Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. HI 



5. C. ROBUSTA. Hook. 111. Fl. Brit. Ind. \^ 827. Ic. PI. t. 2103. 

 Stems stout branched 8-10 inches long or more, rooting, sheaths |-f 

 inch long across nerved. Leaf 1-.") inches lo7ig lanceolate acuminate 

 f to 1 inch across. Flowers solitary | inch long pale yellow, peduncle 

 slender pubescent. Sepals ovate obutse pubescent. Mentum spurlike 

 apex enlarged obscurely bilobed. Petals elliptic lanceolate obtuse. 

 Lip spathulate with a long narrow claw, apex acute fleshy. Column 

 arms erect large taller than the anther. 



Perak at 4900 feet alt. (Wray). Endemic. 



6. C. CLATHEATA, Hook. fil. Brit. Ind. Y. 825. Ic. PI. 2099. 

 Stems stout tufted erect or prostrate ascending, branched 3-4 inches 

 long, covered with short obtuse sheaths reticulate with raised nerves. 

 Leaves linear ^-1 inch long fleshy channelled. Flowers minute axil- 

 lary solitary on a slender pedicel pilose. Bract ovate. Sepal upper 

 oVtlong, laterals ovate gibbous no mentum, pilose. Petals oblong lan- 

 ceolate. Lip saccate at the base, incurved blade obcordatc truncate 

 emarginale with two keels. Column arms short rounded. 



Perak (Scortechini), Batang Padang (Wray) ; Pahang : Kluang 

 Terbang (Barnes). Endemic. 



7. C. pixcTicuLATA, Ridl. Journ. Eoy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 

 XXXVII. p. 79. Stems slender weak curved 3-4 inches long, but 

 little branched, sheaths short ampliate mucronulate minutely punc- 

 tate. Leaves narrowly elliptic lanceolate blunt petiolate, 2' inches 

 long, I inch wide. Flowers in pairs on short slender pedicels with 

 minute bracts. Sepals lanceolate acute. Lip spathulate with an 

 acute thickened tip. 



Perak: Larut Hills at 5(»()0 feet alt. (Pidley). Endemic. Buds 

 too young. 



8. C. PEXDULA, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 826. Ic. PL 2100. 

 Stems tufted pendulous and rooting, with many wiry roots at the base 

 slender 3-12 inches long, covered with dry chestnut sheaths. Leaves 

 linear narrow obtuse 1 inch long, I inch wide coriaceous. Flowers 

 in distant tufts of ovate mucronulate brown bracts, white very small. 

 Ovary and pedicel pubescent. Sepals ovate acute or subacute. Petals 

 lanceolate narrower. Lip with a narrow claw blade ovate lanceolate, 

 pubescent at base, yellowish in centre. Column arms thick rounded. 



Johor: Batu Pahat (Eidley) ; Pahang: Pekan (Eidley 1400): 

 Selangor: Ginting Peras, Kajang (Eidley); Perak: Larut Hills 

 (King's Coll. 3847) ; Penang: West Hill (Eidley). On lofty trees. 

 Distrib. Borneo, Celebes, Philippines. 



15. ClIRYSOGLOSSUM, Bl. 



Terrestrial rhizome creeping. Pseudobulbs cylindric conic, bear- 

 ing a petiolate leaf. Scape usually tall, from the rhizome. Flowers 



