148 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



crimson tip greenish. Colinnn short crimson, arms rounded blunt. 

 Capsule -I inch long. Echb. fil. Xen. Orch. 1. 204. t. 78. fig. 1. Lindl. 

 Pol. Orch. 3. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 23. Mesochistes brachij- 

 staclnjs, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 1*1. 45. 



Lankawi Islands (Curtis). Distrib. India, Siam. 



2. L. ANTKNXiFERA, Bl. liumph. IV. 50. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 64. 

 Stem 2 feet tali, stout. Leaves obtuse 4-5 inches long, sheaths ^-1 

 inch long. Eacemes stout, ^ inch long with ovate bracts. Flowers 

 ^ inch across. Sepals oblong subacute. Petals longer narrow linear 

 from a broader base, all greenish. Lip shorter oblong ovate purple 

 with a transverse groove near the base. Column short and thick 

 j)urp]e. Anther flat yellow oblong rounded. I'ollinia globose, cau- 

 dicle short and broad, disc as large. Capsule 1.1 im-h long narrowed 

 at the base, strongiv keeled. Echb. lil. Xen. Orch. I. 'ZiSo. t. IS. fig. 2. 

 Hook. fil. I.e. 25. 



l^ahang: Pulau Chcngei (Eidley 2349); Ecrak (Scortechini). 

 Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



3. L. TiusTis, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. \'I. 25. Stem stout long. 

 Leaves upcurved 4-5 Indies long, thick blunt sheaths 4 inch long. 

 Eacemes short 1-2 inches long thick. Flowers 3 or more. Upper 

 sepal oblong blunt hooded i inch long laterals obliquely triangular 

 lanceolate acute, densely spotted pink. Petals linear base broader 

 twice as long as sepals white tip pink. Lip longer than sepals base 

 oblong nearly straight, terminal lobe much broader ovate cordate 

 blunt deep purple. Cohunn broad and thick. Cijmhidium tristc, 

 Willd. Sp. PI. IV. 99. Epidendrnm trisfc, Forst. Prodr. 314. 



Penang: Penara Bukit (Curtis 117(5). 



38. Adenoxcos, Bl. 



Small epiphytes. Leaves distichous linear or oblong fleshy. 

 Eacemes very short few flowered. Flowers very small. Sepals lan- 

 ceolate. Petals smaller. Lip flat fleshy entire or with very snuiU 

 side lobes. Column short arms very small. Anther 1 celled. Pol- 

 linia 4 with a linear caudicle and large disc. Capsule oldong or 

 elliptic. 



Species 3. Malay Islands. 

 Leaves flat lorate obtuse . . . . . • 1. ..4. major. 



Leaves tiiitk fleshy linear oldong acute . . 2. A. virens. 



Leaves tliie'k fleshy very narrow sul)teretc .. 3. A. parvi/Jora. 



J. A. MAJoiJ, Eidl. .lourn. Linn. Sou. XXW'il. p. 350. Stems 

 G to 10 inches long. Leaves lorate obtuse 2-3 inches long, g inch wide, 

 sheaths -] inch long wrinkled. Flowers sessile solitary axillary 



