Materials for a Flora of the Mahnjan Peninsula. 157 



Flowers small. Sepals oblanceolatc, laterals oblique. Petals narrower 

 linear. Lip side lobes erect, midlobe linear recurved with 2 quadrate 

 calli, a short conic spur. Column slender long arched. Anther 

 conic. Pollinia 3 spathulate caudicle broad, disc oblong. Capsule 

 obconic. 



Species one endemic. 



E. HisTRioxicA, Eidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 355, Leaves 

 3 inches long. Eacemes 4 inches. Bracts short ovate. Flowers an 

 inch across. L^pper sepal oljlanceolate erect, laterals deflexed oblique. 

 Petals linear obtuse, all j^ellow with red spots, midlobe shorter yellow, 

 with white calli. Capsule 1-J inch long. Rcnanthera liistrionica, 

 Echb. fil. Card. Chron. ISTS. p". T4. Hook, fil FL Brit. Ind. YL p. 49. 



Singapore: Serangoon (Eidley) ; Malacca: Mount Ophir (Eid- 

 ley) ; Perak: Gunong Keledang (Curtis 3343). 



47. Tkiciioglottis, B1. 



Stems rather tall 2-3 feet. Leaves lanceolate loratc coriaceous. 

 Flowers solitary, on short pedicels, small. Sepals and petals spread- 

 ing similar. Lip shorter side lobes short, base boat shaped or spurred, 

 midlobe entire or 3 lobed, pubescent. Column short thick footless, 

 arms short erect tooth like. Anther ovate beaked. Pollinia 2 cau- 

 dicle linear disc moderately large. 



Species 4 or 5. Malayan and Andamanese, Siam. 



Lip midlobe entire . . . . . . . . 1. T. retusa. 



Midlobe trifid. 



Base of lip boat shaped . . . . 2. T. scaphigcra. 



Base of lip spurred . . . . . . 3. T. teiraccras. 



1. T. RETUSA, Bl. Bijdr. p. 360. fig. 8. Stem stout 3 feet or 

 more. Leaves thick lorate obtuse bilobed 5 inches long half inch 

 wide, sheaths reticulately ribbed l inch long. Flowers f inch across. 

 Pedicel and ovary J inch long. Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals 

 narrower, all 3-ellowish marked with pale red. Lip nearly as long, 

 white tinted with pink base boat-shaped side lobes with long recurved 

 points midlobe oblong lanceolate pubescent. Column half the length 

 of the lip, arms erect tooth-like, top dark crimson. 



Pahang: Kota Glanggi (Eidley 2358); Selangor: Kwala Lum- 

 pur Caves (Kelsall). Distrib. Siam, Cochin China, Borneo, Java. 



2. T. SCAPHIGEEA, Eidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 357. Stem 



2 feet long, weak. Leaves lanceolate acute very shortly subpetiolate, 



3 inches long 4 inch or less wide sheaths -i inch long. Flowers ^ inch 

 across. Bracts ovate. Pedicel and ovary ^ inch long. Sepals ob- 

 lanceolatc obtuse pubescent. Petals similar yellow with red blotches. 

 Lip shorter base boat shaped, side lobes short blunt, with a hairy 



