Puate 2098. 
CERATOSTYLIS MALACCENSIS, Hook. f. 
Orcuiper. Subiribe CaeLocrnez. 
C. malaccensis, Hook. f.; aphylla, scapis rua my ee ae 7 
squamis brevibus scariosis imbricatis tim vaginatis, 
floribus ot in capitulum sessile scapo tntuiahe is ‘tapes apicis 
seapi terminale) bractea suffultum congestis, sepalis lateralibus ovatis 
obtusis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis obtasis, mento in calear sacciforme 
eee labello lanceolato disco 3-carinato, colamna longe 2-auricu- 
o.—Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 825. 
Has. Malayan en ae Mount Ophir, Griffith; Perak, on Batang 
Padung, alt. 4,900 feet, 
Dense cxspitosa. Scapi 6-8 3 poll longi, ¢ poll. diam., erecti, teretes, 
leves, subacuti; bractes infra capitulum + poll, longew, ovate, 
_ iacee ; scapi pars snpra capitulum pollicaris. Capitulum vix 
2 poll. diam. Flores ad yy poll. lati, extus glabri v. sparse pilosi ; 
sepala 3-nervia; mento sepalis squilongo apice rotundato; 
1-nervia ; labellam rectum, apice incrassatum, basi angustatum, mar- 
ginibus membranaceis. Columna brevissima, auriculis lineari-oblongis. 
obtusis intus concavis. 
In the ‘Flora of British India’ I have described the flowers as 
glabrous, but I find they are sometimes sparsely hairy externally. 
The species is near the Assamese 0. teres, Reichb. i. (Griff. Notul. 
tu 
not siitinetsly febidalate. C. malaccensis is very probably a native of 
the Malayan Islands, but I have failed to identify it with any hitherto 
described.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. A ea pee of Pa scape. Side view of flower. 3. Front view. 
4. Column and lip. 5. Lip. 6. Anther. ail peaily enlarged. 
