178 Mdh'nals for n Flora of (lie Malai/a>i Peninsula. 



Stem elongate loaves terete , . . . . . \. A. {ercfi. 



Stem short leaves broad. 



Lip 4 lobed . . . . . . . . 2. A. hirtiihts. 



Lip 3 lobed. 



Sepals narrow acute yellow glabrous . . 3. A. sinmensis. 



Sepals broad barred red, hairy .. .. 4. A. hirsutus. 



Sepals lanceolate flowers very small glabrous 5. A. vunntiflorus. 



1. A. TERES, Journ, Eoy. As. Soc. Straits Br. Vol. XXXIX. 

 p. 85. Stem 6 inches or more tall, slender. Leaves terete acute 

 4^ inches long, -J inch thick, sheaths half an inch long ribbed and 

 transversely wrinkled, liaceme slender 4 inches long. Flowers few 

 scattered ^ inch across. Bracts very small ovate. Ovary and pedicel 

 f inch long. Tapper sepal oblaneeolate hooded, laterals oblique much 

 lai'ger oblong ovate. IVtals broadly spathulate oblique shorter. Lip 

 side lobes ei'cct lanceolate falcate, midlobe hastate basal lobes rounded 

 apex subacute, spur half the length of the lip curved obtuse. Column 

 as long as its foot nearly as long as the petals arms short and bi-oad. 



. .Tohor: on Bukit Banang, Batu J*ahat (Kidley). 



2. A. iiiRTULUS, ]?idl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXX I L p. 3T.->. Stem 

 shoi-t half an inch long. Leaves falcate linear acute 2-o iiu;hes long. 

 Scapes half an inch or little more long muricate raceme very short. 

 Bracts ovate, minute. Flowers nearly ^ inch across. lq">j)er sepal 

 lanceolate, lateral sepals adnate to column foot much larger ol)lanceo- 

 lute obtuse. Petals linear lanceolate, all cream with pink spots. Lip 

 side lobes erect linear curved, midlobe bi]ol)od lobes as long linear, 

 spur short curved blunt. Column tall slender, foot narrow lineai'. 

 Anthei- long b(\iked, acute. Capsule narrowly cyiindric shortei' pedi- 

 celled ] .') inch long J inch through. i>arco(ltiliis ]iirti(Jiis, Hook. 111. 

 V\. Brit.' Ind. \L PI. 89. Ic. PI. t. 2121. 



Pahang: Kota Glanggi (TJidley 2364); Malacca (Maingay) ; 

 Selangor: Kwala Lumpur Caves (Kidley) ; Penang: Waterfall (ihd- 

 ley) ; Perak (Scortechini) ; Lankawi (('urtis). 



3. A. siA.MKXsis. Kidl. .lourn. Linn. Soc. XXX IT. p. 31."). Stem 

 an inch long, witii long slender roots. Leaves 'y inches long, hardly 

 h inch wide lorate falcate bilobed acute, scapes 3 inches long muri- 

 culate, racenu'S veiy short. Bracts minute ovate. Pedicels ^-J inch 

 long. Flowers \ inch across. Upper sepal elliptic lanceolate acute, 

 laterals much larger rhomboid oblicpie keeled acute. Petals linear 

 lanceolate curved, all ochre yellow. Lip white, side lol)es oblong 

 apex rounded midlobe tongue shaped small blunt, spur long slender 

 cyiindric blunt. Column sigmoid, with a long slender foot, and 

 short erect blunt arms. Anther oblong shortly beaked. PoUinia 

 globose, caudicle narrow linear. 



