Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 93 



red hairy. Eacemes flexiions a foot long, covered with red hair. 

 Flowers an ineli long. ^ an inch apart sessile alxnit 20. Bracts oi'bi- 

 cular niucronate hairy ^ inch long. Upper sepal lanceolate, laterals 

 similar, nientum al)Out 4 as long stout curved, red. Petals narrow as 

 long lanceolate linear obtuse, pinkish. Lip 3 lobed with a narrow 

 base, side lobes ol)tuse rounded median cordate longer all crimson 

 except edges of side and midlobe white. C'olumn straight, nari'ow 

 dilated at the very large stigma, foot as long as column straight 

 crimson. 



Singapore: Sungei Brih (Ridley 1687); Johor ; Paliang: 

 Kluang Terbang (Barnes) ; Pekan (Pidley 1373) ; Telang Eiver 

 (Machado) ; Malacca: Merlimau (Derry 137); Mount Ophir (Rid- 

 ley); Selangor: fSepang (Ridley); Perak (Scortechini) B. P. D, 

 (King's Collector 7947); Penaug: Telok Bahang (Curtis). Ende- 

 mic. 



11. E. FEROX, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 11. p. 184. Stems 2-G 

 feet long ^ an inch through. Leaves lanceolate acuminate to ovate 

 lanceolate 3 inches long 1-1:^ wide covered with stiff hairs sheaths f-2 

 inches long, arms with very stiff red hairs. IJacemes 3 inches long 

 hairy, about 12 flowered. Flowers I inch long, sessile greenish yellow. 

 Bracts ovate j inch long. Sepals ovate obtuse sparingly hairy, men- 

 tum as long as ovary. Petals subspathulate. Lip eiineate si)athulate. 

 side lobes waved, ci'enate. midlobe emarginate with 2-3 I'oiigh calli. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. \'. 80(i. Tvichotosia fcru.r. Bl. Bijdr. 34.2. 

 Lindl. Gen. and S]). Orch. PI. L32. De Vriese ill. t. !». and t. 11. 

 f. 5. 



Perak (Scortecliini), Larut Hills (IJidley r)l!)2); Selangor: 

 Bukit Kutu (Ridley); Penang (Lobl). 3o()). (^laingay); Keduli : 

 (luuong Jerai (Ridley 5124). Disti'ib. Java, Borneo. IJocks and 

 trees at 2 to 5000 feet altitude. 



12. E. CEISTATA, Ridl. Journ.T?oy. As. Soc. S. Br. \o\. XXXIX. 

 p. 78. Stem a foot tall. Leaves lanceolate acuminate oblicjue 3 

 inches long ^ inch wide coriaceous almost glabrous above hairy beneath 

 sheaths glabrescent when old very hairy when young i an ineh long. 

 Racemes short | inch loug very hairy lowest bracts cup shaped, uppei- 

 ones ovate lanceolate acute, h inch long much longer than the short 

 ovary. Flowers 2 or ;> ^ an inch long. Sepals lanceolate acute 

 covered with led hair, inentum as long blunt. Petals linear obtuse, 

 much narrower. Lip with a very long claw pubescent at the base, 

 spathulate, apex rounded refuse glabrous except for the ends of 3 

 raised veins which aic cf)vered with short clubbed hairs. Column base 

 pubescent. 



Penang (Curtis IGOli) ; Lankawi ; Terutau (Curtis 1696). 

 J^ndemic, 



