CXXXVI. ORCHIDEiE. 
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Crinonia.] 
2 calli. Column short thick, foot distinct, curved, attached to 
claw of lip, hood very flat. Anther flat; pollinia 4 obovate. 
Species 4, Malayan. 
Leaves linear acuminate. 
Pseudobulbs ellipsoid globose . . . (1) C. carnea 
Pseudobulbs elongate cylindric; flowers white (2) C. Elizabethiana 
Leaves lanceolate. 
Pseudobulbs cylindric; flowers pink . . (3) C. parviflora 
(1) C. carnea Bl. Bijdr. 339; PfUzer, Pflanzenr. 135, fig. 46, 
A.B. Pholidota carnea Lindl. Gen. and Sp . Orch. PL 37. 
Rhizome branches elongate; pseudobulbs parallel to it thick 
oblong or ovate, 1-5 in. long, tips upturned. Leaves narrow linear, 
3 in. long, -12 in. wide; petioles slender, *5 in. long. Scape slender, 
3 in. long; flowers distant, -15 in. across, flesh colour. Sepals 
ovate sub-acute. Petals shorter, broad blunt. Lip as long saccate, 
claw short, obscurely 3-lobed. Hob. Mountains at high altitudes. 
Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong 
Kerbau at 4200 ft. altitude (Robinson); Gunong Inas (Yapp). 
Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
(2) C. Elizabethiana Ridl. Pholidota Elizabethiana Ridl. 
Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 181. 
Rhizome 6 in. long, woody; pseudobulbs elongate cylindric, 
2 in. long. Leaves linear narrowed at top and long narrowed at 
base, 9 in. long, *25 in. wide. Scapes 4 to 5 in. long. Flowers 
many distichous small white. Bracts -12 in. long. Ovary and 
pedicel -i in. long. Upper sepal lanceolate, lower gibbous at base 
keeled. Petals oblong or ovate-oblong. Lip, base cymbiform with 
short blunt lobes, midlobe sub-orbicular crisp, obscurely 3-lobed, 
with 2 semi-linear fleshy ridges between side lobes. Column short, 
and broad, arms tooth-like. Hab. High mountains. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan at 7100 ft. altitude; Gunong Ulu Riang at 6000 ft. 
altitude (Ridley). 
(3) C. parviflora Pfltzer, Pflanzenr. 136. Pholidota parviflora 
Hook. Ic. PI. 1891; Ridl. Mat. 135. Ph. micrantha Hook. fll. 
F.B.I. v. 847. 
Rhizome thick; pseudobulbs cylindric or ovoid, 1 to 1*5 in. 
long. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate acute, 1-5 to 3 in. long, -5 in. 
wide or more. Scape slender flexuous, 5 in. long. Bracts lanceo¬ 
late. Flowers -12 in. wide, about 35. Sepals ovate or ovate- 
oblong acute. Petals smaller, all greenish pink turning pink. 
Lip boat-shaped, limb ovate, greenish white yellow with one or a 
double callus on centre, a raw sienna line in front. Column red. 
Capsule -25 in. long. Hab. Mountains, Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 
7000 ft. altitude (Robinson); Telom. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Derry, 
Long); Gunong Kerbau (Robinson); Chabang (Scortechini). 
Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). 
var. pumila Ridl. Pseudobulbs crowded conic oblong, *5 in. 
