Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 123 



2 short semiovate. Spur narrow slender sigmoid blunt. Eostellum 

 long beaked. 



Perak: Bujong Malacca (Eidley). 



§ 2. PREPTANTHE. 



8. C. VESTITA, Lindl. Gon. and Sp. Orcli. PI. 250. Pscudobulbs 

 2-5 inches long ovoid obtusely angled, leafy after flowering. Leaves 

 12 to 18 inches long lanceolate, wide. Scape from the side of the 

 pscudobulb 12 to 18 inches or more, villous. Bracts persistent ovate 

 5-1 inch long. Flowers white large, pedicel and ovary 1 J- inch long. 

 Sepals ovate lanceolate. I*etals broadly ol)long. Lip side lobes cu- 

 neate obovate, midlobe flabellate obcordate, white with a red or yellow 

 spot at the base. Spur very long. .Bot. Mag. t. -IGTl. Flor. des Serres 

 t. 816. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. liid. V. 852. Cythcris Gnffithii, Wt. 

 Ic. t. 1751-2. PreptautJie vestita, Echb. fil. Bot. Zeit. XVI. 128. 



Selangor: Epiphytic on the top of the limestone rocks, near 

 Kwala Lumpur (Eidley, one plant). Distrib. Tenasserim, Borneo. 



9. C. RUBEXs, Eidl. Gard. Chron. 1890. I. p. 576. Pseudobulbs 

 conic deeply grooved 6 inches long. Leaves 12-20 inches long 5 to 6 

 inches Avide ovate lanceolate. Scape nearly 2 feet long woolly pulses- 

 cent except on the sheaths. Flowers rose or white. Bracts ovate 

 acuminate puljcscent, an inch long. Pedicel and ovary 2 inches long 

 pubescent. Sepals lanceolate acuminate f inch long. Petals shorter. 

 Lip side lobes oblong erect appressed to column oljtuse, midlobe linear 

 oblong apex bilobed, lobes excurved obtuse, with a process in the 

 sinus, base of lip darker coloured with three raised lines. Spur Ali- 

 form curved ^ inch long. 



Lankawi Islands (Curtis 2181). Terrestrial. A much smaller 

 plant than C. vestita. Endemic. 



24. Aruxdixa, Blume. 



Terrestrial herljs, with woody terete stems, and narrow grassy 

 leaves. Flowers in a raceme simple or sparingly branched, large. 

 Bracts persistent ovate. Sepals lanceolate. Petals broader. Lip 3 

 lobed, lobes convolute round the column midlobe rounded crisped, 2 

 or more raised nerves on the disc. Column long dilate upwards, 

 Avinged. Antber helmet-sbaped. Pollinia 8 in superposed pairs 

 cohering by a viscus. Capsule oljlong. 



Species 6. Indian, Malayan and Chinese. 

 Flowers 3 inches across .. .. .. .. LA. speciosa. 



Flowers 2 inches across. 



Side lobes of lip distinct . . . . . . 2. A. Philippii. 



Side lobes obscure . . . . . . . . o. A. recoluta. 



