1 18 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Usually called Liimbah by the natives from its resemblance to Cur- 

 culigo. 



2. S. AUREA, Lindl. Taxt. FL Gard. I. IG. Joiini. Hort. Soc. V. 

 34. Pscudobulbs globose half an inch through. Leaves lanceolate 

 with a long point ])licate 3 i'eet long 1\ to 3 inches wide. Scape 3-4 

 feet long. Flowers several, large yellow 3 inches across or less 

 pedicels with ovary 14 inch long. Bracts ovate obtuse green lialf inch 

 long. Sepals oblong lanceolate obtuse 1^ inch long ^ inch across. 

 Petals ovate lanceolate blunt. Lip shorter, side lobes long obtuse 

 falcate, yellow base pink, midlobe narrow dilated at the apex blunt, 

 yellow with red spots at tbe base. C^alli 2 .small born-sha])ed ones, and 

 two oblong cuneate fleshy ones, at the base of the midlobe. Column 

 slender arched, dilate above, Avings narrow orange. Hook. iil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. 813. S. plicata, Griff. Kotul. III. 325. Ic. PL As. t. 

 311. fig. 1. S. Wrayi, Hook. fil. l.c.c. 



Malacca: Mount Ophir (Griffith, Derry 629), (Ridley 3138); 

 Selangor: Bukit Hitam (Kelsall) ; Perak: Gunong Batu Putih (Wray 

 202), Larut Hills (Pidley), Gunong Lias (Wray 4107); Kedah: 

 Gunong Jerai (Pidley 5135). Grassy spots at an altitude of 3-4000 

 feet. Distrib. ]3orneo. 



3. S. Handingiaxa, Par. and Ikhb. fil. Otia. Hamburg I. 45. 

 Pseudobulbs small globose. Leaves 2-3 lanceolate acuminate unequal, 

 4^-5 inches long -^-1 inch wide or smaller. Scape graceful 8 inches 

 long purple. Flowers few scattered on slender pedicels 14 inch long, 

 purple or pale rose an inch across. Bracts lanceolate acuminate ^ 

 inch long red. Upper se])al lorate lanceolate, laterals larger. Petals 

 narrow lanceolate acute obli(|ue, all crimson or pale rose. Lip side 

 lobes short triangular erect I)lunt. midlobe linear acuminate. Calli 

 2 club-shaped truncate yellow. C'olumn arched dilate upwards. Cap- 

 sule cylindric. Hook. iil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 815. 



Lankawi Islands (Curtis 2105). Distrib. Burmah, Siam. 



22. PiiAUS, Lour. 



Large terrestrial herbs. Leaves thin jjlaited. Scape lateral or 

 raceme axillary. Flowers large showy racemose. Sepals and petals 

 lanceolate ef|ual free. I^ip adnate to tbe base of tbe column embracing 

 it, base gil)bous or spurred. Column long stout foot 0. Anther 4 

 celled. Poliinia 8 attaclicd by fours to a viscus. 



Species 11. Tropics of the old world. 



Scape from the base of the pseudobulb, tall. 



Flowers large sepals and petals acute . . 1. /'. Wa/llcliii. 



Flowers large sepals and petals obtuse . • 2. P. (ullusits. 



Racemes from the side of a leafy stem . . . . o. P. pallidas. 



