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176 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol, VI,
A single plant was brought in by one of the Dyaks from
the Teku woods. It is a very distinct species of the section in
its distant leaves with no pseudobulbs (looking like those of a
Dischidia) and large flower.
186. BULBOPHYLLUM (MONANTHA-PARVA) PaN, n. sp.
Rhizome short, corky, white; pseudobulbs conic, rugose,
purplish, ^ an inch long. Leaf i^ to 2 inches long, \ inch
wide, oblanceolate and acute; base narrowed to the petiole.
Peduncle filiform, 3 inches long, with one sheathing-leaf, red.
Flower solitary. Sepals over half an inch long, oblong-obtuse,
red, striped with darker colour. Petals a quarter of the length
of the sepals, oblong, the margins denticulate, whitish, tipped
with black. Lip broad, short, flat, fleshy, blunt, tongue-shaped,
grooved down the centre, base greenish, the larger part deep
purple, nearly black. Column whitish, stout, with rather long
curved slender stelidia.
Not rare on trees in dense woods on the Camp stream,
Padang.
Perhaps nearest to B. tenerunt, Ridl., but not hairy.
187. BuLBOPHYLLUM CAPiTATUM, Luidl. Common on
trees on the Padang. Flowers light yellow or orange. Petals
broader and larger than usual, oblong, rounded at the tip.
Distribution. Malay Peninsula and islands.
188. BULBOPHYLLUM MUSCIFERUM, n. sp.
Rhizome short, 2 inches long, with many roots; pseudobulbs
oblong-conic, half an inch long, approximate or shortly
separate. Leaf coriaceous, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate,
obtuse or subacute, 2 to 5 inches long, ^ to ^ inch wide,
narrowed into a petiole from ^ to i inch long. Scapes
slender, 12 inches long, with two lanceolate, cuspidate,
convolute sheaths; raceme deflexed, an inch long, dense
with numerous closely appressed flowers. Bracts triangular,
lanceolate-acuminate below, ovate-acuminate above, longer
than the very short ovary. Flowers ^ inch long. Upper
sepal lanceolate-cuspidate, purple with darker stripes and
minute spots, hairy. Lower sepals deflexed, as large, slightly
oblique, the internal edge whitish, outer red-purple. Petals \
of the length of the upper sepal, lanceolate, fleshy-white
tipped with a tuft of black hairs, and the edge denticulate,
ciliate. Lip fleshy, cordate, lanceolate, base deeply emarginate,
with a central groove on the surface, yellow; claw
reflexed on the underside, purple. Column very short and
broad with a moderately long purple foot. Stelidia short,
oblong, bifid. Anther-cap flat, ovate.
Gunong Tahan on trees, in forests up to 7,000 feet.
This species is allied to B. alcicorne, Par., from which it
differs in its denser spike, remarkable petals, and the shape of
the lip. The extraordinary little flowers resemble a number
of small flies perched on a stalk.