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H. N. Ridley: Botany of Guiioiig Tahan. 175
central mealy blotch in the centre; claw linear, oblong; limb
abruptly suborbicular, deeply retuse. Column short, with
short tooth-like stelidia.
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Common on rocks and trees on the Padang. 1 have the
same plant from Bukit Hitam in Selangor collected by
Kelsall, and from Kluang Terbang in Pahang (with leaves
a little longer and thinner) by Barnes. This might be but
an alpine form niD. bifavium, to which I previously referred
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it ; but the leaves are only half as big as in that species, as
are the very small flowers, and the colouring is different.
178. Dendrobium sinuatum, var. An elongate form,
bigger than usual. On the Padang, not common. A similar
plant was obtained in Kluang Terbang by Barnes. It is a
foot long, with leaves i inch long and \ inch wide.
IK *i79. Dendrobium cokNUTUM, Hook.fil.; Ridl. op. cit. p.
'^" 324. This beautiful plant with its bright pink flowers is
abundant on mossy trees from below the Gully to the Padang.
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It seems to prefer the cold, damp, and dark woods, draped in
moss.
Distribution. Perak.
*i8o, Dendrobium subflavidum, Ridl. op. cit. p. 324.
Common on the trees from Wray's Camp to the Padang, but
less abundant above 5,000 feet. Endemic.
181. Dendrobium hymenopterum, Hook.fil. Common
on the stems of trees in the woods by the streams on the
Padang and by the Teku.
Distribution. Kluang Terbang, Perak Hills, Kedah Peak,
and Lankawi.
*i82. Bulbophyllum galbinum, Ridl. op. cit. p. 324.
Common in the woods of the Teku and Padang to 5,000 feet
altitude.
Distribution. Mountains of Perak and Selangor.
183. Bulbophyllum microglossum, Ridl. op. cit. p. 325.
Common in the woods from below the Gully to the Padang.
Endemic.
184. Bulbophyllum Titania, Ridl. op. cit p. 325. On
trees on the Padang. Endemic.
185. Bulbophyllum (monantha-parva) Dryas, n. sp.
Rhizome very long and slender; no pseudobulbs. Leaves
half an inch apart, ovate, fleshy, rugose, reddish in colour,
covered with short
Peduncle slender,
black hairs,
filiform, an
J inch long, 1% inch
inch long, with a
wide.
single
appressed sheathing-leaf below. Bract amplexicaul, cupshaped.
Pedicel ^ inch long. Flower solitary. Sepals
elliptic-ovate, obtuse, ^ inch long, primrose-yellow. Petals
similar, but only half as long, paler. Lip oblong-ovate,
obtuse, rather broad, as long as the petals, flattened, dull red
with paler edges, and two low keels on the centre. Column
whitish broad with broad, rounded, short stelidia.