Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 101 



rounded, all ochre covered outside with red pubescence. Petals nar- 

 rower light yellow pubescent lorate lanceolate olituse. Lip fleshy 

 lanceolate side lobes obscure rounded central ridge and disc on midlobe 

 papillose all deep purple. Column tall yellow foot short, anus very 

 short blunt incurved. Anther helmet shaped. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. 809. 



Penang: on rocks Government Hill (Maingay, Curtis). Distrib. 

 Borneo, Java. 



§ 10. Bractescentes, 



37. E. BEACTESCENS, Lindl. Bot. Peg. 1841, Misc. p. 18. 184-4, t. 

 2d. Stems pseudobulbous sausage-shaped of two internodes 2 inches 

 long ^-f inch thick crowded. Leaves two terminal, oblong lanceolate 

 subacute, thinly coriaceous 4-9 inches long I inch Avide. Eaceme from 

 upper part of the pseudobulb 6 inches tall, lax, flowers about 15. 

 Bracts at the base of raceme oblong broad Ijlunt, floral ones narrower 

 lanceolate oblong obtuse white half an inch long. Pachis and pedicels 

 slender ^ inch long, pubescent. Dorsal sepal lanceolate acute, laterals 

 falcate lanceolate half an inch long mentuni conic. Petals narrower 

 lanceolate acute, all white. Lip oblong, three lobed lateral lobes long 

 falcate acute lanceolate rose pink, midlobe cuneate obovate white, 

 ridges on the disc two short thickened forwards, median longer. 

 Column long, foot short white with a pink spot at base. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. Y. 796. 



Singapore: Pulau Tekong (Pidley 2034), Chan Chu Kaiig 

 (Ridley, Cuming); Jolior: Batu Pahat (Ridley); Pahang: Pekan 

 (Ridley 1046) ; Kedah: Pulau Song Song, Lankawi (Curtis). Dis- 

 trib. Tenasserim, Borneo. 



38. E. SUAVEOLENS, Ridl. Journ. I^inn. Soc. XXXII. p. 292. 

 Pseudobulbs sausage shaped of 6 internodes, 4 inches long 1^ inch 

 through. Leaves 3-4 lanceolate obtuse coriaceous 6 inches long IJ 

 wide narrowed into a petiole an inch long. Raceme stout recurved 

 many flowered, from below the lowest leaf. Bracts |- inch long, 

 oblong acute sprinkled with black pubescence. Flowers large frag- 

 rant. Sepals ovate blunt j inch long mentum long oblong compressed. 

 Petals ovate acute nearly as large, all white rose tinted. Lip spathu- 

 late claw long side lobes rounded erect blunt, pink, midlobe short 

 broadly ovate fleshy Avith a central warty yellow callus. Column 

 short foot long. 



Johor: Sedili River (E. D'Almeida) ; Perak: Bujong Malacca 

 (Ridley). Endemic. 



39. E. Endymiox, Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 295. 

 Stems connate cylindric of 2 or 3 internodes, crowded 3 inches long. 

 Leaves 8 inches long 1^ inch wide lanceolate subacute narrowed 



