138 NEW OR KAKE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



The whole plant is very hairy. I have unfortunately no 

 note of eolour of flowers or height of the plant. 



Geodoruni pulchcllum, n. sp. 



Leafy stem with leaves little over 6 inches tall. Leaves 

 4. unequal, the largest elliptic undulate acute herbaceous 

 dull dark green about 5 nerved 5 inches long, 2 inches 

 wide. Pacemes 2 to each leaf tuft 3 inches tall, peduncle 

 1-2 inches covere'd with loose lanceolate acute green 

 sheaths, raceme nodding flowers about 8. Bracts lan- 

 ceolate acuminate i inch long. Pedicel as long. Sepals 

 oblong lanceolate upper one narrower than the others § 

 inch long white. Petals wider oblong lanceolate as long 

 white. Lip entire saccate, shortly spurred -i inch long 

 apex rounded entire, base outside white, inside tinted 

 purplish with 2 short calli or bosses, pustular dark red, 

 apex of lip bright orange yellow. Column short, very 

 broad and flat with no distinct wings, white with pur- 

 ple-madder streaks on the face and edging at base. Stig- 

 ma large semi-ovate. Anther low, rounded flat truncate 

 in front, pale yellow with a purple margin at the back 

 and edges of cells. Clinandrum margin elevated ovate. 

 Eostellum indistinct nearly entire. Pollinia elliptic. 



Siam: Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith) ; Singgora (St. V. B. 

 Down). 



This charming little plant flowered in the Botanic 

 Gardens Singapore in April 1908. Mr. Down from 

 whom I received it states that it grows under bushes 

 in sandy spots. 



TaeuiophyUum graciUimum, n. sp. 



Epiphytic, stem -^ inch long, roots elongate, very 

 narrowly linear obtuse 3 to 5 inches long ¥ \j inch wide. 

 Scape very slender 1| inch long, base nude, raceme very 

 short, rachis slightly thickened. Bracts minute ovate 

 acute. Pedicel and ovary longer. Perianth white T ^ 

 inch long. Sepals lanceolate obtuse. Petals elliptic 

 rather wider. Lip entire triangular ovate obtuse much 



Jour, Straits Branch. 



