10 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



spike lo inch long \ inch wide. Flowers white in pairs in each bract. 

 Calyx slender cylindric l\ inch long. Corolla twice as long lobes linear 

 narrow. Staminodes broader linear li inch long. Lip cuneate bilobed 

 lobes divaricate tapering shorter than the staminodes. Filament very 

 slender red twice as long as the lip. Anther very small reniform, basal 

 points incurved. 



Kedah, Gunong Jerai at 400 feet elevation rare (Eidley). 

 Endemic. - 



2. H. LONGICORXUTUM, Bak. Fl. Frit. Ind. VI. p. 228. An 

 epiphyte with very short rhizome and large thick fleshy roots clasping 

 the stem of a tree. Stems several two feet tall. Leaves oblong acumi- 

 nate glabrous, margins hairy dark green, 12 inches long 4 inches wide, 

 ligule oblong lanceate 2 inches long sheath hairy, spike terminal 4 

 inches long dense. Lower bracts ovate upper ones narrower lanceolate 

 1 inch long or more covered with brown silky hairs. Calyx spatha- 

 ceous oblique 1 inch long pink. Corolla tube cylindric lobes narrowly 

 linear deflexed red 3 inches long i inch wide. Staminodes and lip 

 similar linear undulate orange, 1» inch long i inch wide. Filament 5 

 inches long base stout tapering upwards pinkish white. Anther linear 

 orange i inch long. Capsule oblong angles rounded dark brown hairy, 

 orange inside, seeds 16 in each oblong angled aril crimson lacerate. 

 Ridl. l.c.c. p. 100. H. crassifolium, Bak. l.c.c. 



Johor : Castlewood (Ridley) ; Muar (Feilding) ; Malacca : Ayer 

 Panas, Ophir woods (Ridley) ; Selangor : Ginting Bidai (Ridley 7791) ; 

 Perak: Larut Hills, Ulu Bubong (King's Coll. 10174), Tomoh 

 (Machado). Distrib. Sumatra. 



A most beautiful plant scattered over nearly the whole Peninsula. 

 Epiphytic low down on branches of trees to which it clings with its 

 thick mass of fleshy grey roots. Native name " Tepus Lada" and 

 " Ubat Chaching," the roots used in cases of earache and as a vermi- 

 fuge. 



3. H. MACRORRHIZUM, Ridley I.e. 102. Epiphytic, rhizome 

 branched thick forming large clumps, roots thick terete. Stems 12 

 inches tall 4 inch through. Leaves lanceolate acute glabrous 8 inches 

 long, 2 inches wide base cuneate, petiole short, ligule short blunt. 

 Spike nodding lax 10 inches long. Bracts oblong obtuse 1 inch long i 

 inch wide, about 12 distant green bases hairy. Flowers 2 or 3 in each 

 bract white. Calyx pubescent 1 inch long, teeth very short 2. Corolla 

 tube very slender 1^ inch long, lobes very narrow linear 1 inch long. 

 Staminodes similar. Lip narrow deeply bifid, lobes lanceate curved f 

 inch long. Filament slender 1\ inch long. Anther linear very narrow. 

 Style shorter. 



Selangor : Pahang Tract loth mile (Ridley 8477) on a very lofty 

 troo. Endomic. 



