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A single plant was brought in by one of the Dyaks from 

 the Teku woods. It is a very distinct species of the section in 

 its distant leaves with no pseudobulbs (looking like those of a 

 Dischidia) and large flower. 



186. BULBOPHYLLUM (MONANTHA-PARVA) PaN, n. sp. 



Rhizome short, corky, white; pseudobulbs conic, rugose, 

 purplish, ^ an inch long. Leaf i^ to 2 inches long, \ inch 

 wide, oblanceolate and acute; base narrowed to the petiole. 

 Peduncle filiform, 3 inches long, with one sheathing-leaf, red. 

 Flower solitary. Sepals over half an inch long, oblong-obtuse, 

 red, striped with darker colour. Petals a quarter of the length 

 of the sepals, oblong, the margins denticulate, whitish, tipped 

 with black. Lip broad, short, flat, fleshy, blunt, tongue-shaped, 

 grooved down the centre, base greenish, the larger part deep 

 purple, nearly black. Column whitish, stout, with rather long 

 curved slender stelidia. 



Not rare on trees in dense woods on the Camp stream, 

 Padang. 



Perhaps nearest to B. tenerunt, Ridl., but not hairy. 



187. BuLBOPHYLLUM CAPiTATUM, Luidl. Common on 

 trees on the Padang. Flowers light yellow or orange. Petals 

 broader and larger than usual, oblong, rounded at the tip. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula and islands. 



188. BULBOPHYLLUM MUSCIFERUM, n. sp. 



Rhizome short, 2 inches long, with many roots; pseudo- 

 bulbs oblong-conic, half an inch long, approximate or shortly 

 separate. Leaf coriaceous, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or subacute, 2 to 5 inches long, ^ to ^ inch wide, 

 narrowed into a petiole from ^ to i inch long. Scapes 

 slender, 12 inches long, with two lanceolate, cuspidate, 

 convolute sheaths; raceme deflexed, an inch long, dense 

 with numerous closely appressed flowers. Bracts triangular, 

 lanceolate-acuminate below, ovate-acuminate above, longer 

 than the very short ovary. Flowers ^ inch long. Upper 

 sepal lanceolate-cuspidate, purple with darker stripes and 

 minute spots, hairy. Lower sepals deflexed, as large, slightly 

 oblique, the internal edge whitish, outer red-purple. Petals \ 

 of the length of the upper sepal, lanceolate, fleshy-white 

 tipped with a tuft of black hairs, and the edge denticulate, 

 ciliate. Lip fleshy, cordate, lanceolate, base deeply emarg- 

 inate, with a central groove on the surface, yellow; claw 

 reflexed on the underside, purple. Column very short and 

 broad with a moderately long purple foot. Stelidia short, 

 oblong, bifid. Anther-cap flat, ovate. 



Gunong Tahan on trees, in forests up to 7,000 feet. 



This species is allied to B. alcicorne, Par., from which it 

 differs in its denser spike, remarkable petals, and the shape of 

 the lip. The extraordinary little flowers resemble a number 

 of small flies perched on a stalk. 



