CXXXVI. ORCHIDE^. 
139 
Chelonanthera.] 
small. Upper sepal oblong-lanceolate, laterals broader, all blunt. 
Petals linear or broad oblong. Lip base boat-shaped, midlobe 
oblong bilobed deflexed, calli 2. Column curved, hood broad. 
Anther flat 4-celled; pollinia 4, sub-globose. Rostellum long bifid. 
Species 2, Malayan. 
(1) C. gibbosa Bl. Bijdr. 383. Pholidota gibbosa De Vriese. 
III. Orch, t. 10; Ridl. Mat. i. 135. 
Rhizome branched; pseudobulbs oblong-conic, 2 to 3 in. long. 
Leaves lanceolate or obovate with long point, 6 to 7 in. long, 1 to 
3 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Scape 10 to 12 in. long, basal half 
nude. Flowers about 20. Bracts oblong-ovate, brown, -25 in. 
long. Sepals *25 in. long, with petals white. Lip base oblong, 
a pair of curved teeth at base, white, pinkish at base. Column hood 
waved, edged brown. Anther red. Hab. Pahang, K’luang Terbang 
(Barnes). Distrib. Sumatra and Java. 
41. PHOLIDOTA, Lindl. 
Rhizome short with crowded ovoid pseudobulbs or erect with 
narrow distant pseudobulbs. Leaves 2. Scapes from top of 
pseudobulb rachis often flexuous. Bracts distichous, dry yellowish. 
Flowers small, pink or white. Sepals concave. Petals flat. Lip 
sessile on column base, the base saccate oblong, terminal lobe 
usually bilobed. Column short-hooded. Anther 2-celled beaked. 
Pollinia 4, cohering by a disc. Species about 30, Indo-Malayan. 
Pseudobulbs ovoid crowded on a short rhizome. 
Spike long; bracts semi-circular persistent . . (1) P. imbricata 
Pseudobulbs distant on a pendulous stem, cylindric. 
Bracts lanceolate . . . . (2) P. decurva 
Pseudobulbs crowded; raceme dense erect. 
Bracts elliptic . . . . . . {3) P. grandis 
(1) P. imbricata Lindl. Hook. Exot. Flora ii. t. 138; Bot. Reg. 
t. 1213, 1777; Ridl. Mat. i. 135. 
Pseudobulbs crowded conic, dark green, 1 to 3 in. long. Leaf x, 
elliptic-lanceolate, 6 to 12 in. long; petiole 1 in. long or more. 
Raceme pendulous, 12 in. long; peduncle slender. Bracts disti¬ 
chous semi-circular, *3 in. wide, persistent. Flowers numerous 
crowded pale flesh-colour, *25 in. long. Upper sepal orbicular, 
laterals boat-shaped, keeled. Petals linear-oblong, falcate. Lip 
boat-shaped, terminal lobe rounded bilobed. Hab. Sporadic on 
rocks and trees. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Bujong Malacca 
(Kunstler); Batu Kurau (Scortechini). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. 
India, Ceylon^ Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
^ (2) P. decurva Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 328. 
Stems elongate branched; pseudobulbs terete, 3 to 4 in. long. 
Leaves 2, obovate or oblanceolate acute, 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. 
Raceme 6 in. long, slender decurved above flexuous. Bracts 
lanceolate acute caducous. Flowers numerous, nearly 1 in. across. 
