106 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



lung, 1 iJK-h aei-oss^ J iuL'li through. Leaves 'Z-W to eaeh p.seudobulb 

 hroadly huiceohitc eoriaeeoiis obtuse Ijifid. Raceme subteniiinal 3 

 jnelie^; long base nude, llowers an inch aeross widely expanded 20 or 

 more, opening singly. Bracts orbicular recurved persistent \ inch 

 long. Upper sepal lanceolate obtuse, laterals broader oblique. Petals 

 spathulate lanceolate falcate smaller, all ocrc yellow, finely woolly. 

 Lip heart shaped mobile pubescent blunt -] inch long maroon edges 

 paler, with three ridges meeting in the midlobc. Column long arched 

 yellow foot shoi't broad tieshy. maroon at apex, arms very short. 

 Anther conic. 



CaUosli/lis ri(/ida. Bl. Bijdr. 310. f. 14. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 

 Orch. 139. 



Eria palchella, Lindl. Bot. Keg. 1841, Misc. o2. Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 III. 51. Hook. HI. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 80l. 



Singapore: Sungei Moral, Pulau Tekong (Pidley KUS) ; Johor: 

 Balu Pahat (Eidley), Sungci Kahang (Kelsall); 8\ingei Ljong: 

 Malacca (Cuming), Bukit Batu Tiga (Pidley) ; Perak (Scortechini) ; 

 Penang (Curtis IToo) ; Kedah: Gunong Jerai (Bidley). Distrib. 

 Borneo, Java. Phio. Native names " Para chinduai ; " '' Sakat bigus." 



11. Pjiueatlv. 



Small epiphytes tufted. Leaves distichous articulate narrow. 

 Scapes axillary slender. Flowers minute green or white. Sepals 

 equal, with a short mentum. Petals smaller. Lip sessile or clawed 

 jointed on the base or foot of the column. Column very short and 

 broad. Anther low, poUinia S obovoid, attached to a viscid disc. 

 Capsule very small ovoid. 



Species about ten. Indian, Malayan and Oceanic. 



Stems very short or none. 



Ehizome stout, leaves nearly a t'ofit long . . 1. /'. nnjosarus. 



IJhi/ome none, leaves lanceolate . . 2. P. lisirophora. 



lihizome none, leaves linear very small . . 3. P. minutijloro. 



Stems about 2 inches long .. .. .. \. P. nana. 



1. Pii. MYOsruu.s, Lindl. J(nirn. Linn. Soc. IIL Gl. Phizomc 

 very stout. Leaves stra)i shaped unequally bluntly bilobed 8 io 12 

 inches long A inch wide. Scape over a foot long, more than half nude. 

 Flowers wvy inimerous crowded white. Bracts lanceolate acuminate 

 -J inch long. Sepals obtuse mentum vei-y short, roundeil. Petals 

 similar small. Lip sessile oblong or cuneate, apex three lobed. 

 Column short and broad. Eostcllum entire. Capsule elliptic fusi- 

 form I inch long. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 810. Eria iiii/osurus, 

 Echb. fil. Bonplandia Y. 54. 



