Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 119 



1. P. Walliciiii, Lindl. Wall. PI. As. Ear. II. 46. t. 158. Gen. 

 and Sp. Orcli. PI. 126. Pseudobulbs conical 1-1^ inch through. 

 Leaves 1-3 feet long 2^-8 inches Avide, elliptic lanceolate acuminate, 

 petiole 8-10 inches long. Scape 2-4 feet stout. Flowers four of five 

 inches across, often self-fertilized. Sepals and petals lanceolate acute 

 white outside, brown, or orange Avithin. Lip tubular, niidlobe ovate 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate crisped, spur ^ inch long. Column long 

 straight. Capsule 2 inches long pendulous. Paxt. Mag. VI. t. 193. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 816. P. Blumei, Lindl. Cen. and Sp. 

 Orch. PI. 127 Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. 2. t. 1. De A^riese Illust. t. 8. 

 P. hicolor, Lindl. I.e. 128. Sert. Orch. t. 25. Bot. Mag. t. 4078. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1659-60. Liinodornm Taul-ervilliae, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 466. 



Malacca: Ayer Keroh (Ridley), Bukit vSandanen (Derry) ; Se- 

 langor: Kwala Lumpur, Bukit Bintang (Pidley 10514). Distrib. 

 India, Malay islands. The common form of this here is self-fertilized 

 and does not open its flowers. 



2. Ph. callosus, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 128. Gard. Chron. 

 1848. p. 287. Pseudobulbs short stout. Leaves elongate lanceolate 

 acuminate 2 to 4 feet long 5 incbes wide. Scape from the base of the 

 pseudobulb, about 3 feet tall. Flowers 4 inches across. Sepals ol)long 

 or linear oblong half inch across blunt, pinkish or pure white behind, 

 brown in front. Petals narrower. Lip tubular j^ellow midlobe 

 rounded biloljed with two low processes at the base, pink, spur yellow 

 short curved. Blumc Mus. Bot. H. 178. Orch. Arch. Ind. 4. t. 2. 

 Iiclib. fil. Xen. Orch. II. t. 122. Hook. fil. I.e. 817. lAmodonun caU 

 losum, Bl. Bijdr. 374. t. 6. 



Perak: Larut Hills at 4000 feet on rocks, abundant (King's Coll. 

 6413), (Pidley 5191). Distrib. Java. Occurs in dense forests. A 

 very handsome plant. 



3. P. PALLiDUS, Pidl. Journ. Lin. Soc. XXXII. 313. Stems 2-3 

 feet tall 4 angled stout base covered with sheaths, upper part leafy. 

 Leaves ovate acuminate 9 inches long 3 inches wide. Paccmes 3 or 

 4 from the stem below the leaves, 7-8 flowered 2-4 inches long. 

 Bracts lanceolate acuminate ^ inch long. Flowers 2 inches across, 

 pedicels one inch long. Sepals lanceolate acute yellowish. Petals 

 wider Avhitc with violet spots. Lip oblong lanceolate subacute orange 

 yellow Avitli red spots in lines, spur I inch long cylindric acuminate 

 pink. Column long. Anther beaked. 



Sclangor: Bukit Hitam (Kelsall, Ridley 7785) ; Pahang: Tahan 

 Woods (Ridley); Perak: Larut Hills (Curtis 2046). Occurs in 

 forests about 3000 feet elevation. 



23. Calaxtiie, R. Br. 



Terrestrial herbs, sometimes pseudobulbs. Stems short. Leaves 

 plaited. Scape terminal or from the side of the pseudobulb. Flowers 



