Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 107 



Perak: Lariit Hills 3000-5000 feet alt. (Ridley, Scorteehini, 

 King's Collector). 



Fovnia minor. 'J'liree inclies tall. Leaves i inch across, same 

 locality (Tlidley). Distrilt. Borneo. 



2. Ph. listropiioua, I\idl. Joiirn. Linn. 8oc. XXXIL 80?. Xo 

 rhizome, tufted plants with abundant roots. Stem one inch tall. 

 Leaves 6 inches tall hardly -| inch across lanceolate acute unequally 

 bilobed, narrow into a petiole. Scape slender 7-8 inches tall more 

 than half nude. FloM'ers minute white. Bracts lanceolate acuminate 

 J inch long. Sepals ovate acute. Petals oblong ovate. Lip with a 

 linear claw and reniform lamina. Postellum bidentate. Capsule 

 oblong j\ inch. 



Perak: Larut Hills at 5000 alt. (Ridley); Lankawi : Gunong 

 Kaj'a (Curtis). Endemic. 



3. P. MixuTiFLORA, Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. 111. 82. Rhizome 

 none, stems very short tufted. Leaves linear obtuse 1-| to 2 inches 

 long, 3>6 ^^0 I inch wide, distichous. Scapes 14-2 inches long slender 

 basal half nude. Bracts lanceolate acuminate ^V iiit-i long- Flow- 

 ers very minute white, raceme rather lax. Sepals ovate acute, petals 

 lanceolate. Lip ovate cordate concave. Column broad short and 

 thick. Capsule elliptic -| inch long. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 

 811. 



Singapore: Mangroves, Kranji, Jurong (Ridley 4679); Johor: 

 (native collector) ; Selangor: Kwala Lumpor caves (Ridley) ; Perak: 

 Larut Hills at 1000 alt. (Ridley). (A form with short recurved very 

 thick leaves crowded together). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



4. P. XAXA, Hook. 111. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 811. Ic. PI. Stems 

 tufted l-|-2 inches long. Leaves nai-rowly ensiform acute, -\-\ inch 

 long, 3*5 inch wide. Spikes capillary as long as the leaves. Bracts 

 ovate acute. Flowers 2^0 inch across. Sepals broadly ovate. Petals 

 obtuse. Lip ovate obtuse. 



Perak (Scortechini, King's Collector) ; Penang: Richmong Pool 

 (Ridley). Endemic. 



12. AGUOSTOrHYLLUMj Bl. 



Tufted epiphytes, stems tall flattened. Leaves long linear, dis- 

 tichous coriaceous articulated numerous. Flowers in dense heads, 

 subterminal with numerous bracts, white very small. Sepals ovate, 

 no mentum. Petals narrower. Lip base saccate, blade ovate. 

 Column short, foot none arms prominent or not. Pollinia 8 attached 

 to a small viscus. Species about ten, India, Malaya and Seychelles. 



