Balbophyllum.} cXxxvi. orch!de£. 8l 
8 to io in a whorl. Bracts linear-lanceolate setaceous red. Upper 
sepal ovate aristate, hairy, yellowish brown or pink spotted darker, 
laterals connate oblong blunt, 75 in. long, *13 in- wide, reddish or 
pink with darker spots or suffused rosy. Petals as long as upper 
sepal, lanceolate aristate hairy. Lip very small recurved channelled 
with 3 ribs yellow tip purple or brown. Column foot hardly as 
long, yellowish or pink spotted, arms short rounded. Hab. Trees 
in low country. Singapore, Bajau. Johor, Kwala Kahang (Kel- 
sall). Malacca, Sungei Rambei. Negri Sembilan, Siliau (Williams). 
Distrib. Tenasserim, Borneo. 
(92) B. ochraceum Ridl. Mat. i. 84. Cirrhopetalum ochraceum 
Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1898, p. 212. 
Rhizome long; pseudobulbs crowded, conic, 4-angled, 1-5 in. 
long, *5 in. thick. Leaf oblanceolate blunt, 7 in. long, 1 in. wide. 
Scape stout, 10 in. long, red. Flowers about 10. Bracts lanceolate 
long-acuminate. Upper sepal ovate acuminate reddish, edge 
hairy, laterals connate for whole length oblong-lanceolate, 1 in. 
long, *25 in. wide, orange-ochre red spotted. Petals lanceolate, 
edges hairy red. Lip tongue-shaped, recurved olive. Column 
long, foot slender, arms large thin, triangular. Hab. Very rare. 
Selangor, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
(93) B. maximum Ridl, Mat. i. 79. Cirrhopetalum maximum 
Ridl. Journ. Bot. March 1900, p. 70. 
Rhizome long stout; pseudobulbs distant, narrow oblong, 
5 in. long. Leaf lanceolate, 1 ft. long, 4 in. wide; petiole 1-5 in. 
long. Peduncle 1 ft. long. Flowers in a terminal whorl 1 ft. 
across, each over 6 in. long; pedicel 1 in. long, stout. Bracts 
lanceolate acuminate, 1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate cordate. Petals 
similar, all apple green. Lip tongue-shaped fleshy acute, cream 
colour with violet centre. Column oblong, broad cream marked 
mauve, arms 4, 2 erect, 2 broad, thick horizontal violet. Hab. 
Local. Perak, Bujong Malacca on trees (Ridley, Curtis). 
11 . DENDROCHILUM, Blume. 
Rhizome woody creeping branched; pseudobulbs usually distant. 
Leaf solitary coriaceous. Raceme slender from the rhizome near 
the pseudobulb with dry sheaths at base. Flowers numerous very 
small, white. Sepals narrow equal, laterals adnate to column- 
foot. ’ Column rather tall with lateral arms, top hooded. Anther 
2-celled, pollinia 4, ovoid united by a viscid mass. Capsule sub- 
globose or 3-angled. Species about 15, Malay Peninsula and islands. 
Lip lanceolate. 
Leaf lanceolate 
Leaf narrow linear very coriaceous 
Lip oblong sub-spathulate 
Lip pandurate. 
Leaf obovate coriaceous thick . 
Leaf elliptic thin coriaceous 
(1) D. album 
(2) D. angustifolium 
(3) D. spathulatum 
(4) D. crassum 
(5) D. ellipticum 
