CXXXVI. ORCHIDEjE. 
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Habenaria.] 
cylindric dilate towards tip. Hab. Local, usually on limestone 
rocks. Negri Sembilan, Labu Reservoir (Williams). Perak, 
near Gunong Mesah (Kunstler); Ipoh (Curtis); Gunong Pondok 
(Murton). Distrib. Siam. 
Murton’s and Scortechini’s plants have slightly smaller upper sepals, 
otherwise they appear to me identical with Kunstler’s, and come from the 
same district. They form Hooker’s H. Murtoni. 
(8) H. inconspicua Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 75. 
Plant very slender, nearly 2 ft. tall. Leaves about 6, thin 
flaccid lanceolate acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, *5 to 75 in. wide, 
and 4 to 6 in. above the base. Raceme 6 to 8 in. long, slender with 
numerous sub-secund distant flowers, very small green. Sepals 
•1 in. long, upper one lanceolate, lower deflexed acuminate.. Petals 
larger triangular. Lip 3-lobed, middle linear blunt, side-lobes 
filiform twice as long, spur cylindric, slightly dilate towards tip, 
•2 in. long. Hab. Rare in damp flat ground in forest. Pahang, 
Telom, at 4000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(9) H. singapurensis Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxn. 410; 
Mat. i. 228. 
Whole plant 3 ft. tall, lower part bare of leaves. Leaves about 
12, lanceolate acuminate, 6 in. long, 1 in. wide, sheaths 1 in. long. 
Stem above glaucescent. Flowers numerous, crowded at tip. 
Bracts glaucous, 75 in. long. Pedicel and ovary 1 in. long. Upper 
sepal lanceolate—boat-shaped with a long point, laterals oblong 
oblique with a long point, greenish white, -36 in. long. Petals 
bifid with long olive green linear lobes. Lip 3-lobed nearly to base, 
lobes linear, midlobe shorter; spur slender cylindric, 75 in. long. 
Hab. In damp wet jungle swamps, local. Singapore, Chua Chu 
Kang; Johor, Batu Pahat (Ridley). 
(10) H. gigas Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 160; Ridl. Mat. i. 227. 
Stem 4 to 5 ft. tall, hollow at base and nearly 1 in. through, 
nearly 3 ft. long below the leaves. Leaves elliptic acuminate, 
8 to 10 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide, petioled. Spike dense cylindric, 
8 in. long. Flowers small pale green. Bracts longer, 75 in. long. 
Upper sepal linear-oblong blunt; laterals longer lanceolate. Lip 
as long, bluntly trifid, spur short oblong. Capsule linear-oblong, 
75 in. long. Hab. Mountain forests at 2000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Batang Padang (Wray). 
(11) H. glaucescens Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 412. 
Plant 2 ft. tall with large tubers 2 in. long. Leaves 3 above the base 
of stem, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide, ovate acute, dark green above, glaucous 
beneath. Raceme 8 in. long; flowers small, green, very numerous. 
Bracts -5 in. long, as long as ovary. Sepals linear pubescent, -25 
in. long, reddish green. Petals shorter wider, lanceolate olive. 
Lip trifid, lobes equal lanceolate blunt, spur saccate. Hab. Lan¬ 
ka wi islands, Pulau Hujong Duri (Curtis). Distrib. Kasum, 
Tongka. 
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