32 NEW MALAYAN PLANTS. 



This pretty species was collected by Mr. W. G-. 

 Napier on banks at Bukit Tanga, Serembau ; it is 

 nearly allied to E. pubescens but has much shorter flower 

 spikes and quite glabrous leaves. The flowers when 

 bruised became of a blue color, perhaps containing 

 indigo. 



Oechide^e. 



Dendrobium mellitum, n. sp. A very small epiphytic plant, stems 

 few 4 or 5 inches long, very slender above the lowest 

 two or three joints, swollen a little for J inch length . 

 Leaves few terete subulate, 3 inches long T V inch thick. 

 Flower solitary subterminal, from a short raceme, with 

 small bracts. Pedicel and ovary J inch long thick yellow. 

 Upper sepal ovate £ inch long, lateral sepals ovate falcate 

 obtuse, mentum short broad and blunt. Petals narrower 

 and shorter, all yellow. Lip three-lobed, lobes broad 

 short curved tips rounded yellow veined with pink inside, 

 midlobe oblong truncate, edged minutely laciniate veins 

 and a patch in the centre pink, three parallel raised veins 

 white on the disc. Anther oblong hemispheric brown, 

 column face flat stained pink. 



Johore, at Castlewood on the Sungei Tebrau, May 

 1903, I found a single plant of this very weak slender 

 little orchid on a tree, and flowered it in the Botanic 

 Gardens. It is allied to I), clavator, Ridley, a native of 

 Perak, but has the base of the stem much less swollen, 

 and an entirely different lip. Considering the size of 

 the flower, half an inch across, it was wonderfully strong- 

 ly scented of honey. 



Thrixspermum crassifolium, n. sp. An epiphyte on coffee bushes, 

 stem 6 inches tall, thick, leaves close set, thick leathery 

 oblong obtuse, tip rounded, 4 inches long H inches thick, 

 sheaths under half an inch long purple, scapes 3 to 5 

 inches long stiff, base purple, raceme 1-J- to 4 inches long 

 flattened. Bracts distichous J inch long close set, ovary 

 and pedicel J inch long. Sepals linear caudate from a 

 broader base f inch long, petals narrower linear caudate, 

 all bright pel low. Lip ^ inch long, pubescent, orange 



Jour. Straits Branch 



