22 THE FLORA OF MOUNT OPHIR. 



and has no strictly fertile branchlets with the oppressed 

 scaly leaves so characteristic of that species. The fruit 

 is produced on the ordinary branchlets with long leaves. 

 The seeds are as large as those of the Penang plant but 

 the cuplike scale at the base is quite twice as large, form- 

 ing a regular cup extending half way up the seeds. The 

 tree itself resembles a young or stunted spruce fir. It 

 occurs also on Bujong Malacca. Can it be the plant des- 

 cribed as Dacryclium beccarii A Dec. from Mt. Poe in 

 Sarawak ? 



Orchids are by no means as abundant here as on Kedah Peak 

 and on other hills of this altitude, but there are some very 

 beautiful ones which are well known in cultivation. 



Liparis Maingayi Ridl. grows on the rocks below Padang Batu 

 in wet spots. 



L. elegans Wall. A widely distributed epiphytic species com- 

 mon above Padang Batu. 



Platyclinis linear if olia Ridl. Dendrochilum linearifolium Hook. 

 fil. Flor. Brit. Ind. V. 702. A small insignificant plant, 

 with crowded pseudobulbs and small brownish flowers, 

 common on trees from Padang Batu upwards. Also met 

 with in Perak. 



Dendrobium Kelsalli Ridl. Common on trees, Gunong Tundok. 



D. imiflorum Griff. This is the prettiest Dendrobium here. Its 

 large white lips making it quite attractive, though the 

 flowers are not large. Common high up, and occurs also 

 in Perak. 



D. villosulum Wall. One of the few terrestrial species, of the 

 genus, with tall slender stems narrow leaves and incon- 

 spicuous flowers, common above and below Padang Batu. 

 It grows also in Singapore, Penang and Kedah in dry 

 woods. 



Cirrhopetalum vaginatum Lindl. Gunong Ledang. 



C. citrinum Ridl. Gunong Mering and Ledang. 



