308 CXLIIItf. BURMANNIACEiE. [ThtSMl'a. 
(4) Th. grandiflora Ridl. Ann. Bot. ix. 324, pi. xii, figs. 10-17; 
Mat. ii. 74. 
Plant 1-5 in. tall, i-flowered. Leaves and bracts lanceolate 
with glandular hairs. Perianth-tube 1 in. long, urn-shaped pink, 
striped darker. Sepals and petals triangular with terete processes 
from the backs, pink, annulus brown. Style longer than in most 
species, arms oblong-lanceolate papillose. Hab. Very rare. Johor, 
Bukit Tana Abang, Sembrong River (Kelsall). 
(5) Th. aseroe Becc. Malesia i. 252, pi. 10; Ridl. Journ. 
Roy. As. Soc. S, By. 22, p. 336; Mat. ii. 74; Groom. Ann. Bot. ix. 
327, pis. 13, 14. 
Plant 2 to 3 in. tall; stem erect from creeping rhizome, branched 
or single. Flowers solitary on the end of each branch. Perianth- 
tube obconic, -5 in. long, fuscous. Sepals and petals similar, 
triangular, terminated by cylindric tails, *5 in. long, bright orange. 
Capsule brown ribbed. Hab. In dense forest, the commonest 
and most conspicuous species. Singapore, woodlands (Beccari); 
Bukit Timah; Kranji. Pahang Kota Glanggi; Selangor, Petaling 
(Ridley). 
(6) Th. chrysops Ridl. Ann. Bot. ix. 323, pi. xii, figs. 1-9; 
Mat. ii. 75. 
Plant 3 in. tall. Flowers 1 or 2 on short dark brown pedicels. 
Perianth-tube oblong deflexed above the ovary, *25 in. long, deep 
chocolate brown; annulus yellow. Sepals and petals filiform 
from a wider base, deep brown, ciliate. Ovary pink. Capsule 
turbinate rugose. Seeds fusiform rugose. Hab. Malacca, Mt. 
Ophir on rotten logs at about 3000 ft. altitude (Ridley). Very 
rare. 
4 . BAGNISIA, Becc. 
Fleshy saprophytes like Thismia, but the sepals are spathulate 
and connate at tip, forming a dome over the mouth of the tube. 
No petals. Stamens 6 connate by the connectives. Style short; 
stigma 6-lobed. Species (including Geomitra Becc.) 3 or 4, Borneo 
and Malay Peninsula. 
(1) B. crocea Becc. Males, i. 249; var. brunnea Ridl. Mat. i. 
75 - 
A very small saprophyte 1 in. tall; rhizome stout entirely 
red brown. Flower solitary, larger than the stem. Perianth- 
tube enlarged upwards thick almost pear-shaped. Sepals linear 
connate at tips. Hab. Very rare. A single specimen obtained 
in dense forest below Gunong Hijau on the Thaiping Hills at about 
4000 ft. altitude. The original species is from Borneo. 
