Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 193 



bifid. Selilechter I.e. 21. P. microphyllus, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Iiid. 

 VI. 81. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 688. (not Lindley). Cryptoglottis 

 serpyUifolia, Echb. fil. I.e. p. 41. not of Blunie, 



Singapore: Chan Cliu Kaug (Kidiey), Kranji (Ridley 'M)2) ; 

 Jolior: Bukit Pengarani, Gunong Piilai (JJidley) ; Pahang: Pekan 

 River (Ridley 23T2) ; Malacca: Mount Ophir (Ridley); Perak: 

 Bujong Malacca (Curtis 3124); Peuang: Bukit Laksamana (Curtis 

 1733) ; Kedali: Gunong Jerai (Ridley). Distrib. Java. Common on 

 mossy trees. 



3. P. LUCESCENS, Bl. Bijdr. 295. t. 12. Stems tufted 6 inches or 

 more tall erect unbranched. Leaves narrow elliptic § inch long | 

 inch wide apex unequally bilobed obtuse. Racemes suljterminal ^ 

 inch long slender. Bracts subdistichous ovate acute. Flower!^ minute 

 white. Sepals and petals lanceolate sub(jbtuse, mentum very short. 

 Lip distinctly 3 lobed, side lobes broad rounded, median linear oblong 

 with three raised ribs on the disc. Column ver}- short arms elongate 

 acuminate. Anther ovate obtuse, pollinia 4 elongate pyriform with 

 a calyptrate disc. Rostellum 3 lobed median loljes longest, acuminate. 

 Lindl. Orch. PI. p. 234. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. Gsf. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VI. 82. Schlechter I.e. p. 17. 



Kedah: Gunong Raya (Curtis 2559) ; Pcnang Walerfull (Curtis), 

 Distrib. Tenasserim, Java, Borneo. 



4. P. AXCEPs, Schl. I.e. 33., Stems 6 inches to 18 inches flat 

 pale green. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic base rounded blunt un- 

 equally bifid light green 1^-2 inches long l-% inch wide, slieaths ^-1 

 inch long flattened. Racemes lateral or terminal half inch long. 

 Bracts lanceolate blunt deflexed. Flowers small greenish white. 

 Sepals ovate obtuse, mentum short rounded. Petals similar to tlie 

 upper sepal but smaller. Lip shorter than sepals rounded entire 

 ovate blunt, no callus, white with two purplish streaks in the spur. 

 Column sliort with a very broad oblong foot, purple above l)asc green. 

 Anther aciniform crimson pustulate acute. Pollinia 6 pyriform, disc 

 verv small lanceolate red. Rostellum ovate acute l)ifid. Appendicula 

 anceps, Bl. Bijdr. 299. Lindl. Orch. PI. p. 228. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 p. 702. A. Lewisii, Grifl'. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. IV. p. 378. t. 19. 

 Notul. III. p. 360. Ic. PI. As. t. 337. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 

 83. A. conipJanaia, Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. p. 389. Mela- 

 chiliim cyathiferum, Lindl. Orch. PI. p. 74. 



Singapore (Wallich 2022) ; Johor: Gunong Banang, Batu Paluit 

 (Ridlev), Gunong Pulai (Ridlev 3173); Selangor: Caves, KwaJa 

 Lumpur (Ridley 8130), Rawang" (Ridley 7790), Bukit Hitam (Kel- 

 sall) ; Malacca :"Batu Tiga (Derry 977) ; Perak: Relau, Tujor (Wray 

 4030), (Scortechini). Larut Hills (King's Coll. 2009) ; Penaug: 

 West Hill (Curtis 993), (Ridley 7242). Distrib. Java. 



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