THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

P halcenopsis.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.£. 157
6 to 8 in. long, sometimes branched;' rachis not thickened. Flowers
I in. across. Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals sub-spathulate acute,
white spotted chestnut. Lip side-lobes 4-angled, tooth-like, yellow
spotted chestnut, midlobe narrow, tongue-shaped, tip decurved
rosy, an oblong bifid callus between side-lobes, a lanceolate blunt
one at base of midlobe. Capsule linear narrow, 3 in. long. Hab.
Very rare in dense dripping forest on mossy -trees. Pahang, Tahan
River (Ridley).
(5) P. fuscata Rchb. fil. Gard. Chron. 1874, ii. 6; Rolfe Orch.
Rev. 1905, p. 226. P. Kunstleri Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 30; Ridl.
Mat. i. 152. P. Denisiana Cogn. Dict. Ic. Orch. Phal. 6.
Leaves obovate-Ianceolate or elliptic acute, 4 to 9 in. long,
2'5 to 3 in. wide. Scape 15 in. long or less. Racemes I to 4 in.
thick, not flat, 3 in. long. Flowers 1'5 in. wide. Upper sepals
lanceolate blunt, yellow with or without a red bar, laterals oblique
with a transverse red bar, or all red at base, tip yellow. Petals
spathulate or obovate. Lip side-lobes oblong truncate toothed white,
midlobe obovate, tip round orange, central bar white elevate, 3 or
more Indian red streaks on each side, callus bifid at base. Column
narrowed, middle greenish, hood ovate. Hab. On trees. Johor,
Sungei Tebrau forests. Perak, hot springs near Ipoh; Tapah;
Sungei Siput (Curtis). Dindings (Curtis). Distrib. Phillippines
(fide Cogniaux).
56. STAUROCHILUS, Rid!.
Big epiphyte, climbing. Leaves lorate coriaceous bilobed.
Raceme long. Flowers large expanded. Sepals oblong, laterals
falcate. Petals narrower. Lip spurless, side-lobes short erect,
midlobe 3-lobed. Column short thick, arms erect. Anther ovate,
beaked. Pollinia 2 on a spathulate caudicle, disc elliptic. Species I,
Siam and Malay Peninsula.
(I) S. fasciatus Rtdl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 350; Mat. i.
153. Trichoglottis fasciata Rchb. fil. Card. Chron. 1872, p. 699;
Wtlliams, Orchl Album, V.t. 208.
Stem stout, 2 ft. tall or more. Leaves 5 in. long, '5 to '75 in.
wide, blunt sheaths, '5 in. long. Raceme 4 to 6 in. long; rachis
grooved. Bracts ovate acute persistent. Flowers 2 in. wide,
fragrant. Sepals acute. Petals spathulate; yellow banded red.
Lip '5 in. long, white slightly pubescent, side-lobes acute, midlobe
of 3 equal lobes, callus at base linear-oblong toothed. Column red.
Hab. On rocks and trees. Lankawi. Terutau (Curtis). Distrib.
Siam.
57. KINGIELLA, Rolfe.
Epiphytic plants with the habit of Phalcenopsis. Leaves oblanceolate
blunt, brQa_d. SCElpes tall branched; flowers small. Upper
sepal oblong, laterals larger curved. Petals smaller. Lip sidelobes
erect, obovate, midlobe obcordate, base of lip adnate to foot
of column and forming a mentum. Species about 5, Indo-Malaya.