the base. Bniets persisleut huiceulute, aeuuiiucite, .,',, iueli Itjug. 

 Flowers uinuerous, minute, wliite. Upper sepal lanceolate, 

 latei'als broader, ovate, cuspidate, keeled. Petals as long, 

 linear oblong, truncate narrower. Lip, lateral lobes indis- 

 tinct, rounded, hemispheric, erect, midlobe fleshy, base 

 narroAV, apex dilated, elliptic, ovate, obtuse in the centre, a 

 rounded callus, beneath a larger conic thickening, spur 

 elliptic, thick, obtuse, shorter than the ovary, as long as the 

 lip, pendent not partitioned. Column short ; anther hemi- 

 spheric, grooved above, beak triangular up-curved. PoUinia 

 pedicel linear, disc triangular. 



Telom, on a fallen tree by the track. 



Allied to S. i)eriJusHhim, Hook, til., but differing in its l)ranched 

 inflorescence, glabrous flowers and the curious form of the lip. 



368. Thrixspermum, s/j., near lilacinum, Eclib.fil. 



This plant, which was abundant on dry banks at Telom, bore no 

 trace of flowers. I haA-e also met Avith it on the Taiping 

 Hills, near the top, but equally flowerless. It has the 

 habit of T. lilacinum, Rchb. fil., but is much more slender and 

 weaker with smaller leaves. 



369. Sarcochilus acuminatus, n. sjj. 



Stem ^-2 inches long. Leaves few, elliptic, narrow insequilateral 

 at base, apex obtuse, 3-4^ inches long, f-l inch Avide. 

 Raceme rather stout, 3 inches long, hardly thickened above 

 the pedicel. Bracts persistent, small, ovate, acute. Sepals 

 and petals long lanceolate, acimiinate, 1 inch long, yellow. 

 Lip three lobed, side lobes skin, midlobe short, straight, white 

 spotted with purple on the base. Spur long. Column 

 yellow. 



Telom, on a tree by the river. Remarkable for its long narrow 

 petals and sepals. 



370. PoDOCHILUS SCIUROIDES, iic/ifc. y^/. 



Completely covering dry banks like moss at Telom. Very 

 abundant at some spots. 



o7L P. UNCIFERUS, /foo/i-. /f7. 



On trees, Telom. 



372. P. CORNUTA, Schlechter. 

 Gunong Berumban, 



873. P. LANCiFOLiA, Schlechter. 



On trees at Telom and near Cameron's plateau. 



374. P. HAssELTi, Schlechftr. 



On trees by the river, Telom. Also occurs in the Tahan Valley 

 ju Pahaug and Java. 



