164 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



long. Sepals oblong acute, laterals falcate. Petals spathulate nar- 

 rower, all yellow banded with red. Lip half inch long, white slightly 

 pubescent side lobes acute erect midlobe of three nearly equal lobes, 

 mid one narrower callus at the base linear oblong toothed. Column 

 red. Anther yellow. Trichoglottis fasciata, Echb. fil. Gard. Chron. 

 1872. p. 699. Orchid Album V. t. 208. 



Lankawi: Terutau (Curtis 2818) on rocks. Distrib. Siam. 



44. Vanda. 



Epiphytic or terrestrial plants. Leaves coriaceous flat or terete 

 succulent. Flowers large showy racemose or panicled. Sepals and 

 petals subequal. Lip large base saccate or spurred, side lobes large 

 or small, midlobe fleshy or thin. Column short. Anther 2 celled. 



Species about 20. Tropical Asia and Australia. The thin 

 flowered species including the only native one would be better excluded 

 from the genus. 



V. HooKERiANA, Echb. fil. Bonplandia 1856. 324. Card. Chron. 

 1882 n. 488. Scandent stems slender, about 12 feet long. Leaves 

 terete 2-3 inches long erect. Inflorescence lateral racemose or pan- 

 icled with few branches, peduncle 6-8 inches long. Flowers 2-3 inches 

 across, thin textured, pedicel and ovary an inch long. Upper sepal 

 obovate half inch long pale rose, laterals much larger oblong oblique, 

 obtuse with a setaceous process on the back, white with a few pink 

 spots. Petals broadly obovate twisted, broader and shorter than the 

 lateral sepals pale rose. Lip large 1^ inch long, side lobes oblong 

 acuminate obtuse deep purple, midlobe broad large three lobed side 

 lobes oblong dilated at apex and rounded, midlobe oblong obovate 

 white or rose dotted crimson. Callus conic blunt grooved white at 

 mouth of the very short spur. Column fairly long with a long foot 

 pink. 111. Hort. 1883. t. 484. Ecichenbachia IL 74. Orch. Alb. t. 

 73. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VL 50. 



Perak (Scortcchini, Wray), Kiuta Valley (liidlcy, etc.) ; Jolior: 

 Kvvala Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Distrib. Borneo. Scrambling over 

 bushes in open swamps. 



45. Renanthera, Lour. 



Stems tall scandent. Leaves oblong obtuse. Inflorescence pan- 

 icled. Flowers large or small. Sepals and petals spreading. Lip 

 small articulated at base of column side lobes broad truncate, midlobe 

 short tongue shaped base of lip between the lobes spurred, spur short 

 conic. Column short and broad with no foot arms short incurved. 

 Anther broad one celled. PoUinia 2, caudicle broad or rather narrow, 

 disc broad. 



Species about 8. Cochin China, Burmah, Malaya. 



