NEW AND BARE SPECIES OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 197 



ORCHIDEAE. 



Bulbophyllum (Monantha-parva) nematocaulon, Ridl. n. sp. 



Ehizomes long, filiform with oblong erect curved 

 pseudo-bulbs .15 in. long- and .25 in. apart. Leaf elliptic 

 lanceolate acute .24 in. long, .08 in. wide. Peduncles slender 

 .5 in. long with a funnel-shaped bract with a subacute 

 limb below the pedicel. Flower hardly .25 in. wide. Sepals 

 lanceolate acute subequal. Petals half as long lanceolate 

 acute base narrowed. Lip shorter than the sepals, entire 

 lanceolate with a very short claw. Column broad, arms 

 short, bifid blunt erect, foot as long as column. 



Perak (Scortechini 614). 



The specimen which forms a large mass of slender 

 rhizomes on a tree branch has no flowers but there is a good 

 sketch by Father Scortechini of the flower and its structure. 



Bulbophyllum (Corrhopetalum) Annandalei, Ridl. n. sp. 



Rhizome moderately thick, pseudo-bulbs approximate, 

 truncate conoid .5 in. long. Leaf coriaceous lanceolate blunt 

 narrowed into the petiole 4 in. long, .6 in. wide, petiole .25 in. 

 Scape 3 in. tall with 2 distant sheaths. Flowers 2. Upper 

 sepals ovate .5 in. long, .24 in. wide, subacute deep cream, 

 faintly striped pale brown, edge ciliate, laterals free to near 

 base, 1 in. long, base dilate then slightly narrowed and lanceo- 

 late .25 in. wide. Petals ovate .25 in. edge strongly fimbriate. 

 Lip, tongue-shaped, thick, curved, fleshy. 



Xaunchik. Bukit Besar, at 2,000 ft. on a log across 

 jungle stream (Annandale and Robinson). 



Bulbophyllum xanthum, Eidl. n. sp. 



Rhizome long .08 in. through with distant conic pseudo- 

 bulbs .75 in. long with thick mass of cylindric roots beneath 

 each. Leaf stiff coriaceous midrib only visible at base, lanceo- 

 late oblong 7 in. long. 1 in. wide, narrowed to base. Raceme 

 4 in. long, many flowered rather lax. Bracts .1 in. long, 

 lanceolate, pedicel and ovary .1 in. Flowers .25 in. across, 

 orange and vellow. Upper sepals lanceolate, laterals broad and 

 gibbous at base, all acuminate subequal. Petals half as long, 

 lip as long as sepals, entire shortly clawed sides at base 

 elevate, limb curved linear blunt fleshy. Column moderate, 

 foot long, arms simple erect acute. 



On rocks at 800 feet alt. Flowers orange and yellow. 

 Lankawi Islands, Dayang Bunting (Robinson 6238). 



This lias the habit of B. lilacinum, but the sepals are sub- 

 equal and gibbous at base, and the lip has no side lobes. 



R. A. Soc, No. 82, 1920. 



