86 Materials for a Flora of Ihc Malayan Peniti^ida. 



as lou^f as ihc ovary. Flowers i iiuli long rather liesliy. Sepals 

 lanceolale acute apex thickened terete. Petals similar l)nt narrower. 

 Lij) ])an(lurate obtuse; jMistuhir. basal ridges ol)seure. a pustular mass. 

 Cohnnn rather long hooded, margin with tbrct' Icetli. ar-ms tVom about 

 half up lineal' longer than hood. 



.Singa[)ore. Sorubawang ( Ridley G');i()). I'hulcniic. llan'. 



ExcLi i)i:n sim'.ciks. 



J), hniclcdsiiiii . lubb. 111. W'alp. Anil. \'I. 't\. Li/mris hrartrifsa. 

 Wall. Cat. M<>0. ^ialay IV'iiiiisula. ( Finlayson), was proltably ob- 

 tained in Cochin China. 



D. lliicarifolluiii . Hook. lil. J'liili/cliiils liiicarlfolld, ]>idl. 



D. pallid<'{i<n-uiit . ijook. iil. V\. \\y\\. Ind. \'I. \^2, error for 

 imUideflavens. Bl. 'I'he s])eciniens I'elerred to tliis \)\ Sir Joseph 

 Hooker are partly D. dlbnm and D. cnisxinii. ] ha\e not seen D. 

 pall'ulcfiai'cnt:, Bh, from the Peninsula. 



8. Eri.v, Lindl. 



Epiphytes, rarely terrestrial, stems sh-nder terete or more or less 

 swollen. Leaves lanceolate usually coriaceous. Tntlorescence race- 

 mose rarely sjjicale or panidcd. Flowei's small white, red or yellow, 

 often tomentosc. Sepals tree, or rarely the laterals connate forming a 

 short mcntuni, and adnate to the column foot. Petals narrower. Lip 

 sessile on the end of the column foot, not mobile. Column s-hoi-t, i-are- 

 ]y long, foot longer or shorter, arms short rounded iiK iir\('<l. i'ollinia 

 8, pyriform or ovoid attached to a viscid disc in fours. 



r)istributi(;n — 'rro])ieal Asia. About :2U0 species. 



§ Stems of several or many internodes, vliizonic none. 



§ 1. l'j;iii;\. Stems tall leafy, leaves 

 long narrow distichous. Flowers very 

 small and numerous in subterminal ra- 

 cemes, woolly. Laterals sepals short and 

 broad, mentiim slioit. 



Stems 2-1 inches tail, leaves narnr^v . . 1. A', ohllqau. 



Stems a foot and a half, leaves large. 



Tj'P midlobe of 2 linear processes. . 2. B. hidrus. 



Lip midlol)e broad denticulate lobes ;>. A'. iridifoJIa. 



Jvip midlobe subreuiforni . . . . I. A'. iiKijor. 



§ 2. Mycaraxthks. Stems iealless 

 elongate cylindric. Lea^es i'^w terminal, 

 racemes subtei'minal llowers small woolly. o. E. luicjifolia. 



