Maicrlals for a Flora of Vie Malayan reninsuJa. 189 



Upper sepal narrow apex deeurved, laterals similar connate Petals 

 spathulate blunt, all dark purple. Lip violet rose edged with white, 

 spathulate oblong truncate side lobes 2 small ears, callus entire square 

 in the centre of the midlobe white. Column purple arms long liood 

 deeurved broad. Capsule oblong i inch long. 



Pahang: Pekan (Eidley) rare. Distrib. Borneo. 



59. TiiECOSTELE, Echb. fil. 



Epiphytes, pseudobulbs ovoid, crowded. Leaf solitary large. 

 . Paceme iDcndulous from the side of the pseudobulb. Flowers numer- 

 ous small pink and white, pedicels short. Sepals free, spreading 

 laterals oblipue. Petals smaller. Lip base adnate to the base of the 

 column and forming a tube with it l)lade clawed with two short or 

 lar^e side lobes and a larger midlobe. Column upper part slender 

 cuived with well developed arms. Base of foot adnate to lip. Anther 

 thin. Pollinia 2, with one or two caudicles and a broad disc. Cap- 

 sule subglobosc beaked three-valved. 



Species 6. Malayan, Tenasserim to Java. 



Flowers small, numerous. 



Side lobes of lip very small .. .. L Th. maridosa.^ 



Side lobes of lip large clubbed . . • . 3- Th. Zolhngeri. 



Flowers few, large an inch across. 



Lip midlobe large, side lobes smaller .. ?k Th. serunda. 



Midlobe small, side lobes large falcate no ^, ,, . 



extra linear processes .. .. •• -i. Th. Ma,ngayL. 



A pair of linear processes before the side 



lobes '''• ^'^'- 'i'"'"'?"^/''^'^- 



1 Tii MACULOSA, Eidl. Trans. Linn. Soc. II. p. 374. Pseudo- 

 bulbs crowded conic 4 inches long. Leaf lanceolate olilong 12 inches 

 long, 3 inches wide. Scape pendulous 13-18 inches long, flowers 

 numerous small. Bracts small ovate. Pedicel short and thick. 

 Upper sepal oblong subacute, laterals broader oblong oblique. 1 etals 

 verv narrow lanceolate acuminate falcate all yellowish with chestnut 

 purple spots. Lip tube thick straight, side lobes very short curved 

 white midlobe broad pandurate refuse pubescent white witlli dark 

 crimson tips and a horse-shoe shape crimson central spots. Co umn 

 slender curved, arms linear lorate. Anther flat, pollinia ^ globular 

 with short pedicels and a large quadrate tlisc Capsule ovoid beaked 

 4 inch long three valved. Collohium }yray^, Hook. fil. II. Brit. Ind. 

 V. p. T8-1. Ic. PI. t. 2065. 



Malacca (Goodenough) ; Sungei Ujong: Burunang (native col- 

 lector Herb. Singap.) : Pahang: Kwala Tahan (Ridley); Perak: 



