THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Plocoglottis. ] CXXXVl. ORCHIDE.£. 145
(Curtis); Sungei Buluh. Dindings, VIu Bruas (Curtis). Perak,
VIu Bubong (Kunstler); Asam Kumbong (Wray). Native name:
Gulumbak.
46. CYMBIDIUM, Sw.
Epiphytes rarely terrestrial; stems short leafy sometimes pseudobulbous.
Leaves usually long narrow and coriaceous, sometimes
ovate and thin. Scape pendulous or erect racemose. Flowers
medium to large. Sepals and petals sub-equal. Lip sessile at
column, base concave, lobes erect. Column long, footless. Pollinia
2, sub-triangular on a broad reniform disc. Species 30, Asia,
Africa, Australia.
Sterns short flattened; leaves long linear.
Leaves stiff conaceous; scape pendulous.
Leaves broad; scape long
Leaves narrow; scape short
Leaves very narrow; scape erect
(I) C. Finlaysonianum
(2) C. pubescens
(3) C. rectum
Leaves thm, scape erect. .
Lip mldlobe ovate mucronate (4) C. Dayanwn
Lip midlobe oblong truncate .. (5) C. Munronianwn
Stern fleshy; leaves ovate-Ianceolate petioled . (6) C.lancifoliwn
Pseudobulbs large; leaves 2 oblong; flowers large (7) C. stapelirefiorum
(I) C. Finlaysonianum Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. Pl. 164;
Ridl. Mat. i. 139. C. pendulum Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 25; Williams,
Orch. Album. x. 437.
Stems very short, flattened forming large masses several feet
through. Leaves lorate, stiff coriaceous, I 0 3 ft. long, 1·5 in.
wide, tip round bilobed. Raceme pendulous, 2 it. long. Flowers
about 20, distant. Bracts ovate, sub-acute, ·12 in. long. Ovary
and pedicel 1·25 in. long. Sepals oblong blunt, I in. long or more.
Petals lanceolate blunt, olive yellow tinted red. Lip side-lobes
long acute, dark pink, midlobe obovate retuse blunt white, a yellow
line at base, 2 crimson spots and a patch at tip, keels 2, crimson
purple. Column stout deep pink. Capsule 2 in. long, elliptic.
Hab. Common in low country on trees and stumps. Singapore,
Chan Chu Kang; Pulau Ubin. Johor, Tanjong Kupang; Batu
Pahat. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry).
Selangor, Kwala Selangor. Perak, Penang (Porter); Telok Bahang
(Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. Native names: /Sakat Panggan Daun;
Bunga Chandarek.
(2) C. pubescens Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840; Misc. 75, 1841, t. 38;
Ridl. Mat. i. 140.
Habit of C. Finlaysonianum, but leaves 18 in. long, ·36 in. wide,
linear, stiff. Raceme pendulous, I it. long. Flowers I in. across,
about 16. Sepals and petals linear-Ianceolate greenish with dark
purple central bar. Lip base saccate, lobes acute; midlobe oblong
entire, yellow marked purple, pubescent, 2 median ridges broken
into 4. Capsule elliphc, 2 in. long. Hab. On trees near coast.
Pl.M.P.,4 L