230 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Scr. o. t. 11. (var. Warncri) Gartl. Cliron. 18GG. II. 308. f. 63. Hook, 

 iil. Fl. Ind. Yl.lli. C. purpuratum, Wight. Ic. 17G0. (not of Lincl- 

 loy). a. Wanwriunuiii. Kdib. fil. Gart. Zeit. 1883. I'asc. IX. C. 

 urbaiii, Iiclib. Iil. Gard. Glirou. 188^. II. v 78. C. Crossii, Belg. Ilort. 

 XV. 227. Yeitcli. Man. 12. fig. 



Johor: Gunoiig Panti (Kidlcy) ; Malacca: Mount Opliir (Griffitl: 

 and all C^olloctors) ; Penang: Government Hill (Maingay, Curtis, 

 etc.); Kedah : Gunong Jerai (IJidley 5130). Distrib. Siam. On 

 roeks and in gra.ssy slopes at an altitude of 2-4000 feet. Xative name 

 " Bunga Kasut." It is somewhat variable in depth of colour. 



3. C. surKKWENs, llchb. Iil. Bonplandia 1855. 227. Allgem. 

 Gai'tenz. 1856. 323. Xen. Orch. II. 9. t. 103. Leaves oblong tes- 

 sellate 5-7 inches long by 1^- inch broad. Scai)e 9-12 inches long. 

 Bracts much shorter than the ovary. Flowers 4 inches across soli- 

 tary. Dorsal sepal orbicular acute wdiite veined Avith green. Petals 

 broad oblong greenish -white ciliatc along the edge and dotted all 

 over with purple warts. Lip helmet-shaped reddish. iStaminode 

 suborbicular notched in front 2 lobed, green. Garten. Fl. 1863. 49. 

 Warner Sel. Orch. II. t. 12. Williams Orchid Album XL PI. 486. 

 Flore dcs Serres t. 1996. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 173. C. 

 Veilchiunuiii, 111. Hort. XII. t. 429. Pev. Hort. 18(1. 595. fig. 78, 

 79. C. harhatum Veitchii, Fl. des Serres t. 1453. C. barhatuin 

 su/icrbniit, Belg. llort. 1883. 9}. 



Malacca: Mount Ophir (Lobb). 



'J'his ])]ant seems never to have been seen on Mount ()[>liir again. 

 It came wilb a lot of C. barbaium, and should be looked for again. 

 It is easily distinguisbed fi'om C. barbaluiii by its green veined upper 

 sepal and tbe petals dotted all over with purple warts. 



4. C. Lowii, Lindl, Gard. Chron. 1847. p. 765.- Epiphytic. 

 Leaves Ungulate plain green 9-15 inches long apex bi lobed coriaceous. 

 Scapes 2 or 3 feet tall, 3 to 5 flowered. Bracts ^ the length of the 

 ovary. Flowers 3-4 inches across pubescent. Upper sepal broadly 

 oval acute yellowish green, base purplish lower ones similar but 

 smaller. Petals 3 inches long spatliulale twisted decurved. base 

 yellow^ with black spots, apex bilobed purple. Lip cylindric helmet- 

 shaped brown ])urple. Staminode obcordatc edged with purple hairs 

 green w'ith a tooth on the l)ase and one in the sinus. Fl. des Serres 

 IV. t. 375. Williams Orchid Album 9. PI. 428. Vcitcirs Manual 

 p. 38. C. cruciformc, Zoll. and Mic|. De Vr. Jll. Orch. 185 I. 



Selangor: The Gap, Pahang Track (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo 

 and Sumatra. 



C. sp. 1 have twice found plants of a snudl Ci/pripciliuin, with 

 faintly tessellated leaves in sandy spots on the sea shore in Joliorc. 



