Dipodium .] cxxxvi. orchide^e. 149 
In wet thicket swamps. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith). Pahang, 
Kwantan (R. Little). Perak, (Wray). Dislrib. Cochin China, 
Borneo. 
48 . GRAMMATOPHYLLUM, Bl. 
Epiphytes often immense; stems terete leafy (or pseudobulbous). 
Leaves sub-coriaceous. Scapes erect from base racemose. Flowers 
very many large, yellow or green with brown spots. Sepals and 
petals similar broad spreading. Lip from base of column 3-lobed. 
Column tall, foot very short. Anther broad retuse at top. Pollinia 
2, semi-oblong round on 2 very short points attached to disc. 
Capsule large, pear-shaped. Species 3 or 4, Malaya, Polynesia. 
(1) G.speciosum Bl. Bijdr. 378,/. 20; Rumphia iv. 47, t. 191; 
Bot. Mag. t. 5157. 
Stems terete grooved, 6 to xo ft. tall, 1*5 in. through. Leaves 
flaccid linear, 12 to 18 in. long, 1 in, wide, acute. Scapes stout, 6 
to 10 ft. tall. Flowers very numerous, 4 in. across, opening a few 
at a time. Pedicels 4 in. long, white. Bracts lanceolate-linear, 
•5 in. long. Sepals and petals oblong blunt. Petals wider. All 
yellow with brown spots. Lip side-lobes sub-acute, yellow, mid¬ 
lobe oblong pubescent much shorter dull pink, keels 3. Capsule 
oblong pyriform, 6 in. long. Hah. On trees, often over streams. 
Common. Singapore, Toas; PulauUbin; Bukit Timah. Malacca, 
Tanjong Kling; Hulu Chembong (Derry). Pahang, Tahan River; 
Telom. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak (Scortechini). Dind- 
ings (Finlayson). Kedah Peak at 300 ft. altitude. Dislrib. 
Tenasserim, Borneo, Java, Solomon isles. 
Our biggest orchid. Plants in the gardens of Penang and Singapore 
measured 40 ft. in circumference, and bore often 7000 flowers. It flowers 
in September. When grown on the ground the stems are erect, in trees they 
often droop. The lowest flowers on the spike are always abnormal, with 
2 to 4 sepals and petals, no lip and abortive column. The flowers of the 
common form are rather irregularly blotched brown, and the sepals and petals 
oblong, but a form occurs with it having finely spotted flowers, often with 
shorter rounded sepals and petals. 
49 . BROMHEADIA, Lindl. 
Stiff erect terrestrial or epiphytic plants; rhizome branched, 
stems compressed. Leaves distichous stiff coriaceous lanceolate 
flat or recurved pungent. Raceme terminal rarely lateral elongating 
or short. Bracts persistent. Flowers medium to small, white 
or yellow. Sepals lanceolate. Petals shorter and broader. Lip 
3-lobed, side-lobes erect. Column elongate, curved, no arms, 
wings or foot hooded. Anther convex. Pollinia 2 semi-ovate with 
a wide emarginate disc. Capsule cylindric. Species about 10, 
Malaya, Siam, Burma. 
Terrestrial, stems elongate; racemes terminal. 
Stout; flowers white, purple markings . . . (1) B. palustris 
