Maierials for a Flora of ilie Malayan Pminsiila. 8.1 



Singapore : Kranji (TJidloy). Endemic. 



60. B. STEXOi'iiYLLr^yr. Hidl. ]{hizonie long slender covered with 

 papery sheaths, ])seudobnlbs conic cylindric 2 inches apart ^ inch 

 long. Leaf narrowly linear lanceolate obtuse -i inches long -J inch 

 wide. Scape G inches long reddish. Flowers few and small. Bracts 

 I inch long linear acute. I'pper sepal lanceolate acute greenish 

 with dark purple streaks edge hairy, laterals almost completely con- 

 nate, linear acuminate apices setaceous pale red ^ an inch long. 

 Petals triangular lanceolate acuminate green streaked with purple. 

 Lip tongue shaped sul)acute curved fleshy purple. 



Cirrli ope lain ill linoarifolinui, Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 

 283. 



Singapore: Changi, Chan Chn Kang, etc. (Kidley). Endemic. 



(!^Q>. B. PULCHELLUM, Eidl. Ehizome slender, pseudobulbs crowd- 

 ed conicle 3-angled an inch long. Leaf fleshy narrowly oblanceolate 

 obtuse narrowed at the base, 3-6 inches long, ^ inch wide petiolate. 

 Scape slender 2 to 4 inches long, flowers about 13 in a wliorl. Bracts 

 nari-ow lanceolate setaceous half as long as the ovary. Upper ovate 

 aristate yellowish densely spotted with red edge ciliate laterals almost 

 completely connate oblong oblanceolate obtuse. Petals lanceolate 

 aristate hairy on the edge. All similarly coloured. Lip thick curved 

 deep purple with a yellow tip. C.*olumn thick, foot about as long, 

 arms short broad rounded or truncate. 



Cirrhopetahim condunvm . Hook. hi. Fl. Brit. Ind. \. p. 190. 

 Ic. PI. t. 2060 B. 



Singapore: Chan Chu Kang (Pidley) ; Johoi-: Tana Runto (Eid- 

 ley) ; Selangor: Sepan (Pidley). 



Var. purpureuiit, liidl. whole flower deep crimson, except the 

 yellowish tip. Sepals shorter and broader. Lip more abruptly 

 curved. 



Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Islands south of Singapore, 

 Slam (var. purpurcum). 



Var. hracliysepaluni. Flowers very small, laterals connate (mly 

 in the ui)]ier part, ti]is rounded, hardly | inch long, flowers coloured as 

 in \'ar. piipurriiiii . Possil)lv a distinct species. Lankawi : Kwah 

 (Curtis). 



61. B. (j1;jffit]I!AXUm, Par. Pc-hb. lil. Trans. Linn. Soc. XXX. 

 iry.]. Rhizome modci-ately stout, ]Jseudobulbs an inch apart or less 

 conic, grooved ^-if inch tall. Leaf oblong lanceolate obtuse or ob- 

 lanceolate, coriaceous 4 inches long 1^ inch wide. Scape 8 inches tall 

 slender, flowers whorled 8-iO. Bracts linear lanceolate setaceous, 

 shorter than the pedicel red. Upper sepal ovate artistate hairy, yel- 

 lowish brown or pink with darker spots laterals sepals connate oldong 



