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THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

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132 CXXXVI. OnCHIDE..£. [Ccelogyne.<br />

10 in. long, drooping, basal 4 in. covered with large bracts. Flowers<br />

IS to 20, fragrant, large. Bracts oblong, '75 in. long. Ovary and<br />

pedicel 1 in. long. Sepals oblong-Ianceolate. Petals linearlanceolate,<br />

white. Lip side-lobes long ovate, midlobe clawed,<br />

oblong blunt, crisp with an orange warty ridge. Capsule elliptic<br />

2 in. long; wings low. Hab. On trees over streams and on rocks.<br />

Perak, Thaiping Hills; Temengoh River, Sungei Kertai. Distrib.<br />

Sumatra, Borneo.<br />

A well-known pot-plant, very fragrant.<br />

(7) C. longibractata Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 194; Ann. Bot.<br />

Card. Calc. vol. 26, t. 39; Ridl. Mat. i. 129. C. casta RIdl. J ourn.<br />

Linn. Soc. xxxii. 322.<br />

Pseudobulbs conic, ribbed, 3 in. long, approximate. Leaves<br />

narrow lanceolate acute, 8 in. long, 1'25 in. wide; petioles 6 in.<br />

long. Raceme erect, base covered with green sheathing leaves<br />

I to 3 in. long, 2 upper ones foliaceous; rachis flexuous, 6 in. long.<br />

Flowers 5, whIte, 3 m. across. Bracts lanceolate acuminate papery,<br />

2 in. long, narrow. Sepals lanceolate acuminate acute. Petals<br />

narrower. Lip shorter, side-lobes ovate blunt yellow veined orange,<br />

midlobe ovateqcuspidate, edge at base crisp, white, a basal yellow<br />

spot, keels 3, crisp, 2 more on midlobe. Column dark orange,<br />

hood truncate, 2-toothed. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor,<br />

Semangkok Pass (Ridley). Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Negri<br />

Sembilan, Siliau, Seremban (Williams). Perak, Thaiping Hills<br />

(Kunstier, Derry). Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss).<br />

A charming and fragrant plant.<br />

(8) C. stenophylla Ridl. C. angustifolia RIdl. J ourn. Linn.<br />

Soc. xxxii. 322; Mat. i. 130 (not of Parish or Wight).<br />

Pseudobulbs 2'5 in. long, conic. Leaves lanceolate acute,<br />

3-nerved, 10 in. long, I in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. Raceme<br />

6 in. long, base for 1 in. loosely sheathed; rachis slender. Flowers<br />

small, about 6. Bracts lanceolate acute. Sepals lanceolate-Iorate,<br />

sub-acute, 1 in. long. Petals much narrower spathulate-linear,<br />

all cream colour. Lip '75 in. long, side-lobes long blunt, brown<br />

inside, midlobe qbovate-oblong, round edge undulate, keels 3,<br />

sinuate white, edge yellow spotted brown. Column arched cream<br />

tinted brown, hood round. Hab. Rare. Lankawi (Curtis).<br />

Erroneously referred to a. vanety of cmnamomea, Teysm. (not Lind!.)<br />

by Pfitzer.<br />

(9) C. Foersterrnanni RcM. fil. Card. Chron. 1886, ii. 262;<br />

Ridl. Mat. 130. C. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. V. 831.<br />

Large plant; pseudo bulbs elongate conic grooved, 5 in. long,<br />

I in. through. Leaves lanceolate acute, 8 to IS in. long, 2 to<br />

2'5 in. wide; petioles 3 to 4 in. long. Raceme nodding, 2 ft. long,<br />

base sheathing. Flowers large, white, 7 or more. Bracts lanceolate<br />

acute, 3 in. long. Pedicel and ovary 1'5 in. long. Sepals

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