122 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



rounded ; calli 2 erect semiovatc ridges, spur shorter than the pedicel 

 thick hhmt curved clubbed. 



Terak (Scortechiui), Larut Hills (Derry), Bujong Malacca 

 (liidley). 



5. C. ScoiJTECiiixii, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 8o4. Leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate, 2 feet long o inches wide. Scape stout 1|- foot 

 long with several large loose sheaths, raceme dense 2 inches long. 

 Bracts lanceolate acute 2 inches long pale gi'een caducous. Flowers 

 small, ovary and j)edicel | inch long. Sepals lanceolate acute { inch 

 long connivent. Petals broader oblong. Lip small side lobes very 

 short blunt, midlobe longer ovate edges incurved with two low keels on 

 the base, spur much shorter than the ovary, clubbed, all yellow. Co- 

 lumn white, anther beaked. Capsule ^ inch long elliptic. 



Perak: Larut Hills (Scortecluni, Curtis). The lip is often rc- 

 tuse with a small decurvcd process in the notch. Forests at 2A000 

 feet elevation. 



6. C. CUKCULIGOIDES, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Oich. PI. 2ol. Leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate, 2-3 feet long, G inches wide, petiole T^ inches 

 long. Scape 1-2 feet tall stout, raceme dense many flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate acute pale green 1^ inch long, falling oif as the flowers ex- 

 pand. Flowers orange, lip red, pedicel and ovary -j inch long. Sepals 

 and petals sub-similar ovate lanceolate acute nearly \ inch long, l^ip 

 as long as sepals adnate to column base, side lobes waved erect obtuse 

 midlobe longer entire oblong acute, spur as long as the ovary and 

 pedicel, slender with a hooked tip. Column semiterete, upper edge 

 sinuate dentate. Anther white with a long beak. Ijindl. Bot. Keg. 

 1847. t. S. Fol. Orch. 4. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 854. Stylo- 

 glossum nervosum, Breda Orch. Jav. t. 10. 



Singapore (Wallich ;340), Bukit Timah, Selitar (iJidley) ; 

 Johor: Kwala Tebing Tinggi, Gunong ]^dai (Ridley) ; Perak. Dis- 

 trib. Sumatra, Java. Damp forest from sea level to about 2U00 feet 

 elevation. 



Formerly abundant in Singapore, but has Ijecome scarce through 

 the destruction of the forests. It is beautiful i)lant, flowo]-s in 

 September. 



7. C. AiHAXTiACA, liidl. Jouru. Eoy. As. Soc. S. V>y. Vol. 

 XXXIX. p. 80. Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate 12 inches long 

 5 inch wide petiole 3 inches. Scai)e a foot tall slender, with a largo 

 lanceolate sheath towards the base. Bracts caducous. Flowers 

 j( inch across, orange coloured. JVdicel and ovary slender i inch 

 "long. Sepals ovate much broader, orange. lAp narrow side loi)cs 

 subtriangular, ovate midlobe narrow linear oblong obtuse, red keels 



