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106 CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. [Phreatia.<br />
(3) Ph. microtidis Lindl. J ourn. Linn. Soc. iii. 6I.<br />
Small plant, 2 in. tall or less, no pseudobulbs. Leaves linear<br />
fleshy, 1 in. long, '05 in. wide. Scape 1 in. long, base nude; bracts<br />
lanceolate acuminate. Sepals triangular-ovate keeled. Petals ovate<br />
shortly cuspidate. Lip base sub-quadrate round, limb orbicular.<br />
Hab. Mountains at about 4000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Inas<br />
(Yapp); Bujong Malacca (Ridley). Distr;b. Java and Sumatra,<br />
(4) Ph. crassifolia Ridi. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 69,<br />
Stems very short, '5 in. long. Leaves 6, fleshy linear curved,<br />
1'25 in. long, 'I in. wide, Scapes 1'5 in. long, with a few lanceolate<br />
sheathing leaves. Flowers numerous crowded, white. Bracts<br />
lanceolate acuminate, longer than flowers. Ovary papillose.<br />
Sepals ovate blunt; mentum short saccate. Petals lanceolate<br />
blunt, nearly as broad. Lip ovate sub-acute cordate. Column<br />
very short, foot at top free. Hab. Mountains. Pahang, Telom<br />
(Robinson) ; Gunong Tahan; Bukit Fraser (Burkill). Perak,<br />
Thaiping Hills (Ridley).<br />
(5) Ph, nana Hook, fil. F.B.I. v. 8Il; Ic. Pl. 2084<br />
Stems tufted, 1'5 to 2 in. long. Leaves narrow ensiform acute,<br />
'5 to '75 in. long, '09 in. wide. Scapes capillary as long as leaves.<br />
Bracts ovate acute. Flowers '05 in. long. Sepals broad ovate.<br />
Petals blunt. Lip ovate blunt. H abo Mountain forests at 4000 to<br />
5000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Perak, Larut (Kunstler);<br />
Gunong Kerbau. Penang, Richmond Pool (Ridley).<br />
(6) Ph.listrophoraRidl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii.307; Mat. i. 107.<br />
Rhizome long; stem 1 in. tall. Leaves 6 in. long, hardly<br />
'25 in. wide, lanceolate acute unequally bilobed, narrowed to a<br />
petiole. Scape 7 to 8 in. long, more than half nude. Flowers<br />
small white fragrant. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, '12 in. long.<br />
Sepals ovate acute, Petals oblong-ovate. Lip with a linear claw<br />
and reniform limb. Rostellum 2-toothed. Capsule oblong, '2 in.<br />
long. Hab. 'Mountains at 3000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Selangor,<br />
Sempang Mines, Gunong Semangkok. Perak, Thaiping Hills<br />
(Ridley). Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Curtis).<br />
(7) Ph, linearis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 14.<br />
Rhizome 1 in. long, closely covered with globose-conic pseudobulbs,<br />
'5 in. long. Leaves 2 or 3, narrow linear blunt, 4 in. long,<br />
'12 in. wide, midrib prominent, coriaceous narrowed to petioles.<br />
Scape 6 in. long, half nude with about 4 smallianceolate acuminate<br />
leaves. Flowers minute rather distant. Bracts narrow lanceolate<br />
subulate, 'I in. long. stouter than ovary. Sepals ovate. Petals<br />
narrower oblong. Lip sessile ovate entire blunt shorter. Hab,<br />
Selangor, Ulu Langat (Kloss).<br />
17. AGROSTOPHYLLUM, Bl.<br />
Stems tufted leafy, usually flattened. Leaves distichous, thinly<br />
coriaceous grassy or short oblong bilobed at tip; sheaths usually
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