Matf^rial-s for a Flora of the M-alayan Peninsula. 



213 



Claw of midlobe of lip fimbriate. 



Leaves brown with gold reticulations. Flowers ^ 



few. 



Spur entire, claw of lip horizontal . . 1. A. BewwardUL 



Spur entire, claw geniculate . . . . 2. A. gcniculaia. 



Spur bifid at apex 3. /i. brevilahris. 



Leaves green. Flowers numerous . . . . 4. .4. pectinatus. ' 



Claw of midlobe toothed 5. A. hrcvistylis. 



Claw crenulate 6. .4. ralcaratus. 



Flowers large solitary or 2. Lip spathulate . . "7. A. macranilms. 



1. A. Eeinwardtii, B1. Oreh. Arch. Ind. 48. t. 12. f. 2. Stem 

 1-2 inches long. Leaves orbicular or ovate deep purple brown reti- 

 culated gold, 1-2 inches long 1 inch across. Scape 4-6 inches tall 

 with 3 or 4 flowers at the top, pubescent, bracts hinccolate half an 

 inch long reddish. Sepals dull red pubescent upper one greenish 

 attached to the white petals half inch long, laterals ovate lanceolate. 

 Lip straight white spur horizontal with two masses of papillae inside, 

 claw narrow with numerous slender filaments, blade narrowly trans- 

 verselv oblong, lobes rounded with an intermediate tooth. Anther 

 ovate "lanceolate. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Lid. YI. 95. Belg. Hort. 1861. 

 t. 18. 



Perak: Larut Hills (Ridley, Scorteehini) ; Kedah: Gunong Jorai 

 (Eidley). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 



2. A. GLEicuLATA, Eidl. Joum. Linn. Soc. XXXIL 406. Stem 

 and leaves resembling those of the preceding. Flowers as large, 

 lateral sepals gil^bous at the base. Lip base narrow erect parallel to 

 the column, then abruptly defiexed forming a knee, white with two red 

 spots below the knee claw of midlobe with 18 filaments, lobes ob- 

 cuneate erect truncate, spur % inch long curved oblong laterally com- 

 pressed with two ovoid papillose calli inside. Anther elongate acu- 

 minate. Pollinia clubbed long. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah, Selangor (Ridley); Johor: Gunong 

 Panti (Ridley); Malacca: Mount Ophir (Ridfey 3146); Penang: 

 We^t Hill (Curtis 1063). These two plants grow in dead leaves in 

 forests and are called Bimga Tulis by Malays. Endemic, 



3. A. BREViLABRis, Liudl. Gcu. and Sp. Oreh. PI. 499. Whole 

 plant about 6 inches tall. Leaves ovate oblique 1^ inch long ^ inch 

 wide, deep purple netted with gold, witli a I)rown pale bar down the 

 efciitre, petiole short \ inch. Scape thick reddish. Flowers about 1$, 

 Sepals reddish" or dark brownish red, pubescent. Petals adnate to 

 upper sepal thin Avhite. Lip white horizontal, claw short with a 

 pair of oblong calli at the base, filaments few 6-8 on each side, liml) 



