Burmannia. ] 
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spots in moss, at 3000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan ; 
Kluang Terbang (Barnes). Selangor, Bukit Hitam; Gunong 
Semangkok (Curtis). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Batu_Putin 
(Kunstler); Gunong Kerbau (Robinson); Gunong Inas (Yapp). 
Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss), Distrib . Borneo, Papua. 
(4) B. gracilis Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. By. 22, p. 335 ; 
Mat. ii. 71. • 
Very slender, 6 to 12 in. tall, branched. Leaves narrow lanceo¬ 
late scale-like scattered on stem. Racemes 2, opposite terminal, 
1 in. long or more. Flowers 
14, secund, erect, white, 
•25 in. long. Perianth-tube 
winged with broad semi- 
elliptic wings for its whole 
length. Sepals lanceolate; 
petals smaller. Capsule urn- 
shaped. Hab. On limestone 
rocks beneath trees, local. 
Lankawi islands, Terutau 
(Curtis). Distrib. S. Siam. 
(5) B. Wallichii Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. v. 666; Ridl. Mat. 
ii. 71. Gonyanth.es Wallichii 
Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xviii. 537. Burmannia Grif- 
fitliii and B. lutescens Becc. 
Malcsia i. 254. 
A very delicate white 
saprophyte, 4 to 5 in. tall. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate re¬ 
mote on stem. Flowers 1 
or 2 terminal, -25 in. long. 
Perianth-tube nearly cylin- 
dric, wings 3 somewhat 
narrow or very narrow. 
Sepals ovate sub-acute pus¬ 
tular thick. Petals minute or o. Style stout, arms short curved. 
Hab. Sporadic in dense forest. Not common. Singapore, Kranji. 
Pahang, Tahan Woods. Selangor, Semangkok Pass, Kedah Peak 
(Ridley). Distrib. Nepal, Mergui, Borneo, Hongkong. 
B. lutescens Becc. is a form with wide wings to the tube. 
(6) B. oblonga Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 33; 
Mat. ii. 72. . . T 
Slender, little or not branched white saprophyte. Leaves, 
sheath-like scales. Flowers white 1 or 2 on end of stem *36 in. 
long and -25 in. wide across the wings, tube narrow with oblong 
Fig. 190.—Burmannia coelestis. 
