7-1. 



base, 2 iuelies long, t inch wide ; petiuie ^',, inch long : slieatlis 

 I inch or less, narrowed npAvards to the petiole, five ribbed. 

 Peduncle with raceme 3} inches long, slender below, 2^ 

 inches, nude except for two acitmiuate sheaths, raceme 1 

 inch long, six flowered. Kachis pubescent. Bracts lanceolate 

 acuminate, enwrapping the ovary and as long, jV i^*-'!^ long, 

 glabrous, ovary pubescent. Flowers ^\ incli long. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, glabrous, red, dotted with white spots (rap- 

 hides'?). Petals white, linear, much uari-ovver. Lip shorter 

 than the sepals, saccate, ovate (when expanded), Avith the tip 

 rolled i;p into a tube ; calli, two semi-ovate ridges at the 

 base and two fleshy, short, central keels. C\)lumn broad and 

 short. Anther large, ovate, acuminate. Pollinia pyriform, 

 elongate, with a large conspicuous, elliptic, thick, fuscous disc. 

 Stigma deep and wide, wuth long-projecting rounded walls. 

 Kostelhnn broad, with two distinct subulate points and 

 refuse betw^een. Telnm. Only a single s])ecimen. In the 

 form of the lip perhaps this resembles H. frisfata, Bl., as 

 much as any. The pollen masses with the largo thick disc 

 and the large stigma are unusual. 



382. H. ELATA, Hook. Jil 



I obtained this on banks by the track up Grunong Berumban, 

 near tlie top, and, having compared it with the figure of the 

 fvpe in IcoHes FlantarNDi, 2191, have no doubt that it is the 

 plant intended, which was desc-ribed from plants collected by 

 Scortechini and by Wray in the Batang Padang valley. The 

 plant I described, however, froju Mt. 0]jhir seems to be 

 distinct. Sir Joseph Hooker had some difficulty in making- 

 out the structiu'e of the lip and column. My specimens, 

 however, were good enough to make it out clearly. His 

 description in the " Flora of British India" is so short that 

 it is, perhaps as well, to give a more full one. 

 Stem very short below the leaves, about 1 inch long. Leaves 

 three or four frojn near the base, ovate, acuminate ; base 

 rounded, 4 inches long, H inch wide, rather prominently 

 three nerved ; petiole 2 inches long, rather thick and sheathing 

 for half its length. Peduncle and raceme 18 inches tall, lower 

 part nude, except for three or four distant, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate sheaths. Raceme very dense, many flowered, 4 inches 

 long, Ipubescent. Bracts lanceolate, long, acuminate, cuspi- 

 date, 4- inch long, longer than the ovary. The sepals ovate, 

 obtuse, -fV inch long. Petals oblong, obtuse, as long. Lip 

 shorter, ovate, saccate, sides towards the tip thickened and 

 involute, folded, tip ovate, subacute ; calli two, thin, oblong, 

 laminas from the inside at the base and one horizontal, 

 obtuse, median. Column short. Anther short, pyriform, 

 beak blunt. Ixo^telluni broad, ■with two bhorl points, !>ti^'- 



