190 Maicrinl^ for n Flora of lite Molaijnn reninsuJa. 



Taipinfj (Uidley), (Wrnv 2o;j7), (Scortechini) ; Kedah : Yan (Pvid- 

 loy). Xative name " Sakat Bclimbing," 



2. Tir. ZoLLiXGERi, Echb. fil. Bonplandia Y. 1857 p, 37. Xen, 

 Oreli. TI. l.'^3. t. 147. Pseudobiil])s ovoid conic 1^ inch long. I^af 

 lanceolate obtuse 8 inches long 3 inches wide. Scape pendulous H 

 inches long lax flowered. Flowers | inch across, pedicels short. 

 Bracts 4 as long ovate acute. Upper sepal lanceolate, laterals adnate 

 to column base ovate rhomboid, subacute much broader. Petals very 

 narrow linear, all white tipped and blotched crimson, base orange. 

 Lip tube long, lateral lobes large obovate spathulate twisted spoon- 

 shaped pubescent yellowish red, midlobe ovate with a narrow base 

 and deeply bilobed apex glandular pubescent pink. Column slender 

 arched, arms long curved. Anther 2 celled. Pollinia globose on 

 very short caudicles with a l)road oblong disc. Th. aJata, Par. and 

 Pchb. ill. Ti-ans. Linn. Soc. XXX. 135. Cipuhidium olatuin, Eoxb. 

 Fl Brit. Ind. III. 459. 



Penang: Government Hill (Curtis); Perak : Waterloo Estate 

 (Curtis 2308, 2309). Distrib. Borneo, Tenasserim. 



3. Th. secunda, Pidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXXL p. 299. 

 Pseudobulbs ovoid oblong 1|- inch long 1 inch through. Leaf lanceo* 

 late subacute, 8 inches long 1^ inch broad. ]?aceme 3 inches long 

 pendulous. Flowers about 10, secund, an inch across. L^pper sepal 

 boat-shaped curved acute green, laterals broadly ovate acuminate 

 liglit green with a median red stripe. Petals linear lanceolate acu- 

 minate acute, green with 3 red stripes. Lip tube fairly long, side 

 lobes arched rounded, olive green, with two curved processes between 

 blade ovate white with a yellow spot edged crimson in the centre and 

 a purple spot near the tip. C'olumn dark maroon long, arms long 

 curved. Anther conic with a broad base, pollinia 2 fusiform with u 

 single caudicle tapering to the apex, disc small. 



T'crak: 1\iiping (Ridley), Tapa (x\.eria), (Scortochini drawing 

 SO), Waterloo (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. 



4. Til. Maing.wt, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Lid. VL 20. Ic. 1*1. 2118. 

 Pseudobulbs ovate oblong ribbed | to 1 inch long. Leaf elliptic or 

 obovate oblong 3-4 incbes long, 1-1] inch wide narrowed into a petiole. 

 Paceme 4-5 inches long, flowers scattered an inch across. Upper sepal 

 lanceolate acute, latei-als much broader ovate acuminate. PetaU lan- 

 ceolate acuminate narrower. Lip small velvety, tube long, claw wide 

 and half as long, side loI)es large curved with two curved clubbed 

 processes between, midlobe snuill ovate. Column tall curved. Pol- 

 linia 4 on a long narrow strap dilated upwards, apex glandular. 



Malacca (Maingay). Only known from Maingay's description 

 and specimen. It is clearly near srruTidn but has a much smaller lip, 

 with larger side lobes in proportion to the midlobe and 4 pollinia. 



