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of two short oblong truncate lobes. Spur curved rather long, apex 

 bifid. • Column witTi broad triangular wings and a fork process from 

 the centre. Anther ovate pubescent. Pollinia curved pyriform on a 

 slender caudicle. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. OG. A. aJho-Jinealus, 

 Par. and Pchb. fil. Trans. Linn. Soc. XXX. 141. 



Selangor: Bukit Hitam (Kelsall) ; Perak: Taiping (Derry). 

 Distrib. India and Burmah. I believe this is not rare in the Penin- 

 sula but I have .seldom seen flowers. 



4. A. PECTiXATUs, Eidl. OdontocliUus peciinatus, Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VI. 99. Ic. PI. 2165. Stem tall a foot long, internodes an 

 inch long. Leaves crowded al)0ve ovate oblique 3 inches long l)y 1 

 wide or less, green, petiole half an inch. Spike 2 inches long, nude 

 below. Flowers I an inch long about 10. Bracts lanceolate nearly as 

 long as the ovary pubescent. Upper sepal and petals adnate ovate 

 pubescent, laterals ovate hardly gibbous at the base, green. Lip 

 much longer white base saccate with two curved clubbed processes 

 inside, side lobes short rounded, claw of midlobe long with numerous 

 short filaments limb bilobed lobes falcate obtuse. Column short wings 

 triangular, stigma 2 papillose. Anther long acuminate. Pollinia 

 obovoid on a single stout caudicle with an ovate disc. 



Perak: Larut Hills (King's Collector 6398, 213?), (Pidley 

 5195). Endemic. 



5. A. BREVisTYLis, Pidl. Odontcchihis hrevistylis. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VI. 100. Ic. PL 2166. Stem tall about 6 inches long. 

 Leaves few at the top ovate acuminate lJ-2 inches long petiole ^-^ 

 inch long. Peduncle 1 inch long pubescent. Flowers 3-4 h an inch 

 long white. Bracts lanceolate. Upper sepal ovate, laterals larger 

 oblique ovate with a tuft of hairs at the tip. Petals semiovate, 

 beaked. Lip § inch long, base saccate, side lobes hardly distinct 

 daw with 3 or 4 falcate teeth, limb bifid lobes semiovate rounded. 

 Anther ovate, pollinia ovoid on a broad trianugar caudicle with a 

 siiijill oblong gland. 



Perak: Gunong Batu Putih (Wray 1210). Endemic. 



6. A. CALCARATUS, Ridl. Odonloch il lis calcaratus. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Biit. Ind. XII p. 90. Ic. PI. 2162. A very slender plant 2 to 5 inches 

 tall. Leaves ovate sessile or shortly peliok'd ]-^, inch long, brown 

 ^(green dashed with crimson and veined gold, Wray) dark purple 

 (Scortechini). Flowers 2 or 3, I inch across white. Sepals lanceo- 

 late connate at the base into a mentum. Petals linear lanceolate free. 

 Lip base saccate spuri-ed, side lobes curved, claw crenulatc, limb lobes 

 quadrate truncate. Column with a bifid elongate process descending 

 into the spur. Anther ovate lanceolate, pollinia pyriform with two 

 stout caudicles and an ovate disc, 



