154 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



M. congest a Rchb. f. Stem swollen at the base, flowers pink 

 or green. Common in woods, Bukit Timah, Kranji, Sungei 

 Pandan. 



Liparis venosa Rid!. The finest in the genus. Flowers fairly 

 large, petals and sepals pink, lip with dark red veins. 

 Terrestrial. Woods, very rare. Chan Chu Kang. 



L. nervosa Lindl. Flowers yellow or purple. Terrestrial in 

 swamps among grass in water Changi, Ang Mo Kio. near 

 the Reservior, Tanglin. 



L, e'ggans Lindl. Epiphytic, with stiff leaves, and raremes of 

 small yellow flowers with a red lip. Common on old 

 stumps and trees near the sea. Selitar, Kranji. 



L. disticha Lindl. Epiphyte. The (lowers crowded to the end 

 of the raceme with distichous bracts; small, opening one 

 at a time, apricot colored. Common. Mangrove swamps. 

 Kranji, Chan Chu Kang, etc. 



Plalyclims lonyifoHa Hemsl. Epiphyte, forming large tufts, 

 with conical pseudobulbs, long narrow leaves and long 

 nodding spikes of brown flowers. It is easy to cultivate, 

 and flowers all the year. Dry woods near the sea, 

 Kranji, Sungei Jurong. 



Dendrobium longkolle Lindl. * Epiphytic, forming a tuft of long 

 slender pseudobulbs, bearing one leaf apiece, flowers 

 sol tary on long stalks with long filiform pelals and a 

 yellow lip. Rare, growing with the last. Sungei Morai. 

 First discovered by Cuming. 



jD. ( Bolhidium J jnuhilum Roxb, A little tufted plant with two 

 leaves to each stem and one or two small flowers, yellow 

 or veined with purple. Not rare on trees. Mangrove 

 swamps, orchards, etc. Kranji, Bajau, Selitar. 



D. (Sect. Lesmotriclium) /onchophj/I'um Hook. fil. Stems 

 branched and swollen at intervals. Flowers small and 

 fugacious, yellow with pink stripes. Common all over 

 Singapore. 



I), criniferum LindL Flowers yellow spotted purple, lip with 



