144 Malcrlah for a Flora of flic MaUiijaii Peninsuhi. 



uljloiig, iriitrc yellow, iiii'aly, edges while, l)asc s))oitecl \ iolel. Coluinii 

 white hood emai-giiiate. Capsule sessile 2i ineh long. Hook. Bol. 

 Mag. t. 4001. Wight le. t. i:40. Hook. lil.'Fl. Brit. Ind. VL p. 20. 

 Kidlev Journ. Linn. Soe. XXVIII. ."336. Br. Finlaysonkina, Kclib, 

 ill. Walp. Ann. \'I. G30. 882. Mi(iiiel FI. Jav. I. 70S. Grammaio- 

 pliyllum Fuilaijsoniannm, Lindl. Orch. Pi. p. 1T3. Coelogyne can- 

 Icscens, (jriff. Xotiilac 111. p. 282. 



Singapore common (IJidley) ; Johor: Batu Paliat (Eidley) ; 

 Malacca (Cuming 2054), Mount Opliir (Dcvry 038) ; Perak: Taiping 

 Waterfall (Pidley) ; Legeli : Tomoli (Machado) ; Kedah: Gunong 

 .lei-ai (Iiidley). Distrib. Cochin China, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 

 Common in open grass spots, attaining a great size in wet spots on 

 mountain rocks. Native name "• Poko Suran\an." 



2. B. 8YLVEST1US, Pidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXIII. p. 337. 

 Stems slender weak, 1-G feet tall. Leaves laneeohUe thin o inches 

 long fi inch wide ti]) une(|ually bifid. Pacemes 1-2 similar to those 

 of B. jjiiluslris. Flowers smaller an inch long orange coloured. 

 Sepals lanceolate acuminate. Petals wider. Lip shorter, side lobes 

 erect obtuse yellowish with crimson veins, edgi; white midlobe ovate 

 acute white, centre orange yellow. Column slender curved, yellow, 

 base spotted crimson, hood entire. Anther ovate. 



Singapore: Kranji in woods (Kidley) ; Johor: Gunong Panti 

 (Pidley 414G), Gunong Pulai. 



3. B. itLi'KSTKJS, liidl. Journ. Linn, Soc. XXXI L ;)11. Terres- 

 trial, stems live feet tall flattened. Leaves lorate lanceolate ileshy, 

 unequally bilobed, 4 inches long ^ inch wide. Flowers 2 or 3 in a tuft, 

 lateral, ovary and pedicel i inch long. Sepals an inch long lanceolate 

 ol)tuse pale yellow with red tint. Petals shoi'ter bj-oader pale yellow. 

 Lip about as large long as the sepals, side lobes long falcate acute, 

 white with crimson veins, midlobe more fleshy lanceolate yellow with 

 I'ed dots, edge crisped, elevated bar l)etween side lobes yellow. Column 

 yellow hood rounded. 



Malacca, Mount Ophir at 4000 feet alt. (Kidley 3143) ; Kedali: 

 Gunong Jerai (Pidley). 



4. B. ALTicoLA, Pidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVIII. p. 398. PI. 

 XLII. Epiphytic with a much branched rhizome, forming large 

 masses of stems 1-3 feet long, flattened. Leaves lanceolate lorate 

 obtuse apices bilobed thiidy coriaceous G inches long -1 inch wide. 

 Pacemes terminal lle.xuoiis 2-3 inches long. Bracts | inch long boat 

 shaped acute. Flowers o])ening singly white fragrant. Sei)als lan- 

 ceolate acute an inch long, laterals sojuewhat oblicjue. Petals lorate 

 lanceolale, smaller, all while. liip shorter pulieseent narrow side 

 lobes lanceolate acute white tipped with violet, elevated ridge between 

 them yellow, midlobe ovate subacute centre ileshy 3ellow edges white. 



