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A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO TEMENGOH. 
as long as 3 inches) so that a spike may bear flowers 
and fruits simultaneously. Bracts lanceate caudate. 
Sepals and petals ovate obtuse lemon yellow with red 
purple spots in lines at the base: lower sepals curved 
forward and more spotted. Lip shorter than sepals, 
side lobes ovate very short, but distinct, midlobe short 
ovate, spur large scrotiform with an oblique low ridge 
on either side of the mouth, at the base of the side lobes 
and a thin membranous crescent shaped callus at the 
back below the column. Column short. Anther 
hemispheric with an upcurved beak, pollinia globular 
with a narrow lanceolate pedicel tapering to both ends, 
and a narrow ovate lanceolate disc. 
Lenggong. I also saw plants in the gardens at Thai- 
ping of which Mr. Long brought me one. It had been 
obtained in abundance at Slim, by Mr. Hobson with 
whose name it is associated. This plant is allied to S. 
uteriferum, Ridl. Cletsostoma uteriferwm, Hook. fil. 
which is figured in the Annals of the Botanic Gardens 
Calcutta vol. 5. Pl. 84 from a drawing and some flowers 
obtained by Kunstler. I have seen no specimen but 
~ assuming that the drawing is correct, S. Hobsons dif- 
fers from it in the more distinct side lobes, the crescent- 
shaped callus, that. of C. wterzferwm being long, entire 
and tongue-shaped, and the beaked anther. 
Saccolabiwm hortense, Ridl. 'Temengoh. 
Saccolabsum sylvestre, n. sp. | 
Stem 3-8 inches long rather weak. Leaves linear 
oblong apex acute base slightly narrowed, 3-4 inches. 
long + inch wide rather flaccid, sheath dilate upwards 
ribbed keeled ¢-3 inch long. Raceme slender 4-6 inches 
long angled lax, flowers small numerous. Bracts ovate 
acute #5 inch long. Flowers nearly 4 inch long to tip 
of spur, pedicels short. Upper sepal ovate cymbiform, 
laterals ovate orbicular, slightly faleate. Petals narrow- 
er oblong obtuse all. Lip yellow with red streaks, 
Jour. Straits Branch 
