Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 149 



green. Bracts 3 ovate coriaceous, as long as the short ovary. Sepals 

 ovate lanceolate acute \ inch long. Petals much smaller linear 

 acute. Lip cuneate obovate, side lobes minute, midlobe broad apex 

 rounded, keel short papillose. Capsule oblong \ inch long. 



Johor: Batu Pahat (Ridley) ; Pahang: Kota Glanggi (Ridley) ; 

 Kedah: Gunong Jerai (Ridley). 



2. A. viRENS, Bl. Bijdr. p. 381. Stems 2-6 inches long. Leaves 

 linear oblong acute recurved very fleshy 1 inch long -J inch wide, 

 sheaths wrinkled -J inch long. Racemes very short 3-4: flowered. 

 Flowers small green scented. Bracts ^^e inch long ovate. Pedicels 

 and ovary as long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, laterals subfaleate. 

 Petals smaller. Lip entire cordate acute with a granular callus at 

 base. Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 349. Microsaccus virens, 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 77. 



Singapore: Kranji (Ridley) ; Johor: Tanjong Kopang (Ridley) ; 

 Selangor: Petaling (Ridley); Ginting Bidai : Kwala Lumpur caves 

 (Ridley 81T1) ; Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Java. 



3. A. PARViFLORA, Ridl. I.e. 350. Stems 2-4 inches tall. Leaves 

 linear acute thick recurved, 1-2 inches long very narrow. Flowers 

 very small sessile. Bracts minute ovate. Sepals ovate oblong acute 

 hai'dly ^ inch long. Petals linear smaller, all ochreous. Lip shorter 

 ovate acute purple, side lobes obtuse erect short. Capsule ^ inch long 

 elliptic 



Selangor Caves: Kwala Lumpur (Kelsall). 



39. AcAMPE, Lindl. 



Stems stout, not very tall. Leaves coriaceous lorate. Racemes 

 short flowers medium size. Sepals and petals subsimilar connivent. 

 Lip spurless or near so three lobed often pubescent. Column thick 

 conic. Pollinia with a narrow caudicle and oval disc. 



Species 4 or 5. African, Indian and Malayan. 



A. PENAXGiAXA, Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 358. Stem 

 short and thick. Leaves lorate stiffly coriaceous 7 inches long 1^ inch 

 wide. Raceme 2^ inch long, peduncle thick. Bracts ovate obtuse. 

 Flowers crowded at the end of the peduncle an inch across, fleshy 

 connivent peduncle thick. Sepals \ inch long oblong ovate broad 

 obtuse. Petals narrower spathulate, all yellow with red spots on the 

 back and bars in front. Lip a little longer quite spurless side lobes 

 curved long obtuse, midlobe ovate all yellow with three red streaks on 

 the side lobes, pubescent between the lobes. Column very short base 

 ))road yellow, with two pink spots at the base. Anther ovate obtuse, 

 arms short erect. 



Penang: Government Hill (Curtis). 



