Maicrlah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 139 



short, with a sliort foot. King. Ann. Bot. Eov. Calc. VIII. p. 181, t. 

 245 (var. album). G. fucatum, Lincll. Bot. Reg. t. 1087. 



Malacca: Rellaii, base of Mount Ophir (Deny), Bukit Sadanen 

 (Deny 385). Distrib. India, Siam. In open grassy spots. 



2. G. ciTRiNuar, Jack. Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 62G. Pseudobulb 

 glol)ose conic. Stem 4-6 inches long. Leaves ovate lanceolate to 

 lanceolate 8-12 inches long 1-2 inches wide, narrowed into a petiole 

 3-6 inches long. Scape 10-18 inches long, with foliaceous sheaths. 

 Flowers pure yellow and longer than in preceding species nearly 

 1^ inch across. Sepals and petals very broad ovate acute. Lip ovate 

 acute yellow with brown veins. Column short and l)road. Anther 

 orbicular ovoid depi-essed. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PL 176. Fol. 

 Oreh. 3. Bot. Mag. t. 2195. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 17. 



Penang: Balik Pulau (Curtis), Telok Bahang (Curtis 354), 

 Pulau Ujong Duri (Curtis 3027). Distrib. Burmah, Siam. 



31. Cymbtdium, Sw. 



Epiphytes rarely terrestrial stems sliort, often pseudobulbous. 

 Leaves very long and narrow or sliorter and broader. Scape erect or 

 pendulous, racemose flowers large. Sepals and petals subequal. Lip 

 sessile at the column base, concave, side lobes erect, disc with two 

 pubescent or glabrous ridges. Column long footless. PoUinia 2 

 su])triangular on a broad reniform disc. 



Species about 30, tropical and subtropical. Asiatic," African 

 and Australian. 



Pseudobulbs none. Leaves very long lorate. 



Scape pendulous. Leaves broad . . 1. C. Finhn/sonianum. 



Scape pendulous short. Leaves | inch 

 wide . . . . . . . . . . 2. C. puhescens. 



Scape erect, leaves narrow stiff . . 3. C. acutum. 



Stem swollen, short leaves lanceolate 4. C. lancifoJinm. 



Pseudobulbs oblanceolate scape pen- 

 dulous . . . . . . . . 5. C. Iluttoni. 



1. C. FiXLAYSONiAXUM, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 164. 

 Stems very short forming large masses leaves lorate coriaceous thick 1 

 to 3 feet long wide apex bilobed. Raceme pendulous 2 feet long, 

 flowers about 20. Bracts short ovate subacute, -;s- inch long. Ovary 

 and pedicel \^ inch long. Sepals oblong lorate obtuse an inch or 

 more long, spreading. Petals lanceolate obtuse broader all olive 

 yellow tinted red. Lip shortei-, side lobes long acute dark pink, 

 midlobe obovate refuse blunt white with a yellow line at base and two 

 crimson spots and deep crimson patch at tip, keels 2 crimson purple 

 on the disc. Column curved stout deep pink. Antber broad pus- 

 tular. Capsule very large 2 inches long elliptic or ovoid. Hook. 



