76 NEW MALAY ORCHIDS 
apex subacute coriaceous; raceme very short about 
6 flowered + inch long. Flowers pale yellow. Bracts lan- 
ceolate much longer ee the ovary. Sepals subequal lan- 
ceolate acuminate 2 inch long. Petals about 4 of the 
leneth elliptic blunt. Lip shorter curved thick fleshy 
deeply grooved base clawed, with two strongly raised 
ridges or wings from the base. Column short and thick 
with a short foot, arms erect narrow acuminate. 
Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley), Scortechini drawing 
176. Allied to B. Gamblei, Hook. fil., but with a much 
shorter peduncle. 
B, ochranthum, n. sp. Pseudobulbs densely crowded oblong conic 
+ inch long. Leaf a lanceolate acute base nar- 
row ed 14 inch long, 4 inch wide. Scape nearly as long 
flowers 5 or 6 crowded in a head about } inch long. 
Bracts lanceolate shorter than the ovary: upper sepal s 
narrow linear-lanceolate acuminate, laterals one quarter 
longer, all white with yellowish tips. Petals less than 
half as long as the upper sepal lanceolate obtuse white. 
Lip small tongue shaped acute recurved yellow. 
Column thick foot shorter, arms narrow linear acute 
curved. ; 
Perak, Thaiping Hills, at 3000 to 4000 feet elevation 
(Curtis). 
B. (Cirrhopetalum) Curtisir, n. Sp. Rhiome slender creeping, with 
ovoid conic pseudobulbs 2 inch long, 4 an inch apart. 
Leaf elliptic oblong obtuse thick 1 to 14 inch long, half 
an inch wide, very ~ shortl y petioled. Scape slender 2 to 
3 inches long with a lanceolate-pointed sheath in the 
middle. Flowers about 5 crowded at the top. .Bracts 
lanceolate acuminate. Upper sepal triangular lanceolate 
laterals quite free, linear flat narrow 3 inch long yellow. 
Petals falcate lanceolate glabrous, brown. Lip small 
tongue-shaped fleshy curved. Column broad arms tri- 
angular short. 
Dindings. In Mangrove sae (Curtis). 
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B. perakense, n. sp. Pseudobulb conic ¢ inch long. Leaf elliptic 
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narrowed at the base 2 to 3 inches long, § inch wide, 
Jour. Straits Branch 
