120 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



small or modiuiii-sizcd, white, pink, or yellow. Sepals subequal. 

 Petals similar. Lip adnate to the top of the column, 3 lobed, midlobe 

 often face deeply bifid, disc lamellate or ])ectinatc. Column usually 

 short. Anther conic, jiollinia S waxy colieriiitr h\ pairs by a viscus. 

 Capsules elliptic drooping. 



Species about 40, tropical or suljfropical regions. 



§ 1. EucALAXTiiK. Scape appearing 

 with the leaves. Bracts persistent. 



Lobes of lip linear .. .. .. .. 1. C. vcratrifuJia. 



Lobes of lip broad oblong, spathulatc . . 3. C. Ccciliae. 



Bracts caducous. 



Leaves narrow, lip 4 lobed . . . . . . 3. C angustifolia. 



Leaves broad, lip 3 lobed. 



Midlobe obovatc refuse . . . . . . 4. C. alhohdcn. 



Midlobe ovate small . . . . . . 5. C. Scortcchinii. 



Midlobe oblong acute . . . . . . fi. C curcidigoides. 



Midlobe linear oblong obtuse . . . . 7. C. aurantiaca. 



§ 2. PuEi'TANTii]:;. Scapcs appearing 

 after the leaves. 



Midlobe of lip flabcllate obcordate . . 8. C. vestita. 

 Midlobe of lip linear oblong bilobcd . . 9. C. riibens. 



§ 1. EUCALAXTIIK. 



1. C. VERATRiFOLiA, 1\. Br. Bot. Rcg. sul). t. 573. stems short 

 one inch long. Leaves lanceolate or ovate lanceolate acuminate 12-18 

 inches long 3-6 inches wide, petiole 3-6 inch long. Scape 1-2 feet long 

 pubescent, raceme compact or lax many flowered. Bracts lanceolate 

 ^ inch long. Flowers white % inch across, ovary and pedicel 2 inches 

 long. Sepals ovate acute or elliptic obovate. Petals oblong or lan- 

 ceolate . Lip adnate to the column 1 inch long side lobes linear ob- 

 long obtuse, midlobe longer deeply divided into two linear oblong 

 spathulate IoIjcs, callus on the disc of connate tubercU's in three rows 

 yellow orange oi- I'cd, spin- slender clubbed :,' inch long. 



Lindl. Bot Beg. t. 720. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 249. Fol. Orch. 8. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2615. Griff Ic. PI. As. t. 283. fig. 4. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Lid. 

 \. 851. C. comom, ]?chb. fil. Linnea XL\. 374. C. Pcrrotletii. A 

 Bich. Ann. Sc. Xat. Ser. ii. XV. 68. Wt. Tc. f. 1664. Limodorum 

 veralrifolinm, Willd. Sp. PI. IV. 122. Ambhj<jlollis vcratrifolia, Bl. 

 Bijdr. 270. 



Johor: Sedili Biver (l.M.llev); Perak : Larut Hills (llervey, 

 Curtis), Gopeng (King's Cull, (i'll \). Disdib. India, Malaya, Aus- 

 tralia 



