Aneectochilus .] 
CXXXVI. ORCHlDEiE. 
213 
(1) A. Reinwardtii Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. 48, t. 12 , fig. 2 ; Belg. 
Hortic. 1861, t. 18; Ridl. Mat. i. 213, 
Stem 1 to 2 in. tall. Leaves orbicular or ovate, purple brown 
reticulated with gold, 1 to 2 in. long, 1 in. wide. Scapes 4 to 6 in. 
tall, 3 or 4 flowers at tip pubescent. Sepals dull red pubescent, 
upper one greenish attached to white petals *5 in. long, laterals 
ovate-lanceolate. Lip straight white, claw narrow fimbriate, blade 
transverse oblong, lobes round with median tooth, spur horizontal, 
2 masses of papillae inside. Hab. In dark forests. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills. Kedah Peak (Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
(2) A. geniculatus Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 406; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 213. 
Fig. 177. — Anaectochilus geniculatus. 
Stem and leaves resembling the last. Flowers as large but 
lateral sepals gibbous at base. Lip base narrow erect, parallel to 
column then abruptly deflexed forming a knee, white, 2 red spots 
below knee, claw of midlobe with 18 filaments, lobes obcuneate 
erect truncate, spur 75 in. long, curved, oblong compressed, 2 ovoid 
papillose calli inside. Anther long acuminate. Capsule elliptic, 
•75 in. long. Hab. Commoner than the last. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Negri 
Sembilan, Tampin Hill (Robinson). Perak, Maxwell's Hill (Wray). 
This and the two allied species are known as “ Bunga Tulis ” by Malays. 
Formerly, when abundant, plants were sold as pot-herbs in the markets. 
They are usually found in small groups of 2 or 3 together in rotten leaves. 
(3) A. albolineatus Par. and Rchb. fil. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 
141. A. brevilabris Ridl. Mat. i. 213 (not of Lindley). 
Whole plant 6 in. tall. Leaves oblique ovate, 1*5 in. long, -5 in. 
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