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larger than the petals. Spur nearly as long as the 

 pedicel, pendulous clubbed. Column short. Anther 

 skull-shaped. Pollinia 4 hemispheric, pedicel slender 

 terete disc very long lanceolate acute, posticous end 

 rounded. Rostellum elongate broad lanceolate. 



Johore: Sungei Tebrau (March 1907), Tcmpayan 

 River; Selangor: Petaling Woods. 



I have two or three times come across this little orchid 

 in the woods fallen from the tops of the higher trees, but 

 never was fortunate enough to find any trace of flowers 

 till I obtained one on a plant collected in the woods 

 bordering the Tebrau River in Southern Johore. The 

 single flower obtained is very small and delicate but I 

 think I have made out its structure completely. The 

 plant seems to be intermediate between SaccoJabium and 

 TaeniophyUum. The short stem, slender inflorescence 

 with persistent distichous bracts and flowers appearing 

 singly, and the pollen masses divided completely, are 

 characters of Taeniopliyllum, while the disc and pedicel 

 of the pollinia resemble those of a Saccolabium. Since 

 writing the above I came across several specimens in the 

 Kukub forests Southern Johore, fallen from lofty trees 

 in flower in April. 



Dendrocolta minima, n. sp. 



Stem £ inch long covered with oblong obtuse fleshy 

 leaves l inch long by J inch wide or less. Racemes 

 several -£ inch long, peduncles very short raceme length- 

 ening to nearly half an inch with crowded ovate acute 

 recurved bracts. Flowers very small -J inch long, ap- 

 parently pink. Upper sepal ovate, laterals ovate sub- 

 triangular larger. Petals shorter oblong. Lip with 2 

 appressed upper lobes linear oblong, below a spur as long 

 as the short peduncle elongate scrotiform rounded, mid- 

 lobe so short as to be concealed beneath the two side-lobes. 

 Column straight rather tall, no stelidia, rostellum ovate. 

 Anther skull-shaped truncate in front with a short 

 tooth yellow. 



R, A. Soc, No. 50) 1908, 



