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CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. [Kil1giella.<br />
(1) K. decumbens Rolfe, Orch. Rev. 1917. Doritis Wightii<br />
Benth. Gen. Pl. iii. 574. Phalrenopsis Wightii RcM. fil. Bot. Zeit.<br />
1862; Hook. fil. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. 59, viii. t. 265; Ridl.<br />
Mat. i. 153. P. alboviolacea Rtdl. Trans. Lmn. Soc. iii. 373.<br />
Leaves 2 to 3, thin coriaceous, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Scape 7 in.<br />
long; rachis thickened. Flowers '75 in. wide. Sepals and petals<br />
white (or yellow) tipped green. Lip side-lobes white with violetrose<br />
streaks, oblong truncate, midlobe obcordate retuse, violet<br />
pink, callus bifid white between side-lobes. Hab. On trees,<br />
widely spread but not common. Malacca, Bukit Bangkang<br />
(Derry). Pulau Tiuman (Nanson). Negri Sembilan, Siliau<br />
(Williams). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Stephens). Lankawi (Curtis).<br />
Dlstrib. India, Burma, Ceylon, Hainan.<br />
58. DORITIS, Lindl.<br />
Usually terrestrial. Leaves few,oblanceolate coriaceous blunt.<br />
Scape tall erect, raceme lax, many-flowered. Flowers pink or<br />
white, medium. Upper sepal oblanceolate, lower ovate oblique<br />
adnate to column foot. Petals obovate. Lip clawed, 2 narrow<br />
processes below the broad erect side-lobes, midlobe ovate. Column<br />
broad, dilate at base. Anther long-beaked; pollinia globose,<br />
caudicle long spathulate, disc rhomboid. Species I, Burma,<br />
Cochin China, Siam.<br />
(1) D. pulcherrima Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. Pl. 178. Phalrenopsis<br />
Esmeralda Rchb. Gard. Chron. 1874, p. 582; WIlliams,Orch.<br />
Album, vii. t. 21; Bot. Mag. t. 7196; Rldl. Mat. i. 152.<br />
Leaves 4 to 6 in. long, 1'75 to 2 in. wide. Scape 1 to 2 ft. tall.<br />
Flowers I in. wide, purple crimson rose or white. Lip side-lobes<br />
yellow or pink, midlobe dark pink. H abo On the ground beneath<br />
bushes on sandy heaths. Tringganu (Yapp). Lankawi (CurHs),<br />
Kedah Peak at 2000 ft. altitude (Haniff). Setul Heath (Dr.<br />
Ellis). Patani (Annandale).<br />
59. VANDA, Lindl.<br />
Terrestrial (or epiphytic) plants, often tall, scandent. Leaves<br />
coriaceous (flat) or terete. Flowers large showy in racemes or<br />
panicles. Sepals and petals sub-equal. Lip large, base saccate<br />
or spurred, side-lobes large or small. Column short. Species about<br />
30, Asia and Australasia.<br />
(1) V. Hookeriana Rchb. fil. Bonplandia 1856, p. 324; Wzlliams,<br />
Orch. Album. t. 73; Rtdl. Mat. i. 154.<br />
Scandent stems slender, 12 ft. long. Leaves terete, 2 to 3 in.<br />
long. Flowers large thin, 2 to 3 in. wide, in racemes or fewbranched<br />
panicles; peduncles 6 to 8 in. long. Upper sepal obovate<br />
pale rose, laterals much larger oblique oblong white. Petals<br />
broad obovate twisted pale rose. Lip 1'5 in. long, side-lobes oblong<br />
acuminate blunt deep purple, midlobe 3-lobed, side-lobes oblong,
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