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 B. lasianthum, Lindl. 



NEW OR HAKE MALAYAN PLANTS. 129 



insula and is not recorded by Mr. Smith among the 

 Javanese orchids. 



B. (% Monantlia parva) Scintilla, n. sp. ■ 



I met with a large plant of this strange orchid on a 

 tree at Kukub, South Johore, in flower in April 1908. 

 It is well known from the rocks on Penang Hill, and I 

 have it also from Sumatra. 



B. (§ Monantlia parva) Scintilla, n. sp. 



Ehizome slender wiry, pseudobulbs curved base pros- 

 trate, upper parts ascending \ inch long, leaf oblanceolate 

 fleshy \ inch long. Scape very slender 1 inch long. 

 Flower T 3 n inch long. Sepals very narrow lanceolate 

 acuminate bright orange. Upper one much narrower 

 than the others. Petals very short linear orange darker 

 at the tips. Lip linear acuminate fleshy deep pink nearly 

 half as long as the sepals. 



Sarawak: at Kuching (J. Hewitt). 



A distinct little species resembling B. catenarium, 

 Eidl. but with acuminate sepals, gibbous below and 

 different pseudobulbs. 



B. (% Sesiochilus) punctaium, n. sp. 



Pseudobulbs conic 1 inch long, with fibres of broken 

 up sheaths at the base. Leaf elliptic coriaceous subacute 

 base slightly narrowed to petiole 5 inches long 1-J inch 

 wide, petiole 1 inch. Scape slender 3^ inches long. 

 Flower solitary, upper sepal ovate acuminate f inch long 

 -| inch wide yellowish with brown spots, laterals gibbous 

 at the base narrower lanceolate linear acute pubescent 

 3'eilow distally with a reddish tinge and red brown spots 

 below. Petals lanceolate cuspidate nearly as long as the 

 sepal, but narrower. Lip short oblong fleshy, base pro- 

 longed into 2 red processes, sides high elevated apparent- 

 ly purple with a pale broad groove between. 



Sarawak: Matang (J. Hewitt). 



R. A Soc, No. 50, 1908. 



