204 Materials for a Flora of ihe Malayan Peninsula. 



Sinojiporo: Bukit 'I'imali, Cliiia C'liu Kang (Ridley); Peaang 

 Waterfall (Curtis) ; Lankawi : TtM-iitau and Kwah (Curtis 2809). 



06. CORYSAXTIIES, Br. 



Very small tuberous herbs, with one orbicular or ovate leaf, and 

 one large flower. Dorsal sepal falcate broad laterals and petals fili- 

 form or petals absent. Lip large erect with a tubular base dilated 

 into a broad recurved limb. Column short erect stout with a broad 

 stigma. Anther 2 celled roniform or ovoid not beaked. Pollinia' 



2 elliptic with no eaudicle or disc. Eostellum short and broad. Cap- 

 sule erect elliptic on a long succulent pedicel. 



Species 15. Australian, Malayan and Indian. 

 Lateral sepals and petals filiform long. 



Lip broad rounded . . . . . . . . 1. C. picta. 



Lip ovate acuminate .. .. . . 2. C. mucronata. 



Sepals and petals shorter than lip . . . . 3. C. fornicata. 



1. C. PICTA, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 394. Whole plant 



3 inches tall. Leaf coidate acute undulate dark green with white 

 veins ^ inch long. Flowers deep red ^ inch long. Upper sepal 

 cuneate 3 toothed. Lateral sepals and petals 1^ inch long very slen- 

 der. Lip ovate with a tubular base recurved, margin of limb toothed. 

 Column short and broad. Capsule elliptic. Blume Orch. Arch. Ind. 

 174. t. 64. fi. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 118. Calrearia pida, Bl. 

 Bijdr. t. 33. part. 



Pahang: Kluang Terl)ang (Barnes); Malacca: Mount Ophir 

 (Kidley) ; Perak: Tambak Batak (Scortechini). Blume's figure in 

 tlie Orchideae Ai'chipelagi Indici is coloured violet, and looks very 

 difi'erent from the peninsular species whicli may be distinct. 



2. C. MUCRONATA, Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. 175. t. iS^^. C. Whole 

 plant 2 inches tall. Leaf ovate cordate ^ inch long. Flower less 

 than balf an inch sessile red with darker spots. Uppei- sepal entire 

 or nearly so mucronate. Lateral sepals and petals 1 inch long. Lip 

 white with red spots, much smaller than in preceding species, base 

 tubular limb ovate denticulate. Capsule elliptic \ inch long, pedicel 

 3 inches long. 



Kedah : Gunong .Terai (Bidley). Distrib. Java. 



3. C. FORNICATA, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PL 304. Stem |-2 

 inches. Leaf \-^ inch long ovate cordate margin not waved. Flow- 

 ers sessile. Bracts subaculi' lanceolate. Doi-sal sepal^ inch long blade 

 spathulate 5 ribbed rose coloured, lateral sei)als and petals shorter 

 tlian the upper sepal. Jjip with a long erect tube pi-o<lu<rd downwards 

 into two spurs, limb fanshaped with short blackish purple ribs. 



