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CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.-E.<br />
Slender; flowers orange . .<br />
Rock plant, stems tall; raceme lateral<br />
EpIphytes; flowers terminal.<br />
Stems tall; raceme elongate . . . .<br />
Stems short; leaves narrow acute; racemes terminal<br />
short.<br />
Leaves ensiform erect .<br />
Leaves ensiform curved .<br />
Leaves lanceolate acute short .<br />
Leaves very narrow, long recurved<br />
[ Bromheadia.<br />
(2) B. sylvestris<br />
(3) B. rupestris<br />
(4) B. alticola<br />
(5) B. pungens<br />
(6) B. aporoides<br />
(7) B. brevifolia<br />
(8) B. scirpoidea<br />
(1) B. palustris Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxvii. 1841; Misc. 184; Hook.<br />
Bot. Mag. t. 400I.<br />
Stems tall wiry, I to 8 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate blunt, 5 to<br />
6 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. wide. Racemes terminal gradually elongating,<br />
3 to 12 in. long. Bracts distichous boat-shaped acute, '12 in. long.<br />
Flowers appearing singly fragrant, 3 in. across. Sepals lanceolate<br />
acute. Petals shorter, all white or tinted pink. Lip side-lobes<br />
lanceolate sub-acute, white veined violet, a median pubescent line<br />
on disc, midlobe obovate-oblong centre yellow mealy, edges white,<br />
base spotted violet. Column white, hood emarginate. Capsule<br />
sessile, 2'5 in. long. Hab. In open grassy spots, often very tall<br />
on wet rocks. Common. Singapore (common). Johor, Batu<br />
Pahat, Malacca (Cuming); Mt. Ophir (Derry). Dindings, Sembilan<br />
isles (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Waterfall; Asam Kumbang (Wray).<br />
Legeh, Tomoh. (Machado). Kedah Peak. Setul Heath. Distrib.<br />
Co chin China, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Papua. Native name:<br />
Suraman.<br />
(2) B, sylvestris Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 337; Mat. i. 144.<br />
Habit of preceding but stems weak and slender, I to 6 ft. tall.<br />
Leaves lanceolate thin, 5 in. long, '75 in. wide, top unequally bifid.<br />
Racemes I or 2. Flowers I in. wide, smaller orange colour. Sepals<br />
lanceolate acuminate. Petals wider. Lip side-lobes erect blunt<br />
yellowish, veined crimson, edge white, midlobe ovate acute, white,<br />
centre orange. Column slender, curved yellow, base spotted crimson<br />
hood entire. Hab. In shady woods seldom flowering. Singapore,<br />
Kranji. Johor, Gunong Pantai and Gunong Pulai (Ridley). Dtstrib.<br />
Borneo.<br />
(3) B. rupestris Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 34I.<br />
Terrestrial; stems 5 ft. tall, flattened. Leaves lorate-Ianceolate<br />
fles.hy, 4 in. long, '75 in. wide. Flowers 3 or 4 in a lateral tuft,<br />
2 in. across. Ovary and pedicel I in. long. Sepals lanceolate<br />
blunt pale yellow or cream colour, backs tinted red. Petals shorter<br />
broader, pale yellow. Lip as long as sepals, side-lobes long falcate<br />
acute, white veined crimson, midlobe fleshy lanceolate oblong,<br />
sides in curved white red dotted edge crisped, raised bar of lip yellow.<br />
Column yellow, hood round, base pink. Hab. On rocks at 4000 ft.<br />
altitude. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley).<br />
Kedah Peak (Haniff).
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