i6o cXXxvi. orchIde^e. [Arachnis. 
3 in. wide. Sepals linear, tip dilate spreading. Petals smaller, 
white. Lip side-lobes rounded yellowish white dotted pink, midlobe 
tongue-shaped acute rosy with darker stripes, 2 violet streaks 
and 2 dots between lobes. Column white, edge violet. Hab. 
Climbing on trees and bushes. Singapore, Pulau Selitar, in great 
masses. Pahang, Kwala Pahang (Ridley). Distrib. Isles south of 
Singapore, Borneo. 
61 . RENANTHERA, Lour. 
Stems long or comparatively short. Leaves linear-oblong. 
Panicle often large spreading. Flowers (large) medium or small, 
red or orange. Sepals and petals spreading, lateral sepals broader 
than upper sepal. Petals narrower. Lip side-lobes erect, mid¬ 
lobe acute, spur conic between side-lobes. Column short and broad. 
Species 5 or 6, Malaya, India, China. 
Flowers numerous small in a wide-spreading panicle . (1) R. elongata 
Flowers few long in a raceme . . . . . (2) R. matutina 
(1) R. elongata Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. Pl. 218; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 156. R. matutina Lindl. in. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 41 (not of 
Gen. and Sp.). 
Stems 3 to 8 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic blunt, 3 in. long, 1 in. 
wide; sheaths 1-5 in. long. Panicle large spreading, branches 6 
to 8 in. long. Flowers small numerous red. Upper sepal linear, 
•5 in. long, laterals larger deflexed oblong spathulate. Petals linear 
blunt, smaller. Lip very small, side-lobes broad blunt, midlobe 
oblong blunt, base white. Capsule elliptic, 1-5 in. long. Hab. On 
rocks and trees usually by the sea, not rare. Singapore (Wallich); 
Bukit Timah road; Pulau Ubin. Johor Kwala Batu Pahat (Kel- 
sall). Malacca, Jasin (Goodenough). Selangor, Ulu Selangor. 
Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Kwala Kangsa (Stephens); Waterfall, 
Thaiping and Simpang (Wray); Ulu Bernam (Kunstler). Penang 
(Curtis). Distrib. Borneo, Java. Native ?iame : Poko Api Sesudu. 
(2) R. matutina Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 218 ; Ridl. Mat. i. 
156. R. anguslifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 49; Ic. Pl. 2128. 
Stem erect, 1 to 2 ft. tall. Leaves lorate, 7 to 8 in. long, -36 in. 
wide, blunt. Scape 15 in. long, sometimes branched. Flowers 
about 20, distant, 2 in. wide more or less pubescent. Upper sepal 
linear, laterals clawed broader lanceolate acuminate connate or 
free. Petals lanceolate acuminate. All red with darker blotches 
in lateral sepals. Lip very small, side-lobes round, tip tongue¬ 
shaped deflexed, spur conic rather large, white, edges of lip 
and spur crimson. Column pink. Hab. On rocks in forests. 
Perak, Bujong Malacca; Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). Distrib. 
Java. 
