218 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



oblong glabrous. Lip sae broad witb two curved processes inside 

 mldloI)e base narrow, limb bilobcd lobes spreading blunt yellow. 

 Column short. Anther longer lanceolate, rostellum arms long nar- 

 row. Pollinia pvriform caudicle narrow disc ovate. Hook. 111. Fl. 

 Brit. YI. 108. King Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. YIII. p. 290. t. 387. 

 Monochilus a/fine, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 487. Aetheria 

 mollis, Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. I. 184. 



Penang: Government Hill (Maingay). Distrib. India. 



3. Z. CLANDESTiXA, Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. p. 70. PI. 39. fig. 4. 

 Plant slender erect about a foot tall. Leaves distant about 5, lan- 

 ceolate ovate thin green, 1^ inch long by f inch wide, petiole 4 inch 

 long. Scape slender hispid 6 inches long, base nude, above spicate 

 with very small flowers. Bracts lanceolate acuminate half as long 

 as the ovary. Upper sepal adnate to petals forming an acute galea, 

 laterals free oblong all green hisped tipped white. Lip saccate at base 

 green Avith two curved processes in the sac, side lobes involute, ter- 

 minal lobe white bilobed spreading lobes obtuse. Column short. 

 Anther lanceolate ovate. Ilostellum arms long curved. Capsule | 

 inch. 



Singapore: Garden Jungle (Ridley 8785), Bukit Timah. Dis- 

 trib. Java. A very inconspicuous little plant occurring in dry woods. 



4. Z. nuPESTRis, Pidl. Journ. Boy. As. Soc. Str. Br. Yol. 

 XXXIX. p. 86. Whole plant 6-8 inches tall slender, leaves few lan- 

 ceolate narrow blunt i-^ inch long ^ inch wide. Scape slender 

 pubescent. Flowers 2, terminal ^ inch long w^hite. Sepals ovate 

 hairy, petals adnate to the upper sepal. Lip base saccate, with two 

 linear subulate processes inside, limb clawed, with a terete, minutely 

 denticulate claw, blade l)ifid lobes oblong truncate. Column short, 

 rostellum lobes linear blunt incurved. Capsules erect | inch long. 



Penang: Bocks on Government Hill (Curtis 2823). The long 

 narrow claw of the lip is more like that of an Anoeciochilus. 



5. Z. VIOLASCENS, Eidl. Plant slender 6-10 inches tall. Leaves 

 lanceolate or ovate lanceolate acute 1-1 inch long petiole -J inch long, 

 purple, with or without a central pink vein. Scape slender pul)escent, 

 with scattered acuminate sheaths. Flowers 5 or 6 terminal crowded, 

 white. Brads narrow lanceolate acuminate \ inch long. Ovary 

 longer. Sepals oblong obtuse \ inch long. Petals adnate to the 

 upper sepal. Lip as long as the sepals, base saccate sides involute 

 terminal lobe bi'oader reluse rounded, two short curved processes in 

 the sac. Column short I'oslelJum arms long curved. Jlctocria piir- 

 pnrascens, Blume Orch. Arch. Ind. p. lO.j. PI. 37. Psijchechilus pur- 

 purascens, 1)1. PI. 9, tig. 3, 



