Microstylis.] cxxxvi. orchide^e. 
ii 
Capsule erect obconic. Species about 50, chiefly tropical, whole 
world. 
Stem short erect swollen at base. 
Lip with auricles. 
Tip bifid not toothed .... 
Tip pectinate. 
Lip crimson lanceolate acute, teeth 6 • ( 2 ) 
Lip white triangular pectinate all round . (3) 
Lip without auricles; flowers few and large, lip *25 
in. long, toothed . . . . . (4) 
Flowers very small crowded, lip trilobed . . (5) 
Stems creeping ascending not swollen, leaves scattered. 
Lip triangular narrowed to refuse tip . . .(b) 
Lip ovate with 5 short teeth at tip . . . (7) 
lap obovate with 2 lobes at angles and 5 teeth . (8) 
(1) M. calophylla 
M. perakensis 
M. acutangula 
M. macrochila 
M. congesta 
ML flavoviridis 
M. micrantha 
M. nemoralis 
(1) M. calophylla Rchb. fil. Gard. Chron. 1879, ii. 718. M. 
Scottii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 678; Bot. Mag. t. 7268. 
Stem short swollen. Leaves few, oblique ovate or lanceolate, 
edges crisp, brownish with darker spots 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. 
Raceme 6 in. long. Flowers numerous. Bracts lanceolate reflexed 
as long as ovary. Sepals oblong. Petals narrower pink. Lip 
green suborbicular with two long recurved auricles and two short 
teeth at tip. Hab. Rare, Penang, Rifle range (Curtis). Distrib. 
Pegu, Siam. 
■ (2) M. perakensis Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 222; Mat. 
i. 13. M. plantaginea Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 688 (not of Steudel). 
Stem little swollen. Leaves 5 to 6 ovate to ovate-lanceolate 
acute, oblique, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long. 
Scape 1 ft. long, 4-angled. Flowers numerous. Bracts acuminate 
deflexed, -25 in. long; pedicels -5 in. long. Upper sepal oblong blunt, 
laterals ovate oblong, *12 in. long. Petals oblong all pink or purple. 
Lip large, auricles *4 in. long, acute; limb round with 6 long incurved 
teeth violet-pink, fovea deep elliptic. Column emerald, arms 
oblong truncate. Hab. Local. Perak, Batu Kurau (Curtis); 
Gunong Bubu (Scortechini); Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Telok 
Pinang; Thaiping. Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). 
(3) M. acutangula Hook fil. Ic. PI. t. 1835; F.B.I. v. 68. 
Stem swollen short. Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate oblique, 
4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. Raceme 6 to 8 in. long. Bracts 
lanceolate deflexed. Flowers numerous, green or white, -5 in. 
across; pedicels -5 in. long. Sepals linear-oblong. Petals narrower 
longer. Lip auricled triangular, blade shorter pectinate all round. 
Column arms large round. Hab. Forests, Johor, Tebrau River. 
Pahang, Telom. Negri Sembilan, Labu reservoir; Seremban 
(Williams). Selangor, Bukit Lfitam (Kelsall). Perak, Batang 
Padang (Wray); Thaiping Hills (Curtis). 
(4) M. macrochila Rolfe, Keiv Bulletin 1895, p. 6. var. minor 
Ridl. 
Stem swollen cylindric, 1 in. tall. Leaves 3 ovate acute, 2-5 in. 
