1 16 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Anther oblong apex retuse. Pollinia 8, two pairs larger than tlie 

 otliers oblong obli(|iie laniellil'onn, four lower ones smaller ovate 

 flattened disc small retuse. Sp. 2. Indian and Malayan. 



A. Penangiana, n.sp. I'seudobulb 3 inches tall, and 2 inches 

 through j)urple. Leaf lanceolate acuminate 12 inches long 3 inches 

 wide, jjetiole 4-5 inches long. Scape 1^ foot tall, flow'ers 9 or 10 

 1 inch across. Sepals lanceolate acute, petals shorter pale yellow 

 veined purple. Lip shorter 3 lobed, side lobes rounded, midlobe longer 

 ovate, buff and rose colour, spotted with darker rose, spur short 

 clubbed. Column dilate upwards. x\nther obscurelv 3 lobed. Tainia 

 renangiaiia, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. p. 820. Bot. Mag. t. 7563. 



Penang Hill, grassy banks (Curtis). 



Very near A. Hooker iana. Tninla Ilool-eriana, King and Pant- 

 ling Ann. Bot. Eoy. Card. Calc. VIIL p. 103, p. 143. 



T. viridlfusca, Lindl. belongs to the same genus. 



20. XEniELAPIIYLLUM, Bl. 



Terrestrial ])lant with a succulent rhizome, stems ascending. 

 Leaves few cordate or ovate petiolate herbaceous. Scape terminal 

 short. Flowers small racemose. Sepals free lanceolate no mentum. 

 IMals similar. Lip with a clubbed spur, attached to the base of the 

 column entire or three lobed, obtuse. Column short thick, footless. 

 Anther 2 horned. Pollinia 8 unequal on a large oblong linear gland. 



Species about 5. Indo-Malayan. 



Leaves ovate, raceme dense .. .. .. L X. pulcliniin. 



Leaves triangular acuminate, raceme lax . . 2. A', tcnui/lonim. 



1. X. iTLCiiiiU^r, Bl. Bijdr. 373, t. 32. Stems 2 inches long 

 jiuiplc. Leaves ovate cordate acute ;] inches long 2 inc-hes broatl 

 hi'own marble darker. IJaceme 2 indies long 7 flowered dense, ovary 

 and jjedicel thick | inch long. Sej)als and petals rcllexcd lanceolate 

 acute nearly | inch long olive green, l^ip erect i^ inch long, blade 

 obovate entire or oblong, white with pink veins, with a raised central 

 bar ending in two or three fimbriate ridges orange colour, spur ])ink 

 dilate at tip. Column broad wdiite spotted pink. Anther quadrate 

 with 2 pink knobs. Hlume Orch. Arch. Ind. 171. PI. (il. fig. 1. Lindl. 

 Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 24. Hchb. fil. Xeiiia. Orch. 1. 216. t. 88. fig. 1. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5332. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 819. Ann. Bot. Card. 

 Calc. VIIL p. 105. pi. 145. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai (Kidley) ; Malacca: 

 Mount Ophir, Bukit Sadanen (Derry) ; Perak: Larut Hills. Distrib. 

 Java, Sikkim. In damp spots among rotting leaves. 



2. X. TKXLiFLOiuM, Bl. Bijdr. p. 373. Stem more slender 

 leaves triangular cordate acuminate, 2^-3-^ inch long, 1-1 inch wide, 

 brown marbled with darker colour. Scape graceful 4-7 inches tall. 



