THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Ascochilus.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. 181
small, spur cylindric pendulous or porrect thick. Column tall and
slender, foot narrow as long or longer. Anther beaked. Pollinia
2, globose; caudicle linear, disc small. Capsule narrow cylindric.
Species 5 to 6, Andamans, Siam, Malaya.
Stem elongate; leaves terete straight long. . (I) A. teres
Stem 4 ill long; leaves terete strongly recurved. (2) A. capricomis
Stem short; leaves broad.
Lip 4-lobed. . . (3) A. hirtulus
Lip 3-lobed; flowers small.
Sepals narrow acute yellow, glabrous (4) A. siamensis
Sepals broad barred red, hairy . (5) A. hirsutus
Flowers minute; sepals lanceolate (6) A. minutifiorus
(I) A. teres Ridl. jotlm. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 39, p. 85; Mat. i.
178.
Stem slender, 6 in. long or more. Leaves terete acute, 4'5 in.
long, '12 in. thick; sheaths ribbed and wrinkled, '5 in. long. Raceme
slender, 4 in. long. Flowers few remote, '25 in. wide. Upper
sepal oblanceolate hooded, laterals oblique-ovate much larger.
Petals broad spathulate oblique. Lip side-lobes falcate lanceolate,
midlobe hast ate, basal lobes rounded, spur curved blunt. Column
as long as foot. Hab. Rare. Johor, Bukit Banang near Batu
Pahat (Ridley).
(2) A. capricornis Ridl.
Stems tufted branched, 4 in. tall. Leaves rigid terete recurved
blunt, I in. long; sheaths'2 in. long, strongly ribbed and cancellate.
Racemes 2 to 2'5 in. long, lax. Bracts ovate sheathing persistent.
Pedicels '25 in. long. Sepals oblong rounded, upper one magenta.
laterals falcate broad, brownish green mottled red. Petals oblong
blunt as long, '1 in. long. Lip shortly clawed, side-lobes erect
triangular, midlobe porrect much longer triangular-Ianceolate
acuminate, spur scrotiform, an oblong thick blunt callus in mouth of
spur. Column tall, winged above. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Senyum
(Evans).
(3) A. hirtulus Ridl. journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 375; Mat. i. 178.
Sarcochilus hirtulus Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 89; Ic. Pl. t. 2121.
Stem '5 in. long. Leaves falcate linear acute, 2 to 3 in. long.
Scape '5 in. long, muricate; raceme very short. Flowers nearly
'5 in. wide. Upper sepal lanceolate, laterals adnate to column,
much larger oblanceolate. Petals linear-Ianceolate, all cream with
pink spots. Lip, side-lobes linear curved, midlobe bilobed, lobes
linear, spur curved short blunt. Column tall slender, foot narrow.
Capsule narrow cylindric, 1'5 in. long. Hab. In damp rocky spots.
Pahang, Rota Glanggi. Malacca (Maingay). Negri Sembilan,
Siliau (Williams). Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Larut (Runstler).
Penang Waterfall. Lankawi (Curtis). Relantan, Chaning.
(4) A. siamensis Ridl. journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 375; Mat. i. 178.
Stem I in. long. Leaves 5 in. long, hardly '5 in. wide, lorate
falcate acute. Scapes 3 in. long, muriculate; racemes very short.