Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 103 



patch on the coiitre of the midlobe. Column rather long Ijroad, stigma 

 large oblong, foot rather short. 



Xegri Sembilan: Seremban (Dr. Braddon). Endemic. 



43. E. NUTANS, Lindl. Bot. Eeg. 1840, Misc. p. 83. Stems 

 tufted, about a foot tall ^ inch through cylindric covered Avith brown 

 sheaths. Leaves 2 or 3, subterminal lanceohite acuminate acute, 

 base narrowed, 6 inches long one inch wide. Flowers solitary I inch 

 long nodding from above the uppermost leaf, in a large brown bract 

 -| inch long. Peduncle h an inch, with a small lanceolate bract below 

 the pedicel, which is as long. Upper sepal oblong obtuse, laterals ovate 

 falcate, mentum thick curved blunt. Petals lanceolate obtuse nar- 

 rower, all white. Lip side lobes falcate acute broad, midlolje obovate 

 obscurely 3 lobed at tip, white tinted pink keels three, median running 

 on to midlobe and three crisped laterals only to base of midlobe. 

 Column long curved, foot much shorter, white with an orange cushion 

 at the base of the foot. Capsule cvlindric 3 inches long, ^ inch thick. 

 Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. TIL 58. " Hook. til. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 800. 



Singapore (Cuming), Toas (Ridley) ; Johor: Tanah Runto (Rid- 

 ley 1639), Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall) ; Malacca: Mount Ophir (Rid- 

 ley) ; Perak: Bujong Malacca (Ridley) ; Pcnang (Maingay) ; Kedah: 

 Gunong Jerai (Ridley). Endemic. 



44. E. XEGLECTA, Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXL p. "383. Rhi- 

 zome much branched forming dense mats on tree branches. Stems 

 erect base terete thickened upwards 5 inches tall ^ inch thick above. 

 Leaves lanceolate acute llaccid 1-2, 3^ inches long, f inch wide. 

 Flowers solitary on a short pedicel, hardly projecting beyond the large 

 brown bract, terminal. Sepals lanceolate laterals nearly ovate lan- 

 ceolate 5 inch long, mentum short broad blunt. Petals shorter lan- 

 ceolate, all tinted with rose. Lip as long or longer, lateral lobes fal- 

 cate acute pink, midlobe oblong quadrate or nearly obovate, apex 

 rounded refuse yellow^ keels 3 two running to base of midlobe, median 

 one to end of midlobe and there Avaved. Column rather long, pink 

 with a square papilla on the foot. 



Singapore: Seletar (Ridley 3037); Johor: Tanah Runto (Rid- 

 ley); Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Lingga, Borneo. 



45. E. LONGEREPENS^ Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXL 382. Rhi- 

 zome creeping far ^ inch thick, stems as thick terete, 4 inches long, 

 and 6 or 7 inches apart. Leaves 3 or 4 on the end, lanceolate to ovate 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate petiolate G inches long 2 inches wide, 

 petiole I inch long. Raceme from below the leaves ^ inch long to 

 3 flowered. Bracts half an inch long fleshy coloured. Sepals ovate 

 lanceolate ^ inch long laterals longer with an oblong mentum, pinkish 

 yellow with a darker median line. Petals much smaller lanceolate 



