THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. [Pho/idota.
Sepals ovate or oblong subacute. Petals smaller oblong, all fleshcolour.
Lip boat-shaped, edges incurved, keels 5, thick, terminal
lobe sub-quadrate bilobed, flesh-rose-colour, base orange. Column
oblong pink. Rostellum ovate acute. Hab. Perak (Curtis).
(3) P. grandis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Soc. xlix. 32.
Pseudo bulbs crowded elliptic or conic, 2 to 3 in. long, angled.
Leaves 2, oblong-oblanceolate acute, 1 ft. long; petioles 13 in.
long. Scape erect from base of pseudobulb, 8 in. tall, lower half
nude green spotted red. Raceme dense, many-flowered. Bracts
caducous elliptic, '5 in. long, green. Sepals ovate blunt apple
green. Petals smaller oblong white. Lip base saccate, edge raised
undulate, side-lobes broad, midlobe irregularly oblong rounded
bifid, edge white. Column short, hood broad truncate retuse green.
Anther orange semi-orbicular. Hab. Selangor, Semangkok Pass
(Ridley).
42. CLADERIA, Hook. fiI.
Terrestrial, climbing a short way up trees. Leaves few ovate
lanceolate plicate. Scape terminal erect, sometimes branched;
rachis with short stiff bracts. Flowers large. Sepals oblong subacute,
laterals oblique gibbous at base. Petals falcate, oblanceolate.
Lip concave, 3-lobed. Column long. curved, foot and arms
absent. Anther helmet-shaped. Pollinia 2, elliptic acute, no disc.
Species 2 or 3, Malayan.
(1) C. viridiflora Hook. /il. F.B.I. v. 810; Ie. Pl. 2083; Rtdl.
Mat. i. 136.
Rhizome long slender. Leaves in distant tufts, 6 to 12 in. long,
1 to 2'5 in. wide, green mottled darker. Scape 6 in. tall; raceme
lengthening to 6 in. with a long lanceolate leaf below it. Bracts
'12 in. long. Flowers 1 in. long, green reticulately veined. Lip
side-lobes long subacute, midlobe orbicular retuse, base pubescent
a club-shaped ridge on disc. Capsule oblong, 3 in. long, '5 in.
through. Hab. Common in dry woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle;
Bajau. Johor, Kampong Simpai (Kelsall); Batu Pahat. Pahang,
Tahan River. Malacca (Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Siliau and
Port Dickson (Williams). Perak, Sungei Rayah (Kunstler).
Penang Hill. Dlstnb. Sumatra, Borneo.
TRIBE II. VANDEJE (GENERA 43-70).
43. EULOPHIA, Br.
Terrestrial glabrous herbs tuberous or pseudobulbous. Leaves
several appearing with or after the flowers. Scape lateral or subterminal.
Sepals and petals free. Lip from column base saccate
or spurred, side-lobes erect. Column long or short, base broad, no
foot. Anther 2-ceIIed. Pollinia 2 or 4, sessile or attached by a