Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 203 



Johor: Base of Gunong Panti (Ridley 4143), Bukit Murdom 

 (Kelsall) ; Province Wellesley: Bukit Juru (Ridley); Perak (Scor- 

 techini) ; Bindings: Lumiit (Ridley ?357) ; Penang: Telok Bahang 

 (Curtis 353). 



65. PoGONiA, Jussieeu. 



(Section Nervilia). 



Tuberous herbs with short stems and a solitary cordate petioled 

 leaf, appearing before the flowers. Racemes solitary or several on 

 the stem, lax. Flowers solitary or few nodding. Perianth connivent. 

 Sepals and petals narrow. Lip entire or three lobed spurless or with 

 a short spur. Column long. Anther helmet shaped. Pollinia 2 

 or 4, without disc or caudicle. 



Species of section about 12. Tropics of old woTld. 



Stem tall many flowered . . . . . . 1. P. flabelliformis. 



Stem short, flowers 1 or 3 . . . . 2. P. puncata. 



1. P. FLABELLIFORMIS^ Lindl. Gcn. and Sp. Orch. PL 415. 

 Leaf orbicular cordate many-nerved glabrous, 4 to 10 inches across 

 green, margin waved, petiole 4-8 inches long. Flowering stem G to 

 IS inches tall, lax flowered. Bracts linear acuminate ^ inch long. 

 Flowers pale green 1 inch long, pedicel ^ inch, ovary \ inch long. 

 Sepals and petals lanceolate acute petals narrower obtuse. Lip 3 

 lobed about the middle, side lobes obtuse, midlobe ovate acute hairy. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 131. P. Nervilia, Bl. Mus. Bot. I. 32. 

 Orch. Arch. Ind. P. crispata, Wight. Ic. t. 1720. Nervilia Aragoana, 

 Gaud. Freyc. Vol. 7. Bot. 433. t. 35. 



Perak: Padang Rengas in long grass (Ridley); Pahang: Tem- 

 beling (Ridley). Distrib. India, Malaya, Siam. The Pahang plant 

 is in leaf only but I believe it is this species. The leaves were green 

 with a row of black blotches. 



3. P. PUNCTATA, Bl. Mus. But. Lugd. Bat. I. p. 33. Orch. Archip. 

 Ind. p. 150. t. 49. f. 3. Base of stem tuberous, one inch long with a 

 few sheaths. Leaf appearing before the leaves ovate or orbicular 

 cordate 1-3 inches long 1^-3 inches wide green, undulate. Flowers 

 solitary nodding on peduncles, 2-3 inches long with close fitting pink 

 spotted sheaths. Bracts shorter than the very short pedicel ovate. 

 Ovary nearly \ inch long purple. Sepals an inch long narrow linear 

 acuminate pinkish with dark spots. Petals similar. Lip white with 

 violet spots 3 lobed, side lobes short midlobe lanceolate shorter than 

 the sepals. Column tall with broad thin wings tapering upwards, 

 arms winglike ovate acuminate points pointed downwards. Anther 

 small hemispheric pink. Stigma large. Ridley Journ. As. Soc. 

 Straits Branch Vol. 33. p. 146. 



