MalcriaJs for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 141 



Perak: Larut Hills, ^^'atcI•loo Estate (Ilidley). Distrib. Sik- 

 kim and Assam. C. Sunonsiannnt appears to be tlie same plant. 



-1, C. LAXCiFOLiUM, Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 51. Terrestrial. 

 Stem 1-3 inches long thick cylindric liesh}'. Leaves o lanceolate acu- 

 minate (i-8 inches long 1 ineh wide, base narrowed to a petiole. 

 Scape erect G inches long with a few scattered sheaths. Flowers 5 

 in a lax raceme, an inch across. Bracts short ovate. Sepals oblong 

 lanceolate acute dull green. Petals broader with a central pink 

 dotted line. Lip pandurate entire flat, apex broad white with the 

 edge at the base and some blotches on the blade crimson, a broad 

 raised ridge from the base, and 2 short blunt ones in the centre. 

 Column broad stout greenish spotted pink. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 

 Oreh. PI. IG-t. Journ. Linn. Soc. 11 [. 30. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 937. 

 Hook. til. Fl. Brit. Ind. \l. 9. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. p. 185. t. 347. 

 C. Gibsoni, Paxton Fl. Card. III. 618. fig. 301. C. javanicuin, Bl. 

 Bijdr. 380. Lindl. I.e. ITO. Griff. Ic. PI. As. t. 300. fig. 1. 



Malacca: Bukit Sadanen (Derry) ; Perak: Bujong Malacca 

 (Pidley), (Scortechini). Distrib. Intlia, Java, China, Japan. 



5. C. HuTToxi, Hook. ill. Bot. Mag. 5GTC. A large epiphyte 

 Avitli obovoid oblanceolate pseudobulbs. Leaves 3 oblong obtuse 

 thickly coriaceous 8 inches long, 4 inches broad. Paceme pendulous 

 G-8 inches long, with about 10 large flowers IJ inch across. Bracts 

 widely triangular. Sepals ovate oblong acuminate yellowish densely 

 spotted in lines by chocolate. Petals falcate chocolate. Lip 3 lobed 

 lobes broad obtuse, midlobe rounded orbicular with a channel ridge 

 betwen the side lobes, coloured like the sepals. Column thick curved. 

 Anther conic. C. StepJtcnsi, Pidl. Journ. Bot. 1900. 71. 



Perak: Larut Hills (Stephens). Pare. Uistrib. Java. 



33. DiPODiuM, Br. 



Stems leafy with equitant leaves in Malayan species, terrestrial 

 and leafless (Australian species). Leaves linear articulated, lla- 

 cenies lateral long peduncled. Flowers moderately large. Sepals 

 and petals similar spreading. Lip adnate to column base side lobes 

 very small. Column short and broad with large wings. Anther 

 small. Pollinia 3, caudicles 3 linear, disc rounded. 



Species 0. Malayan, Australian and Pacific. 

 Stem scandent . . . . . . . . 1. D. pictuni. 



Stem ereci"- . . . . . . . . . . 2. D. pahuloduni. 



1. D. I'JCTUM, Pchb. fil. Xenia Orch. II. 15 and 30 t. 107. 

 Stem climbing from the ground on trees and clasping with its roots, 

 leaves flaccid linear acuminate distichous 8 inches long by 1 inch 

 wide. Scape 10-13 inches tall. Flowers about an inch and a half 



