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CXXXVI. ORCHIDE^E. 
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29 . SPATHOGLOTTIS, Bl. 
Terrestrial, pseudobulbs conic, 1- to 3-leaved. Leaves long 
petioled narrow plicate. Scape lateral. Flowers large, yellow or 
crimson in lax racemes. Sepals free sub-equal. Petals similar or 
larger. Lip sessile, 3-lobed, side-lobes erect, midlobe clawed, disc 
tubercled at base. Column graceful arched, dilate above, 2-winged. 
Pollinia 8. Species about xo, Indo-Malaya, China, Australasia. 
Petals broad. Large plants. 
Flowers rose or white 
Flowers yellow .... 
Petals broad. Small plant; flowers yellow 
Petals narrow. Small plant; flowers pink 
(1) S. plieala 
(2) S. aurea 
(3) S. affinis 
(4) S. Handingiana 
(1) S. plicata BL Bijdr. 401, t. 76; Ridl. Mat. i. 117. S. lilicina 
Griff. Notates, iii. 323; Ic. PL As. t. 311, fig. 3. 
Pseudobulb conic, covered with leaf fibres. Leaves 2 to 4 ft. 
long, 1 to 2 in. wide, lanceolate plicate; petioles 6 to 18 in. long. 
Scape 1 to 6 ft. tall, many-flowered. Bracts pink ovate to lanceolate. 
Flowers 1 in. across, magenta, rarely lilac or white, ovary and 
pedicel 1 in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong acute. Petals wider. Lip 
side-lobes oblong truncate, callus 1, obcuneate hairy yellow with 
two small white lobes on the sides, midlobe obcuneate, reniform 
emarginate, base narrow, Capsule oblong pendulous. Hah. Open 
country and wet rocks; very common, up to 2000 ft. altitude. 
Singapore, Johor, Malacca, Sungei Uiong, Selangor, Perak, Kema- 
man, 
var. alba. Ridl. Flowers and bracts white. Rare. Dindings, on 
Pulau Sembilan (Ridley). Distrib. Malay islands to Samoa. Native 
name: Lumbah. 
Our form is always self-fertilised with rostellum suppressed. The common 
form in the Malay islands has a rostellum, and is insect-fertilised. 
(2) S. aurea Lindl. Paxt. FL Gard. i. 16; Ridl. Mat. ii. 118. 
S. Wrayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 813. 
Pseudobulbs globose, -5 in. through. Leaves lanceolate long 
acuminate, 2 ft. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide. Scape 3 to 4 ft. tall. Flowers 
yellow, 3 in. across or less; pedicels and ovary 1-5 in. long. Bracts 
ovate blunt, green, -5 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate blunt. 
Petals ovate-lanceolate. Lip shorter, side-lobes oblong falcate 
yellow, base pink, midlobe narrow, tip dilate, yellow, base red 
spotted, calli 2, horn-shaped and 2 oblong cuneate at base of mid¬ 
lobe. Column arched, wings narrow orange. Hab. Grassy spots 
on mountains at 3000 to 6000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 
(Robinson); Telom. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (all collectors). Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass (Ridley); Bukit Hitam (Kelsall), Perak, Thaiping 
Hills; Gunong Inas (Yapp); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson). Kedah Peak. Distrib. Borneo, Java. 
