200 MntpruiJs for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsida. 



lanceolate subacute. Anther lanceolate, pollinia 4. liostellum ovate 

 acuminate larger deeply bifid. 



Perak: Larut Hills and Bujong Malacca (Ridley). 



63. OxYANTHERA, Brngn. 



Epiphytes, stemless. Leaves distichous ligulate thin textured 

 apices bifid. Scapes axillary about as long as the leaves. Flowers 

 small racemose, periant connivent green or yellow. Sepals and petals 

 lanceolate. Lip lanceolate nearly entire about as long as petals base 

 concave, no callus. Column very short, no foot, arms indistinct. 

 Kostelhmi much longer than column, deeply bifid. Anther acuminate 

 two celled. Pollinia G-8 globular on a very slender caudicle. Cap- 

 sule fusiform. 



Raceme elongate straight .. .. 1.0. elata. 



Raceme short decurved .. .. .. 2. 0. mi era nth a. 



1. 0. KLATA. Hook. fil. Ic. PI. 31.j(i, Leaves lorate obtuse -12 

 inches long 1 inch wide, articulated sheatliing base two inches long. 

 Scape slender a foot long base nude racemose portion 2-4 inches long. 

 Floweis numerous. Bracts lanceolate \ inch long ovary and pedicel 

 \ inch long. Sepals lanceolate connivent at base, acute. Petals 

 smaller, all green at the base tips white. Lip as long as the petals 

 side lobes elevated green, midlobe oblanceolate mucronate white. 

 Column very short green no arms. Rostellum much longer acuminate 

 deeply bifid, white. Anther lanceolate yellow. Pollinia 6 semi- 

 globose, on a long slender pedicel. Capsule ^ inch long fusiform 

 lerminated by tlie remains of the perianth. 0. carinaia, Schlechter 

 I.e. p. 7«. TItelnsis curinata, Bl. Bijdr. ;^8(i. Orchideae Arch. ind. p. 

 20 PI. 7. fig. 3. Lindl. On-h. PL p. 2o3. Th. data. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VL p. 87. 



Singapore: Sungei Buluh, Kranji (Ridley) ; Pahang near Pekan 

 (Ridley), Kota Clanggi (Ridley); Selangor: Kwala Lumpur Caves 

 (Ridley 84G5) ; Perak: Coping (King's Coll. 8243), Hermitage 

 (Cock, Curtis 2852) ; Penang: Government Hill (Maingay). Distrib. 

 Java, Borneo, Sumatra. 



Species 2. Malayan and Pacific. 



2. 0. MiCHANTiiA, Brngn. Dupcrry Voy. Bot. j). i;>8, t. 37 B. 

 Leaves 6 incbes long 'i, inch wide loi-ate obtuse, shc^athing portion 1-1} 

 iiK-li long. Scajjc very sk-ndci- 3-4 inches long fawn colour, with 

 one or two distant sheatlis Ix-low racemose jjortion ball' an in(h 

 long or less recurved. Flowers i incli long fawn coloui-. Bracts 

 ovate obtuse. Sepals and petals lanceolate obtuse, whitish with fawn 

 foloured bases. Ijip lanceolate acute fieshy with thinner edges. 

 Column verj^ short. Anther ovate acuminate. Pollinia 8 globose 



