THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. P 
rounded angles dark brown = 15 ineh long, dehiscing into 
three carpels, recurved bright orange within. Seeds sixteen in 
each cell, aran T i авв long соу егей with ап aril of soft 
crimson peri 
ohore, near Castlewood. Muar (Fielding). Malacca: 
Ayer Panas; Marlinsi; us oods at the base of Mt. Ophir, etc., 
common. Se angor, Gun ong Hitam; Ginting Bidai. Perak, 
Larvt Hills. Patani, Tomoh (Machado). е Siak in Sumatra. 
This very beautiful plant is: widely scattered over nearly 
all of the Peninsula. It is die ies growing usually rather 
low down on the branches of trees whi = t clasps with its 
curious fleshy roots, which aa those of some orchid, 
The dense heads of lowers, т the long erect scarlet bands 
and the yellow recurved s nodes make it a most attractive 
plant. It is known to the apes as Tepus Lada, and Ubat Cha- 
‘ching and the roots are used in cases of ear- ache, and as a vermi- 
ge. 
H. microchilum n. sp. 
Epiphytic oben Stem about 2 feet long 4 inch thick: 
Leaves 5 flaccid lanceolate Ae ol dark green, tapering to- 
wards the base | Aae lo у two. wide, ligulepapery lance- 
olate acute 2 inch long Bacel me cyliudsié nodding 3 inches lon 
covered with tbin sheathing leaves (bracts) each containing 2 
flowers. Bracteole exceedingly thin 4 inch. Calyx thin and 
papery tubular dilated above, apex acute, 12 inch long.  Corol- 
la tube slender 2 inches long yellowish white, terete, lobes linear 
dorsifixed curved, cells linear, with a deep groove between them, 
orange. Stigma elongate ovoid- triangular with a V shaped ridge 
at the base , deep reen and hairy. Capsule oblong an inch long 
orange, splitting into three Jobes and showing the numerous 
seeds enclosed in a red aril. 
java Obtained with Vanda tricolor and cultivated. 
Flowers in August. Absolutely unique in the exceeding! 
rudimentary lip, and short filament. The plant appeared grow- 
