52 NEW OE RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



two low ridges running from the upper angles of the lip 

 to the centre of the midlobe. Column deep mahogany 

 brown, foot green forming with the base of the lip a sac. 

 the mouth partly covered with the sideflaps. Stelidia 

 rather long linear curved, crest (margin of elinandrium) 

 rather tall rounded crenulate, with 2 longer processes at 

 the sides. Anther cap broad triangular flat yellow, beak 

 short upcurved. Rostellum tooth-like. Stigma large 

 orbicular. 



A living plant in flower of this was brought me in 

 June 1909 by Mr. Lewis who obtained it from Mt. Foe 

 in Sarawak. Borneo. What appears to be identical was 

 obtained by Mr. Hewitt on Santubong Mountain, and by 

 Dr. Haviland in the same place. In Mr. Hewitt's plants 

 the raceme has fully developed to a length of over a foot 

 long and closely flexuous. He describes the sepals as 

 light red brown. Column similar but deeper. Petals 

 and lip pale yellow. I am not sure that the saccate 

 portion at the base of the lip does not rather belong to 

 the lip than to the column foot it is difficult to see where 

 the column-base ends and the lip begins. 



This plant would doubtless have been referred by 

 Pfitzer to his genus Chelonosteh but it seems almost im- 

 possible to break up the genus Caelogyne in the way he 

 has done with any satisfaction. His genera run into each 

 other with so many connecting links. 

 Saccolabium fimbriatum, n. sp. 



Stem moderately stout over three inches long. 

 Leaves linear lorate refuse with subacute points and a 

 short mucro between 6 inches long, half an inch wide 

 coriaceous-fleshy pale green. Raceme slender 5 inches 

 long, base nude flowers few about 6 distant small. 

 Pedicels slender J inch long. Bracts very short ovate 

 obtuse. Sepals elliptic obtuse r ^ inch long, apices 

 rounded, yellow with a brown central line. Petals ellip- 

 tic subacute similarly colored. Lip trilobed side lobes 

 broad rounded oval, margins crisped yellow with a 

 brown centre, midlobe linear narrow channelled, apex 



Jour Straits Branch 





