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tips enlarged, midlobe oblong-obovate, white or rose dotted crimson, 
spur very short, callus conic white. Column with a long foot. 
Hab. Local. Scrambling over bushes in open swamps. Johor, 
Kwala Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Perak, Kinta valley (all collectors). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
The “ Kinta weed.” 
60 . ARACHNIS, Bl. 
Stems very long scandent. Leaves linear-oblong blunt. In¬ 
florescence large panicled. Sepals and petals spreading spathulafe, 
lower ones incurved. Lip much shorter articulate at base of 
column, side-lobes broad truncate, midlobe tongue-shaped, base 
of lip between side-lobes shortly spurred. Species about 5, 
Malayan. 
Flowers yellow and brown, lower sepals falcate . . (1) A. moschifera 
Flowers salmon pink, lower sepals not falcate . . (2) A. Maingayi 
Flowers white, smaller, lower sepals not falcate . . (3) A. alba 
(1) A. moschifera Bl. Bijdr. 365, t. 26. Arachnanthe moschi¬ 
fera Bl. Rumphia, iv. t. 196, 199. Renanthera arachnitis Lindl. 
Gen. and Sp. Orch. PL 217; Rial. Mat. i. 155. 
Stems 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, stiff. 
Panicles several feet long. Flowers 3 in. wide, tip of upper sepal 
musk-scented. Upper sepal linear-oblong spathulate, laterals 
shorter falcate. Petals linear abruptly falcate, yellow blotched 
chocolate. Lip *5 in. long, side-lobes quadrate yellow or white 
splashed red, edges purple brown, midlobe oblong cuneate pink 
with a large conic acute callus near tip. Hab. Selangor, Port 
Swettenham (Williams). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Penang, 
rocks at Ayer Hitam (Haniff). Distrib. Java, Borneo. Native 
names : Angrek Bunga Kasturi; Scorpion orchid. 
(2) A. Maingayi Schlechter, Fedde Rep. x. 197. Arachnanthe 
Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 28. Renanthera Maingayi Ridl. Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xxxii. 353. 
Stems as A. moschifera, but leaves thinner and more flaccid, 
5 in. long, i*5 in. wide. Sepals linear, laterals not falcate, 1-5 in. 
long. Petals broadly dilate short at tip. All mottled and barred 
salmon-pink and white. Lip side-lobes rounded spreading, mid¬ 
lobe oblong, tip ovate pink striped with darker, and yellow blotches 
on side-lobes. Hab. Johor, Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Malacca (Main- 
gay). Distrib. Islands south of Singapore. 
Commonly cultivated in gardens. 
(3) A. alba Schlechter, Fedde Rep. x. 197, Arachnanthe alba 
Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 369. Renanthera alba Ridl. Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxxii. 353. R. Hookeriana Rchb. fil. Xen. Orch. ii. 42. 
Stems 15 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves lorate blunt hard brittle often 
toothed at base, 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. Panicles long. Flowers 
