Nephelaphyllum.] cxxxvi. orchide^e. 115 
racemose. Sepals free lanceolate, no mentum. Petals similar. 
Lip entire or 3-lobed blunt attached to column base, spur clubbed. 
Column short, thick, footless. Anther 2-horned. Pollinia 8 unequal 
on a linear gland. Species 5, Indo-Malayan, 
Leaves ovate; flowers crowded .... (1) N. pulchrum 
Leaves triangular acuminate; flowers remote . . (2) N. tenuiflorum 
(1) N. pulchrum Bl. Bijdr. 373, t. 32; FI, Jav. Orch. Arch. 
Ind. 171, pi. 61, fig. 1; Bot. Mag. t. 5332; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. viii. 105, pi. 145; Ridl. Mat. i. 116. 
Stems erect portion 2 in. tall. Leaves ovate-cordate acute, 
brown marbled with darker marks, 3 in. long, 2 in. wide. Raceme 
2 in. long. Flowers 7, crowded. Ovary and pedicel -5 in. long. 
Sepals and petals reflexed acute, nearly *5 in. long, olive green. 
Lip erect, *75 in. long, obovate or oblong, white veined pink, a 
central orange bar ending in 2 or 3 fimbriate ridges, spur pink. 
Column broad, white spotted pink. Anther quadrate, with 2 pink 
knobs. Hab. In damp forest on rotting leaves, not rare, from sea level 
to 5000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai. 
Malacca, Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 3300 ft. altitude (Robinson); Telom. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills; Ulu Kal (Kunstler); Ulu Batang Padang 
(Wray); Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Disthb. Java. 
(2) N. tenuiflorum Bl. Bijdr. 373; FI. Jav. Orch. Arch. 172. 
1. 61, fig. 2; Ridl. Mat. i. 116. 
Stem slender. Leaves triangular-cordate acuminate, 2-5 to 
3-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, brown marbled darker. Scape slender, 
4 to 7 in. tall. Flowers 6 or 7, distant pendulous reversed. Sepals 
and petals linear, green purplish, -5 in. long. Lip white, edged and 
streaked violet, side-lobes short blunt, midlobe ovate truncate 
undulate, a tuft of purple processes in centre, spur purple. Hab. 
Mossy spots in forest at about 3300 to 4000 ft. altitude. Not very 
common. Pahang, Telom ; Gunong Berumbun. Selangor, Gunong 
Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak. Kedah Peak. Dislrib. 
Java, Borneo. 
26 . MISCHOBULBUM, Schlecht. 
Terrestrial with habit of Tainia. Stems fleshy. Leaves ovate 
acuminate. Scape from the rhizome usually few-flowered. Flowers 
rather large; sepals and petals sub-equal, laterals forming a mentum. 
Lip more or less 3-lobed, not spurred. Column stout, foot broad 
nearly as long. Pollinia 8, 4 above, larger than 4 front ones. 
Species 7, Indo-Malaya, Formosa. 
(1) M. Wrayanum Rolfe, Orch. Review, xx. 127. Ipsea Wrayana 
Hook. fil. Ic. PI. 2085. Tainia atropurpurea Ridl. Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxxii, 315; Mat. i. 115. 
Leaves ovate-cordate, sub-acute, 6 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles 
4 in. long. Scape 1 ft. long. Flowers about 8, purple, 1 in. 
