156 cxxxvi. orchidevE. [. Phalcenofisis. 
* (1) P. violacea Teysm. and Binn. Bat. Tijdschr. xxiv. 10; 
Williams, Orch. Album, t. 182, 
Leaves oblong to obovate, 5 to 9 in. long, 1*5 to 4 in. wide. Scape 
3 to 12 in. long, stout, rachis thick not flattened. Flowers 1 to 3 
in. wide. Sepals lanceolate, laterals broader oblique. Petals 
smaller, oblanceolate creamy white more or less marked violet 
purple. Lip narrow, side-lobes oblong truncate, midlobe spathulate 
or obovate violet purple, a bifid callus at base. Column rather 
long. Capsule cylindric, 5 in. long. 
var. tyfiica. Sepals and petals violet with green tips, side- 
lobes of lip yellow dotted purple. Lip purple. Hab. Perak 
(Scortechini); Teluk Anson (Williams). 
var. Murtoniana Rchb. fil. Sepals and petals creamy yellow, 
inner half of lower sepals violet purple, side-lobes of lip orange. 
Perak, Kinta (Murton); Bidor near Tapah (Curtis); Changkat 
Mentri (Kloss). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(2) P. sumatrana Korth, and Rchb. fil. Hamb. Gartenz. xvi. 
i860, 115; Bot, Mag. t. 5527. 
Leaves 5 to 6, oblanceolate blunt, 1 ft. long, 4 in. wide. Scapes 
1 ft. long; rachis 4-angled, flattened, bin.long. Flowers 2 in. wide. 
Upper sepal oblanceolate, laterals much wider. Petals lanceolate, 
base narrowed. All white or yellow transversely barred Indian 
red. Lip -75 in. long, side-lobes oblong truncate, a tooth on inner 
side white and orange within, disc with 3 two-toothed calli in a row; 
midlobe oblong, elevate in centre, white spotted crimson, a woolly 
tuft near the end. Column rather tall, hood toothed, arms 2- 
toothed. Capsule 6 in. long. Hab. On trees. Johor, Batu Pahat; 
Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Perak, Bidor (Curtis). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Borneo. 
(3) P. cornu-cervi Par. and Rchb. Gartenz. i860, p. 116. Poly- 
chilus cornu-cervi Bot. Mag. t. 5570; Ridl. Mat. i. 137. 
Leaves 5 to 6 lorate blunt, 6 in. long, 1 in. wide. Scapes over 
1 ft. long or less with flattened racemes flexuous, 3 in. long, broad 
with persistent bracts. Flowers 1*5 in. wide. Sepals lanceolate 
acute. Petals shorter, narrower. All yellow blotched brown. 
Lip ’25 in. long, side-lobes oblong blunt white spotted violet inside, 
midlobe reniform or ovate acute, white, callus in midlobe tooth-like 
violet, with a slender forked process at base. Column tall, yellow 
with a short foot, 2 red processes at base. Hab. On trees. Not 
rare. Pahang, Gunong Senyum (Evans). Negri Sembilan, Jelebu 
(Davidson); Seremban (Braddon). Perak (Scortechini); Teluk 
Anson (Williams). Lankawi (Curtis). 
Hybrid P. Valeniinii Rchb. fil. Gard. Chron. 1886, p. 262. A 
hybrid between this species and P. violacea which has occurred 
more than once near Bidor in Perak. The sepals and petals are 
narrower and striped pink, 
(4) P. muscicola Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc.iii. 373 ; Ridl. Afa/a.152. 
Leaves oblanceolate blunt, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Scape slender, 
