Cymbidiutn .] cxxxvi. orchide^e. 147 
lanceolate acuminate, 6 to 8 in. long, 1 in. wide, base narrowed to 
petioles, 1 in. long. Scape erect. Flowers 5 in lax raceme, 1 in. 
across. Bracts short ovate. Sepals oblong-lanceolate acute green. 
Petals broader with a central pink dotted line. Lip pandurate 
entire flat, tip broad, white, edge at base and some blotches crimson, 
a broad raised ridge from base, 2 short blunt ones in centre. Column 
broad stout green spotted pink. Hab. In forests, sporadic and 
uncommon up to 3500 ft. altitude. Malacca, Bukit Sadanen 
(Derry). Perak, Bujong Malacca; Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); 
Thaiping Hills (Ivunstler). Dislrib. India, China, Japan, Malay 
isles. 
(7) C. stapeliseflorum Teysm. and Binn. Nat. Tijdsch. xxiv. 
219. C. Huttoni Hook. fit. Bot. Mag. t. 5676; Ridl. Mat. i. 141. 
C. Stephensi Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1900, p. 71. 
Large epiphyte with big ovoid pseudobulbs, 3 to 5 in. long. 
Leaves 2, oblong blunt thick coriaceous, 8 in. long, 4 in. wide. 
Raceme pendulous, 6 to 8 in. long with 10 large flowers 1 in. across. 
Bracts widely triangular. Sepals ovate-oblong acuminate yellowish 
densely spotted in lines with chocolate. Petals falcate chocolate. 
Lip 3-lobed, lobes broad blunt, midlobe round-orbicular channelled 
in centre. Column thick curved. Hab. Rare in mountain forests, 
Perak, Thaiping Hills (Stephens). Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
47 . DIPODIUM, Lindl. 
Stems leafy, terrestrial or climbing (or in Australia leafless). 
Leaves linear articulated, rather thin distichous. Racemes axillary 
lax, long peduncled. Flowers showy rather large. Sepals and 
petals similar, spreading. Lip adnate to column base, side-lobes 
small. Column short broad, wings large. Anther small. Pollinia 
2, caudicles 2 linear, disc round. Species 6, Malaya, Australia, 
Polynesia. 
Stem scandent; lip and sepals broad blunt . . (1) D. piefcum 
Stem erect; sepals narrow; lip narrow acute . . (2) D, paludosum 
(1) D. pictum Rchb. Xen. Orch. ii. 15 and 20, t. 107; Bot. Mag. 
t. 7951; Ridl. Mat. i. 141. Wailesia picta Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. 
iv. 262. (Fig. 171, p. 148.) 
Stem climbing on trees from the ground and clasping by roots, 
2 to 7 ft. tall. Leaves 8 in. long, 1 in. wide. Scape 10 to 12 in. 
long. Flowers i*5 in.-wide. Sepals oblong blunt, laterals oblique. 
Petals broader. All yellowish in front, with Indian red blotches 
on the back. Lip shorter oblong, side-lobes very small acute, 
white with pink spots and 3 pink keels woolly, especially on tip 
and keels. Column short broad orange, base woolly. Capsule 
broad elliptic, 2 in. long. Hab. In forests, creeping on ground 
and then climbing up trees. Singapore, Kranji; Changi. Malacca 
(Griffith); Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Tahan River; Telom. Selangor, 
