THE SCITAMINEZX OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 101 
rounded angles dark brown hairy 14 inch long, dehiscing into 
three carpels, recurved bright orange within. Seeds sixteen in 
each cell, oblong angled + inch long covered with an aril of soft 
crimson processes. 
Johore, near Castlewood. Muar (Fielding). Malacca: 
Ayer Panas; Merlimau; Woods at the base of Mt. Ophir, etc., 
common, Selangor, Gunong Hitam; Ginting Bidai. Perak, 
Larvt Hills. Patani, Tomoh (Machado), Also Siak in Sumatra. 
This very beautiful plant is widely scattered over nearly 
all of the Peninsula. It is epiphytic, growing usually rather 
low down on the branches of trees which it clasps with its 
curious fieshy roots, which resemble those of some orchid. 
The dense heads of flowers, with the long erect scarlet bands 
and the yellow recurved staminodes make it a most attractive 
plant. It is known tu the Malays as Tepus Lada, and Ubat Cha- 
ching and the roots are used in cases of ear-ache, and as a vermi- 
fuge. 
IT, microchilum n. sp. 
Kpiphytic glabrous. Stem about 2 feet long + inch thick: 
Leaves 5 flaccid lanceolate acuminate dark green, tapering to- 
wards the base 9 inches long by two wide, ligule papery lance- 
olate acute }inch long. Raceme cylindric nodding 3 inches long 
covered with thin sheathing leaves (bracts) each containing 2 
flowers. Bracteole exceedingly thin 4} inch. Calyx thin and 
papery tubular dilated above, apex acute, 1} inchlong. Corol- 
la tube slender 2 inches long yellowish white, terete, lobes linear 
convolute or spirally twisted acute apple green # inch long. Lip 
very small orbicular retuse white ~ inch long. Staiminodes 
oblanceolate obtuse white 3 inch long + inch wide. Stamen 
very short, filament thick + inch long, orange, anther as long - 
dorsifixed curved, cells linear, with a deep groove between them, 
orange. Stigma elongate ovoid-triangular with a V shaped ridge 
at the base, deep green and hairy. Capsule oblong an inch long 
orange, splitting into three Jobes and showing the numerous 
seeds enclosed in a red aril. 
Java. Obtained with Vanda tricolor and cultivated. 
Flowers in August. Absolutely unique in the exceedingly 
rudimentary lip, and short filament. ‘The plant appeared grow- 
