May, 1918] THE ORCHID REVIEW. ay 
placed in the polymorphic genus Polystachya, to which we believe they 
must be transferred. The species are as follows :— 
PoLysTACHYA PoBEGUINU, Rolfe. Epiphora Pobeguinii, Finet, in 
Lecomte Notul. Syst., ii. p. 29, fig: 1-12.—Found on the plateau of Ninkan 
and at Labe, French Guinea, by Pobeguin, and flowered. at Paris. It isa 
very pretty little plant, bearing an erect raceme of numerous, light rose- 
purple flowers, with a bright yellow, very hairy crest on the disc of the-erect, 
strongly recurved lip. The front lobe of the lip is rather darker purple. 
PoLYSTACHYA SACCATA, Rolfe.—Epiphora saccata, Finet,/. c. pp. 29-30, 
fig. 13-21. Found at Pita, French. Guinea, by Pobeguin, and at present 
only known from a dried inflorescence. The colour is not stated, but the 
front lobe of the lip is strongly saccate, hence the name. R.A. 
BULBOPHYLLUM NUDIFLORUM, Rolfe.—A species with much elongated 
scape has appeared in more than one collection under the name of 
Bulbophyllum saltatorium. The latter has scapes not exceeding the leaves 
in length, while in B. nudiflorum they are several times as long. Both are 
Tropical African, and have feathery lips, and thus belong to the B. 
batbigerum group.—R.A.R. 
DENDROBIUM TORTILE IN PENANG.—It is interesting to record that 
this well-known Burmese Dendrobium has now been found in Penang.. 
Writing to Mr. H. N. Ridley, late Director of the Singapore Botanic 
Garden, Mr. Mohammed Haniff, Waterfall Gardens, Penang, remarks that 
at Bulak Pulau, ‘on a Durian tree, I found a large clump of Dendrobium 
tortile which could only be found in Kopah and Burma. This is the first 
record that this Dendrobiam is found here. I could only manage to get 
half of it for my man to carry; there is now remaining the other half on 
the tree.” The species was originally discovered in the Mergui district by 
Thomas Lobb, when collecting for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, and was 
afterwards found in the Arracan Hills, but this is the first record that we 
know of as to its occurrence in the Malay Peninsula. Mr. Ridley informs 
us that Bulak Pulau may be regarded as an absolutely wild locality, and 
assuming the determination to be correct, it marks a considerable extension 
of its area. A figure of the species is given at page 201 of our eighth 
volume. There are some interesting questions connected with the Orchids 
of the Malay Peninsula. Cypripedium superbiens was originally found on 
Mt. Ophir, Malacca, by Lobb, and Mr. Ridley remarks that the plant seems 
never to have been found on Mt. Ophir again. It came with a lot of 
C. barbatum, and should be looked for again. It is also interesting to note 
that the Bornean C. Lowii has been found by Curtis at The Gap, Pahang 
Track, Selangor, and there are also records from Sumatra and the Sulu 
Archipelago —R,A.R, be se i 
