158 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



callus at the base, midlobc trifid, side lobes linear median one shorter 

 rounded, a large pubescent callus in the centre. Column short, arms 

 long hairy. Anther ovate pubescent. 



Penang: Government Hill (Curtis 1964); Perak (Scortechini) ; 

 Waterloo (Curtis). 



3. T. TETRACERAS, Eidl. l.c.c. Stem over a foot long weak. 

 Leaves 3 inches long half inch wide lanceolate acuminate, subpetiolate, 

 sheathed ^ inch long. Flower \ inch across, pedicel ^ inch long. 

 Sepals oblong ovate, i'etals smaller ligidate. Lip flat, side lobes 

 tooth like, spur acuminate obtuse, midlobe lanceolate ovate obtuse with 

 two short and two much longer; two keels running from the two lobes 

 to the terminal portion ending in a pubescent callus, a fleshy elongate 

 linear truncate calhis in the mouth of the spur. Column short arms 

 tooth like. 



Lankawi: Goa Chirita (Curtis 2817). 



48. Rhynchostylis, B1. 



Epiphytes stem short. Leaves lorate bilobed coriaceous. Ea- 

 ccmes shoil and stout, many flowered. Flowers small. Sepals and 

 petals subequal spreading. Lip adnate to column base, spurred, side 

 lobes 0, midlobe clawed. Column short stout footless. Anther flat, 

 beaked. Pollinia 2 semiovate, caudicle linear disc ovate. Kostellum 

 bifid. 



Sepals 2, Indian and Malayan. 



1. E. GiGANTEA, Eidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 356. Stem 

 short and stout. Leaves broad lorate obtusely bilobed 12 inches long 

 2-3 inches wide very thick. Eacemes 9-12 inches long very dense 

 flowered. Flowers an inch across, white or spotted with pink, and lip 

 violet pink. Bracts boat shaped :J inch long. Upper sepal ovate 

 obtuse base narrowed, laterals longer. Petals ol)lanceolate obtuse. 

 Lip longer pandurate refuse with a blunt tooth in the notch and a 

 conic process beneath, spur straight f inch long flattened. Column 

 short. Anther long beaked. Capsule 1^ inch long. Saccolahium 

 giganteum, .Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. p. 221. Bot. Mag. t. 

 5635. Williams Orch. Album II. t. 56. 



Singapore: Seletar (Eidley) ; -Pulau Aor, East Coast of Johor 

 (Native collector). Distrib. Cochin China, Siam. Only once ob- 

 tained in the Peninsula. 



2. E. RETUSA, Bl, Bijdr. 286. t. 49. Stem short. Leaves elon- 

 gate lorate obliquely refuse apices acute, 10-20 inches long ^-2 inches 

 wide sheaths short. Eacemes 4 to 20 inches long dense. Flowers |-| 

 inch across white blotched with rosy purple. Sepals orbicular ovate. 

 Upper one oblong. Petals elliptic obtuse. Lip rosy purple, limb 

 cuneiform entire or emarginate, spur compressed blunt, pubescent 

 within. Capsule 1-1^ inch long clavate. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. 



