1915-] H. N. Ridley: Botany of Gunong Tahan. 



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202. Ekia lorifolia, Ridl. Not common, on trees on 

 the Padang. 



Distribution. Kedah Peak. 



Flowers yellowish white ; petals purple at the base; lip 

 obscurely three-lobed at the tip, with a large rounded central 

 lobe. 



203. Tylostylis pulchella, Bl. On bare rocks on the 

 Padang. Scarce. The whole plant yellow. 



Common all over the Peninsula and Java. 



204. Phreatia crassifolia, Ridl. Very common on 

 trees in the woods everywhere. 



Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula. 



*205. Phreatia listrophora, Ridl. op. cit. p. 327. 

 Woods of the Padang, on the highest parts of Gunong Ulu 

 Riang and Gunong Tahan. 



Distribution. Perak hills and Lankawi. 



206. Ceratostylis gracilis, Bl. ; Ridl. op. cit. p. 327. 

 On bare rocks on the Padang, an erect tufted form with fleshy 

 thick yellow stems and leaf; in the damp dark woods of the 

 Teku River, long, slender, pendulous, and green stems. 



Distribution. Whole Peninsula and Java. 



*207. Tainia speciosa, Bl. Ridl. op. cit. p. 328. Common 

 at Wray's Camp, rarer in the Padang woods. 



Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula and Java. 



*2o8. Tainia vegetissima, Ridl. op. cit. p. 328. From 

 Wray's Camp to the Padang w^oods. Endemic. 



*209. Spathoglottis aurea, Lindl. ; Ridl. op. cit. p. 328. 

 Open places in the Padang and also in the thinner woods. 



Distribution. All mountains of the Peninsula and Borneo. 



*2io. Arundina speciosa, 5/.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 328 antea, 

 p. 56. Rather scarce on the Padang and local; a fine dark- 

 coloured form. Abundant on the gravel banks in the Tahan 

 River. 



Distribution. India, the Malay Peninsula, and Java. 



211. Cai.anthe veratrifolia, jBr. ? A single plant in 

 fruit, found in the Teku woods at 4,600 feet altitude, may 

 belong to this species. 



212. DiLocHiA Cantleyi, Ridl. 



Very abundant and conspicuous all over the Padang, and 

 also in the thicker forest. The form on the open rocks is 

 usually about 2 feet high ; the stems terete, purple; the leaves 

 rather close set, ovate-acuminate, suberect, coriaceous, green 

 edged with purple, ij inches long, i inch wide; in the forests 

 it is taller, as much as 8 feet high; the leaves longer, rather 

 more distant, and thinner in texture. - The uppermost leaves 

 are bractlike, ovate, cymbiform, pink, purple, or white. The 

 racemes from 3 to 9, often branched and 3 inches or more 

 long. The floral bracts boat-shaped, white, reddish or pink; 

 pedicels purple. The petals and sepals creamy-white. The 



October, 1915. i} 



