18 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



inch long, lobes oblong obtuse f inch long pinkish. Staminodes very 

 large obovate retuse i inch across. Lip convolute 1 inch long, apex 

 broad rounded dark pink broad. Filament bent pubescent rather long. 

 Anther oblong broad crestless. 



Lankawi (Curtis). 



12. G. TILLANDSIOIDES, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 218. Leaves 

 oblong subacute base rounded green above purplish beneath G to 8 

 inches long, petiole nearly or quite as long. Spike 6 inches long subses- 

 sile. Bracts oblong 20 to 30 imbricate 1 inch long. Calyx and corolla not 

 described. Staminodes i to 3 inch long white linear oblong similar to 

 the corolla segments. Lip orbicular cuneate 2 inch long and broad 

 pure wihte a faint yellow spot at the throat. Stamen half as long as 

 the lip. 



Perak (Kunstler cult, in Hort. Bot. Calcutta). Endemic. 



13. G. PRAINIANA, Bidl. I.e. 115. Kacmirfcria Prainiana, Baker, 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 220. 



Leaves about 4 in a tuft, lanceolate acute 8 inches long li inch 

 wide back pubescent, petiole as long. Spike rising directly from the 

 rhizome long slender 6 inches tall, sessile. Bracts numerous oblong 

 imbricate membranous. Corolla tube slender 1 inch long, lobe oblong 

 ascending white, under j> inch long. Lip oblong cuneate much longer. 



Perak, Goping (King's Coll. 226). 



A plant closely resembling this if not identical, was collected by 

 Curtis in Indragiri, Sumatra. It is however smaller in all its parts. 

 The corolla lobes oblong obtuse .} inch long. Staminodes similar. Lip 

 boat-shaped as long white with red blotches down the centre. Anther 

 linear with no crest. 



14. G. curtisii, Baker, Bot. Mag. t. 7363. Leaves 4 in a tuft, 

 ovate oblong acute 5-12 inches long 2 to 6 wide, back pubescent petiole 

 stout 6 inches long, sheath purplish 2 inches. Spike central about an 

 inch long. Bracts oblong white 1 inch long. Calyx cylindric as long, 

 lobes oblong lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla tube 2 inches long cylin- 

 dric, lobes oblong lanceolate 1 inch long. Staminodes a little longer 

 all white. Lip longer oblong obtuse flat yellowish cream with red 

 marks on the sides. Filament cylindric pubescent. Anther short 

 and thick, crest short broad truncate. Style longer. Bidley I.e. 113. 



Lankawi on limestone rocks (Curtis 2896, 2678, 1675). Endemic. 



This appears to be very variable in colouring, sometimes the lip has 

 lateral red blotches at others bhey are absent, another form had deep 

 purple blotches on the staminodes. 



15. G. OLIVALIS, Ridley, I.e. 114. Rhizome rather slender with 

 long^roots. Leaves 3 or 4 in a tuftovato to lanceolate acute narrowed 



