228 Malcriah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Joiiger than the ovary. Upper sepal ovate, laterals I'alcate obloug 

 obtuse lon^^er nearly \ inch long. Petals oblong lanceolate obtuse 

 shorter. Lip short broad three lobed lobes blunt short, central one 

 longest, spur very sliort conic green. Anther cells parallel. Capsule 

 oblong strongly ribbed \ inch long. Hook. ill. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 

 1G3. //. Muiiujayi, King Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI. II. 1897. 

 p. G04. Coeloylossinii Jacertiferuni and acuininaiuin, Lindl. (Jen. 

 and 8p. Orcli. PI. 303. Fcrkiylus chhranihus, Lindl. Kow. Journ. 

 Bot. YII. 37. Chacradopleciron spiranlhes, Schauer PI. Meyeu. -430. 

 t. 13. C. 



Singapore: Tanglin, Jurong, etc., QJidley) ; Johor: near Castle 

 Wood (Iiidley) ; Malacca: Sungei Ujong (Derry 101), Nyalas (Good- 

 enough l.")4G) ; Penang: Government Hill (Curtis 2105), (Kidley 

 ^OGl), (Wallich 7055). 



Common on road sides and in grassy spots. 'J'lie var. robust'wr, 

 Kranzl. Engl. Jahrb. XVI. (1893). p. Igo. var. robusia, Hook. lil. 

 l.c.c. is a common large form. H. Muiitgayi, King, being the most 

 abundant road side form. '^J'he plant varies but little except in size. 

 1 have met a form in which the outer lobes of the lip were longer than 

 the central one. Dislrib. India, Lingga, Hongkong. 



8. II. MOXTicoLA, Pidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 413. Whole 

 ])lant 15 inches tall, tubers ^ inch long oblong. Leaves basal 3-1 

 lanceolate acute an inch long inch wide, dark green. Stem slender 

 with a few acuminate bracts, i-accme lax. Flowers numerous very 

 small green. Bracts lanceolate acute -J inch long nearly as long as the 

 pedicel. Sepals oblong ovate jV inch long. Petals a little shorter 

 elliptic oblong. Lip triiid witli a short claw side lobes | inch long 

 liliform midlobe much shorter spur as long as sepals straight bilid. 

 Capsule elliptic { inch long. 



Malacca: Mount Ophir (Kidley 9991); Kedah: Gunoug Jcrai 

 (Kidley). 



9. H. siNGAPUiiENsis, Pidl. Jouru. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 110. 

 Whole jdant about 3 feet Uill lower part of stem covered with sheaths 

 only, jjcaves about 13 lanceolate acuminate dark green, G inches long 

 4 inches wide, subpetiolate, sheaths 1 inch long. Scape glaucescent, 

 with scattered acuminate sheaths. Flowers numerous crowded. 

 Jijacts lanccdlale acuminate glaucous 'I inch. Pedicel and ovary one 

 inch long. Up])er sepal lanceolate oblong i)oat-shaped, with a long 

 point i^ inch long, laterals oblong obtuse oblitjue with a long point, 

 all greenish white. Petals bilid with long linear olive green arms. 

 Lip 3 lobed to nearly the base lobes linear, midlobe a little shorter, 

 s))ur slender cylindric ij inch long. Anther with long straight pro- 

 cesses. 



