Puate 2015. 
PLATYCLINIS KINGII, Hook. /. 
Orcuipem. Subtribe LIpaRIEez. 
P, Kingii, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 708; foliis lineari-lanceo- 
latis subacutis acuminatisve, scapo gracillimo, racemo decurvo laxi- 
floro, bracteis pedicellos superantibus acu utis, sepalis lateralibus 
ovatu-lanceolatis acuminatis petalisque conformibis 5-nerviis, labelli 
lobis lateralibus rotundatis crenulatis, disco ad basin lobi terminalis 
ovati acuti callis 2 curvis pte columna brevissima dorso crasse 
carinata alis angustis 2-3- dent 
Has. Malay Peninsula; Perak, Father Scortechint, King’s Collector. 
Pseudobulbi in rhizomate rigido seriati, Victoria iti ampulliformes. 
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Folia 3-7 poll. longa, tenuiter coriacea, 1 revem angus- 
tata, 5-nervia. Scapus nudus, una cum poe folia equans ; bractee 
3 po we. Flore IL diam., extus virides, intus Mavi labello 
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viridi; sepalum dorsale ott, columna incurva, galea apice obtusa ; 
anthera ellipsoidea, umbonat 
Closely allied to a Bornean species (Beccari, No. 2095) in which the 
column is longer, and I do not find on it the broad thick dorsal ridge 
which is a remarkable character of P. Kingii.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2, 3, and 4. Column. 5. Posterior: and 6, anterior view of 
anther. 
