152 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



oblanceolate, laterals mucli broader. Petals lanceolate narrowed at 

 base, Avliite or yellowish barred red. Lip f inch long, side lobes ob- 

 long truncate, with a tooth on the inner side, white and orange in the 

 inside, disc with 3 two toothed calli in a row, midlobe oblong elevated 

 in the midlobe, white M'itli crimson s]wls, a woolly tuft towai'ds tbo 

 end. Column rather tall, hooded, hood tootbed, arms shoi't incurved 

 two toothed. Capsule (> inches long. But. ]\[ag. t. 552T. Flore des 

 Serres t. 1644. P. zehrina, Toxmu and Binn. PI. Cult, in Hort. 

 Bogor. p. 320. 



Johor: Batu Pahat (Pidley). Kwala Sembrong (Kclsall) ; Perak: 

 Bidor (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra^ Borneo. 



4. Pit. muscjcola, Pidl. Trans. Linn. Soc. III. p. 373. Leaves 

 oblanceolate obtuse, 6 inclies long, two inches wide. Scape slender 

 6-8 inches long sometimes branched, rachis not thickened the ilowers 

 often ^ inch apart. Bracts ovate small. Flowers an inch across. 

 Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals subspathulate acute white spotted 

 chestnut. Lip side lobes 4 angled tooth like, yellow spotted with 

 chestnut, midlobe narrow tongue shaped apex decurved, rosy, an ob- 

 long bifid callus between the side lobes, and a lanceolate blunt one at 

 the base of the midlobe. Capsule linear narrow 3 inches long. 



Pahang: Tahan Piver (Ridley). On mossy trees in dense 

 jungle. 



5. Pii. KuxsTLERi, ITook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 30. Leaves 

 obovate oblanceolate, or elliptic lanceolate acute 4-6 inches long 2^ 

 wide. Scape about as long few flowered rachis thickened. Bracts 

 very small ovate. Flowers 1-1| inch across. Upper sepal obovate 

 obtuse greenish yellow with or without a red bar, laterals broader 

 oblique, yellow with a transverse red bar. Petals spathulate or obo- 

 vate similarly coloured. Lip side lobes oblong truncate denticulate, 

 white, midlobe obovate apex rounded, orange witli a white raised cen- 

 tral bar and 3 Indian red streaks on each side, a bifid callus at the 

 base of the midlobe. Column narrowed in the middle greenish, hood 

 ovate. Hook. fil. Ann. Boy. Bot. Gard. Calc. V. 58. Ph. Denisinna, 

 Cogniaux. Card. Cliron. 18!J9. 82. Diet. Icon, des Orchidces Phal. 6. 



Perak (Scortechini, Kunstler). Tambun Hot Springs near 

 Ipoh, (Pidley; Tapah : Sungei Si})ut (Curtis); Bindings (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Philippines (fide Cogniaux). 



6. Pii. Esmeralda, Pchb. fil. Gard. Chron. 1874. 582. Leaves 

 4 to 6 inches long 1^-2 inches wide oblanceolate obtuse dull green. 

 Scape erect 1 to 2 feet tall simple or branched. Bracts short ovate. 

 Flowers an inch across white rose or crimson. Ui>j)er sepal oblanceo- 

 late ol)tuse, laterals oblique ovate adnate to the column foot. Petals 

 obovate. Lip with a long claw, with two narrow white lobes, side 

 lobes oblong truncate broad yellow midlobe longer fleshy lanceolate 



