Phaltenofisis.] cxxxvi. orchide^e. 157 
6 to 8 in. long, sometimes branched; rachis not thickened. Flowers 
1 in. across. Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals sub-spathulate acute, 
white spotted chestnut. Lip side-lobes 4-angled, tooth-like, yellow 
spotted chestnut, midlobe narrow, tongue-shaped, tip decurved 
rosy, an oblong bifid callus between side-lobes, a lanceolate blunt 
one at base of midlobe. Capsule linear narrow, 3 in. long. Hab. 
Very rare in dense dripping forest on mossy trees. Pahang, Tahan 
River (Ridley). 
(5) P. fuscata Rchb. fil. Gard. Chron. 1874, ii. 6; Rolfe Orch. 
Rev. 1905, p. 226. P. Kunstleri Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 30; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 152. P. Denisiana Cogn. Diet. Ic. Orch. Phal. 6. 
Leaves obovate-lanceolate or elliptic acute, 4 to 9 in. long, 
2-5 to 3 in. wide. Scape 15 in. long or less. Racemes 1 to 4 in. 
thick, not flat, 3 in. long. Flowers 1-5 in. wide. Upper sepals 
lanceolate blunt, yellow with or without a red bar, laterals oblique 
with a transverse red bar, or all red at base, tip yellow. Petals 
spathulate or obovate. Lip side-lobes oblong truncate toothed white, 
midlobe obovate, tip round orange, central bar white elevate, 3 or 
more Indian red streaks on each side, callus bifid at base. Column 
narrowed, middle greenish, hood ovate. Hab. On trees. Johor, 
Sungei Tebrau forests. Perak, hot springs near Ipoh; Tapah; 
Sungei Siput (Curtis). Bindings (Curtis). Distrib. Philippines 
(fide Cogniaux). 
56 . STAUROCHILUS, Ridl. 
Big epiphyte, climbing. Leaves lorate coriaceous bilobed. 
Raceme long. Flowers large expanded. Sepals oblong, laterals 
falcate. Petals narrower. Lip spurless, side-lobes short erect, 
midlobe 3-lobed, Column short thick, arms erect. Anther ovate, 
beaked. Pollinia 2 on a spathulate caudicle, disc elliptic. Species 1, 
Siam and Malay Peninsula. 
(1) S. fasciatus Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 350; Mat. i. 
153. Trichoglottis fasciata Rchb. fit. Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 699; 
Williams, Or chi Album, v.t. 208. 
Stem stout, 2 ft. tall or more. Leaves 5 in. long, -5 to 75 in. 
wide, blunt sheaths, -5 in. long. Raceme 4 to 6 in. long; rachis 
grooved. Bracts ovate acute persistent. Flowers 2 in. wide, 
fragrant. Sepals acute. Petals spathulate, yellow banded red. 
Lip -5 in. long, white slightly pubescent, side-lobes acute, midlobe 
of 3 equal lobes, callus at base linear-oblong toothed. Column red. 
Hab. On rocks and trees. Lankawi. Terutau (Curtis). Distrib. 
Siam. 
57 . KINGIELLA, Rolfe. 
Epiphytic plants with the habit of Phalcenopsis. Leaves oblanceo- 
late blunt, broad. Scapes tall branched; flowers small. Upper 
sepal oblong, laterals larger curved. Petals smaller. Lip side- 
lobes erect, obovate, midlobe obcordate, base of lip adnate to foot 
of column and forming a mentum. Species about 5, Indo-Malaya. 
