50 NEW OR RAKE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



large. Upper sepal lanceolate caudate H inches long J 

 inch wide, lower ones similar 2 inches long, rather wider 

 than upper one. mentum about half an inch Jong rounded. 

 Petals lanceolate long caudate an inch long. Lip large 

 fleshy half an inch long. Ovate acuminate cuspidate 

 hase deeply cordate with rounded Lobes. Column broad 

 thick squared, stelidia large triangular. Anther ovate 

 hardly beaked crested with a papillose ridge. 



Sarawak: Mt. Toe (J. Hewitt). 



Allied to B. (/"/bin urn, Ridl. hut one flowered and 

 with a very different lip and more caudate petals. The 

 color is not given hut the lip has some purple in the 

 centre and as the color of the dry flower is pale it is pro- 

 bably yellow. 

 Bulbophyllum (% Cirrhopetalum) ruficaudatum, n. sp. 



Khizome slender with many roots, pseudohulhs xqvx 

 small subcylindric ^ inch long half an inch apart. Leaf 

 fleshy elliptic, obtuse H inches long -J inch wide narrowed 

 at the hase into a short thick petiole oyinch long. Scape 

 very slender, filiform o inches long with a few scattered 

 sheaths. Flowers 6 in a half whorl, red. Bracts lanceo- 

 late acuminate ^n mcn l (m g« red, pedicles very slender 

 twice as long. Upper sepal ovate cuspidate caudate with 

 a filiform point margins ciliate. lower sepals very narrow 

 linear free nearly to the base red over half an inch long. 

 Petals lanceolate acuminate brown ciliate nearly as long- 

 as the upper sepals. Lip yellow fleshy papillose lanceo- 

 late acute, hase emarginate, and sides elevated leaving a 

 groove at the basal part. Column short with small 

 setaceous stelidia. 



Sarawak: Kuehing (Hewitt). 



Allied to B. psittacoides, Ridl., but with different 

 pseudobulbs, and setaceous stelidia. 

 Erin (§ Bractescentes) aurantiaca, n. sp. 



Pseudobulbs cylindrical thick green 1-2 inches long 

 an inch or more through, when dry and flattened ovoid. 

 Leaves 2 or 3 coriaceous linear oblong deep green 2-5 

 inches long \ inch wide, obtuse. Eaceme erect 3-5 inches 



Jour, Straits Branch 



