NEW MALAYAN PLANTS. 197 



broad ovate half an inch long, glabrous within, hairy out- 

 side. Calyx white half an inch long tubular, lobes short 

 ovate, pubescent, hairy at the base. Corolla short twice 

 as long as the calyx tube very short, much shorter than 

 the calyx white, upper sepal oblong hooded with a thick 

 blunt boss on the top, the other two narrower oblong 

 obtuse, all white finely dotted red. Lip shorter obovate 

 three lobed, side lobes broad truncate, margins undulate, 

 midlobe narrow, blunt bifid white base of lobes thickly 

 dotted with red, and five elevated violet purple towards 

 the tip. Filament broadly linear short. Anther as long 

 thick, emarginate at tip and crestless yellow spotted red 

 on the back. Style filiform. Stigma cup shaped, 

 staminodes very short and obscure. 



Selangor, Semankok Pass, Feb. 1904. (A. M. Burn- 

 murdoch), Sempang Mines (Ridley). 



This species is remarkable for the shortness of its lip 

 which is little longer than the stamen. 



BURMANNIACE^E. 



Tliismia arachnites, n. sp. 



Succulent saprophyte, Stem 1-3 inches long creeping. 

 Flowers 2-3 bracts lanceolate acute J inch long. Pedun- 

 cle in flower nearly half an inch long. Bracteoles shorter 

 than bracts but similar. Perianth tube urn shaped, nar- 

 rowed at the base f inch long, § inch wide, semi-trans- 

 parent with numerous vertical ribs and numerous alter- 

 nate transverse bars, conspicuous during life, all whitish 

 with 6 red vertical streaks in the upper part, ring distinct 

 and from round the mouth yellow. 3alyx lobes short, 

 rounded earlike, petals developed into long slender 

 white tails 1^- inch long. Stamens deflexed rising close 

 to the mouth, oblong \ inch long, with an oval perfora- 

 tion close to the base, and numerous short teeth at the 

 tip. Anthers very small style, short, thick, 3 lobed. 

 Capsule cupshaped \ inch long and as wide, edges 

 thickened. Peduncle thickened, fleshy. 



R. A. Soc, No. 44, 1905. 



