kelsall). Distrib. Borneo. ' 



3r. B. MODESTUM, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. :59. Ic. PI. 2038, 

 B. Rhizome slender long, pseudol)ulbs ^ inch apart narrowly ovoid 

 oblique ^ inch long. Leaf linear narrowed at the base apex blunt ^ 

 to 2 incbes long, I inch wide. Scape slender, 1-1 1 inch long. Bracts 

 minute lanceolate, as long as the pedicel. Flowers 3-5 subterminal 

 very small ^ inch long. Upper sepal ovate lanceolate subacute, 

 laterals bi-oader obtuse. Petals two-thirds of tlie length of the sepals 

 linear oblong. Lip tongue-shaped obtuse recurved with two keels. 



Pcrak (Scortecbini), Bujong Malacca (Ridley). Endemic. 



38. B. VERMicuLARE, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind .VI. p. 188. Rhi- 

 zome slender far creeping, pseudobulbs an inch apart very small 

 globose ^ inch long concealed in sheaths. Leaf elliptic oblong to 

 linear obtuse narowed into a petiole 1-3 inches long j inch wide or 

 more coriaceous. Scapes li inch long close to the pseudol)ulI)S, with 

 5 or 6 scattered flowers, pale green. Bracts lanceolate acute as long 

 as the ovary. Upper sepal lanceolate, laterals falcate lanceolate acute 

 base gibbous, jV inch long. Petals smaller subs])atliulate lanceolate. 

 Lip entire lanceolate obtuse fleshy yellow, edge ciliate with white hairs. 

 Column short not thick, arms short obtuse. 



Singapore: Seletar, Kranji (Ridley 23{)0) ; Johor: Kwala Ka- 

 hang (Kelsall); Perak : Bujong Malacca (Ridhy i)W2 form witli 

 very narrow leaves. Ihtdeiiiic. 



39. B. ot iiiJANTlir.M. Riill. .lourn. IJoy. As. Soe. Str. P)r. Vol. 

 XXXLX. p. '<(). l^seu(l()l)iill)s I ineli long oblong eonie densely 

 crowded. Leaf linear lanceolate acute base narrowed 1| inch long ^ 

 inch wide. Scape nearly as long. Flowers 5 or crowded in a head, 

 about 1 ineb long. Bract lanceolate sborter than the ovary. Upper 

 sepal narrow lin<'ar lanceolate acuminate, laterals one-(juarter longer, 



