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THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

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Dilochia.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDEJE. 1Z7<br />

and petals oblong-Ianceolate, ochre yellow inside, red to purplish<br />

violet outside, 5 in. long. Lip yellow or yellowish green marked<br />

red or purplish violet, sides revolute round; midlobe broad round.<br />

Column tall. Capsule globose, 1 in long; pedicel 1 in. long. Hab.<br />

Epiphytic or on rocks. Singapore (Wallich). Perak, Thaiping<br />

Hills (Derry, Curtis). Distrzb. Borneo, Sumatra, Java.<br />

(z) D. Cantleyi Rtdl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 33z; Mat.<br />

i. 1z5. Arundina Cantleyi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 858; I c. Pl. ZIIZ.<br />

FIG. I68.-DIlochm Walhchli.<br />

Terrestrial. Stems Z to 8 ft. tall, purple. Leaves ovate acuminate,<br />

sub-erect, edged purple, 1'5 in. long, 1 in. wide (longer and<br />

thinner in forest). Uppermost leaves bract-like cymbiform pink,<br />

purplish r white. Racemes from 3 to 9, often branched, 3 in. long<br />

or more. Floral bracts boat-shaped, white or pink. Ovary and<br />

pedicel purple. Flowers l'z5 to 1'5 in. wide. Sepals oblong<br />

lanceolate falcate. Petals linear-oblong cream-white. Lip oblong,<br />

'5 in. long, side-lobes short round, tip truncate, 5 raised veins, dull<br />

purple-pink with cream edge or dark purple with yellow edge.<br />

Column yellow str.iped pink. Capsule pendulous, ovoid or globose,<br />

1 in. long, green with a purple bar on each fertile segment and a

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