' Mnfcrials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 135 



1. Ph. imbricata, Lindl. in Hook. Exot. Flora IT. t. 138. Gen. 

 and Sp. Orch. Tl. 37. Bot. Eeg. t. 1213 and inr. rseudobulbs 

 oi'owded conic dark green 1-3 inclics long. Leaf solitary elliptic 

 lanceolate (J-12 inches long, petiole 1 inch long, or more. Eacemo 

 long decurved 1 foot long, peduncle slender. Bracts distichons semi- 

 circular ^ inch broad. Flowers numerous pale flesh colour |- inch 

 long. Upper sepal orbicular laterals boat shaped keeled. Petals 

 linear oblong falcate. Lip boat shaped, side lobes broad rounded, 

 terminal lobe bifid. Column wings broad. Capsule ellipsoid ^ inch 

 long. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1934. Wight Ic. t. 907. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. 845. King. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. VIII. p. 144. PI. 201. 

 Ph. paUida, Lindl. Bot. Peg. XXI. sub. t. 1777. Coelogyne imhri- 

 cata and C. pallida, Rchb. fil. Walp. Ann. VI. 238. PtUocne.ma brac- 

 teatuni, Don. Prodr. 33. Ci/inhidiu)n imbriraiuni, Iloxh. Fl. Ind. 

 III. 460. 



Selangor caves: Kwala Lumpur (Pidley) ; Perak (Scortechini, 

 King's Collector) ; Lankawi Islands (Curtis 2561). Distrib. India, 

 Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



A very variable plant in small points. The common form in the 

 peninsula is tlie vai'. coriaeea. Hook. fil. I.e. with coriaceous loaves. 



2. Ptt. PAitviFLOitA, Hook. fil. le. PI. 1891. P. mirrantha, Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. 847. Phizome thick with stout roots, pseudobulbs 1-1| 

 inch long cylindric or ovoid, nai'row or thick. Leaves elliptic lan- 

 ceolate acute li-3 indies, i-l-i- inch across or wider. Scape slender 

 5 inches long flexuous. Bracts lanceolate. Flowers ^ inch across 

 about 35. Sepals ovate or ovate oblong acute. Petals smaller, all 

 greenish pink turning pink. Lip boat shaped clawed, midlobe ovate 

 rounded greeni.^h white-yellow with an elevated mass in the centre. 

 Column red. Anther broad and flat, rostellum broad entire. Cap- 

 sules I inch long. 



Perak: Gunong Batu Putih (Wray), Larut Hills (Derry). 



3. Ph. gibbosa, De Vr. Illustr. t. 10. Ehizome stout branched, 

 pseudobulbs oblong conic, covered with sheaths 2-3 inches long. 

 Leaves lanceolate or obovate with a long point coriaceous 6-7 inches 

 long 1-3 inches across, petiole 1 inch long. Scape slender nodding 

 10-12 inches long, basal half nude, raceme flexuous, flowers about 20. 

 Bracts broadly oblong ovate, ^ inch long brown. Pedicels short. 

 Upper sepal oblong lanceolate obtuse, laterals broadly oblong broader 

 I inch long very obtuse. Petals linear or broadly oblong, obtuse all 

 white, reflexed. Lip base oblong boat -shaped, midlobe oblong bifid 

 lobes rounded, deflexed, a pair of erect truncate teeth at its base, 

 white, base beneath pinkish. Column curved hood very broad margin 

 waved brown. Anther red flat. Postellum long thin bifid. 



