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CUPULIFER.E. 



QuERCus Kassa, Miq., Fl. Itid. Bat. tluppl. 350 (jj. 822). 



Gunong Taliau, 6,000 ft. (5440.) One of the very few oaks which 

 are to be met with at au elevation of over 3,000 ft. 



Distrib. — Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



ORCHIDE/E, 



Oberonia (§ Caulescentes) oondensata, n. sjj. {]j. 822). 



Caules congest!, 1-2 poll, longi, radicibus deusis tenuibus ad bases 

 praediti. Folia carnosa decidvia linearia acuta, f poll, louga, \ poll, 

 lata. Kacemus pollicaris ad basin florifer. Bractese lanceolatse 

 louge acuuiinatse, ad raceuii basin longiores, superne minores. 

 Flores citrini, poll. ,'. in diametro. Sepala ovata obtusa. Petala 

 lanceolata multo augustiora ; labellum sequilongum, integrani 

 elougato-triaugulare, basi lato. Colunina stelidiis brevibus in- 

 structa, anthera ovata alba. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. ; on rocks. (5487.) 



A very curious little plant, remarkable for its stiff short stem, its 

 short, erect raceme, and its quite simple lip. 



Platyclinis gracilis, Hock.fil., Fl. Brit. Inch v. p. 708 {p. 823). 

 Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. Flowers pale greenish, with two 

 broad stripes on the lip not reaching to the tip. (5498.) A 

 form with a verv long rhizome and stout distant bulbs. 



Distrih. — Perak. 



P. KiNGii, Hoolc. fil., I. c. 



Gunong Tahan; on rocks at 6,000 ft. Flowers yellow. (5434.) 

 Distrih. — Perak and Borneo. 



Dendrobium longipes, Hook.Jil, 1. c. 713 (]). 828). 



Summit of Gunong Tahan, 7,100 ft. Flowers yellow faintly lined 

 with brown, lip and lobes mottled with crimson. (5529.) 



. i)is^/"i&.— Hill-ranges of the centre of the Peninsula. 



B. Kelsalli, Eicll,, in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. xxxii. (1896) 237. 

 Gunong Tahan, 3,000-6,000 ft. ; on trees. (5496.) 

 Distrih. — All the hills of the central range. 



D., s])., with rather long bulbs, slender steins and terete acuminate 

 leaves. " Flower pale yellow, lip spotted and veined with red- 

 dish-brown and with reddish hairs." 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. (5481.) 



This appears to be allied to D. gracile, Lindl., but there are no 

 flowers on the specimens. 



