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above. Eostelluiii arms nearly as long linear truncate. Anther with 

 a long narrow beak. 



Peuang: Government Hill (Eidley). Endemic. 



So. Hylophila, Lindl. 



Terrestrial herbs, stem long creeping. Leaves lanceolate petioled. 

 Flowers small pubescent spicate, connivent. Upper sepal hooded ad- 

 nate to petals. Petals falcate. Lip a subglobose sac with a small 

 linear limb and 2 calli inside. Column very short, no arms. Rostel- 

 lum very long bifid. Antiier long beaked. Pollinia 2 pyrii'orni with 

 a tapering to a narrow disc. 



Species 2. Malayan. 



Sepals |- inch long glabrous . . . . 1. //. lanceolata. 



Sepals -| inch long viscid pubescent . . 2. II. mollis, 



1. H. LAXCEOLATA, Hook. ill. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 110. Stem 

 stout long and creeping. Leaves lanceolate caudate acuminate or 

 acute waved 4-5 inches long, petiole 1 inch long. Scape shorter than 

 the leaves or not much longer 3 inches long dense flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate acuminate. Flowers numerous white nearly or quite glab- 

 rous. Sepals i inch long. Petals obliquely ovate. Lip globosely 

 saccate with a short narrow limb. Column very short. Postellum 

 lobes and anther much longer. Dicerosti/lis lanceolata, Bl. Orch. 

 Arch. Ind. 116. t. 38. f. 1. 



Perak (Scortcchini), Bujong Malacca (Curtis). Distrib. Java. 



2. H. MOLLIS, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. p. 490. Rhizome 

 creeping for some distance. Stem G-8 inches tall, leaves numerous 

 thin lanceolate acute polished green 4 inches long 1:^ wide, petiole 2 

 inches. Scape slender glandular pubescent 1| feet tall, with a few 

 sheathing acuminate leaves. Spike about G inches long with small 

 crowded sticky green flowers. Bracts shorter than the ovary ^ inch 

 long narrow lanceolate acuminate. Sepals ^ inch long. Upper one 

 saccate beaked pubescent, laterals ovate oblique. Petals adnate to the 

 upper sepal. Lip saccate adnate to the column, with a linear terminal 

 lobe. Column very short. Anther very long beaked. Eostellum 

 lobes long waved. Capsule elliptic sessile I inch long. Blume Orch. 

 Arch. Ind. 115. .t. 35, 36 F. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 110. 



Singapore (Wallich 7396), Teban, Bukit Timah, Toa Payoh (Piid- 

 ley 3926); Malacca (Grifflth) ; Perak (Scortcchini), Larut (King's 

 Coll. 2182). Distrib. Sumatra. Often very abundant in wet woods. 



84. Lepidogyxk, Bl. 



A large plant with a stout creeping stem and long linear acu- 

 minate leaves. Scape tall covered with sheaths. Spike long and 



