150 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



40. Stauropsis, Benth. 



Stems stout tall or short. Leaves lorate bilobed at the apex 

 very coriaceous distichous. Racemes lateral, very tall or short flowers 

 large showy fleshy. Sepals oblong, petals a little smaller. Lip adnate 

 to base of column short, spurless, side lobes short, midlobc oblong, an 

 oblong callus at the base. Column short broad footless, without wings 

 or arms. IJostellum bifid short, an entire or lobcd processes from 

 below the stigma. Anther conic one celled. Pollinia 3 on a broad 

 caudicle with a reniform or triangular disc. 



Species 2 or 3. Malayan. 



S. GiGANTEA, Benth. Gen. Plant IIL 572. Stem short very stout. 

 Leaves lorate very thick 1 to 2 feet long, 2-3 inches wide. Eaceme 

 short 6 to 15 inches long. Flowers about 12-15 fleshy 2 inches across, 

 ovary and pedicel thick 1 inch and long, bracts very short. Upper 

 sepal oblong obtuse, laterals broader subfalcate, yellow with pale red 

 spots. Petals narrower spathulate obtuse, similarly coloured. Lip 

 half as long as sepals base boat-shaped pink, side lobes very short, 

 midlobe fleshy oblong with three low ridges, yellow. Callus broad 

 conical. Column very short and broad, stigma large, stigmatic process 

 retuse. Pollinia caudicle short, disc reniform. Capsule very large. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 27. Fieldia cjigantca, Rchb. fil. Xen. 

 Qrch. II. 39. Walp. Ann. VI. 871. Vanda gigantea, Lindl. fi. I.e. 

 38. t. 112. 111. Hort. 18G1. 277. Vanda Lindleyana, Griff. Notul 

 IIL 353. 



Lanka wi: Kwah; Terutau (Curtis). Distrib. Burmah, Siam. 



41. Phalaenopsis, B1. 



Epiphytes stems short, leaves oblong or obovate few, coriaceous. 

 Eacemes short or long, sometimes panicled. Flowers usually 

 medium size to large showy. Sepals subequal. Petals often larger. 

 Lip spurless, fleshy or thin, clawed or adnate to the column base, side 

 lobes erect, usually with a forked or entire callus. Column with or 

 without a foot, rather long. Anther 2 celled. Pollinia 2 with a 

 linear or spathulate caudicle and a disc. 



Species about 25, Indian, Cochin China and Malayan. 



Scapes short. Rachis of raceme flattened . . 1. Ph. cornu-cervi. 



Rachis not flattened but thickened. 



Lip glabrous . . . . . . . . 2. Ph. violacea. 



Lip hairy at the tip . . . . . . . . 3. Ph. snniatrana. 



Scapes tall slender sometimes branched. 



Lateral sepals free from the column foot. 



Midlobe of lip narrow acute . . . . -i. Ph. muscicola. 



Midlobe obovate rounded . . . . . . 5. Ph. Kunstleri. 



Lateral sepals adnate to column foot . . 6. Ph. Esmeralda. 



