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Vr)'dagzynea.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. 211<br />
or glabrous, white tipped pink. Sepals lanceolate, laterals falcate<br />
broader. Petals shorter cohering to upper sepal. Lip much shorter<br />
oblong blunt, sides involute, spur sub-cylindric blunt, glands<br />
globose, pedicels free. Capsule nearly '5 in. long. Hab. In damp<br />
forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Batu<br />
Pahat; Gunong Pantai. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. Perak<br />
(Scortechini); Gunong Inas (Yapp).<br />
(2) V. albida Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. Pl. 75, t. 19, fig. 2.<br />
Stem rather stout, 7 in. long or more. Leaves distant ovate,<br />
narrowed at base, acute at tip, 2 in. long, 1'25 in. wide; petioles<br />
'5 to '75 in. long. Peduncle 2'5 in. long with a large broad Ian ceolate<br />
sheathing bract below spike. Spike in flower dense cylindric,<br />
I in. long. Bracts broad lanceolate nearly blunt. Sepals'I in.<br />
long, curved white oblong blunt. Petals shorter. Lip oblonglanceolate<br />
blunt, a papillose band in the middle, spur cylindricconic<br />
dilate in middle, glands short-pedicelled. Spike elongate in<br />
fruit to 5 in. long and pedicels longer. Capsule elliptic. Hab.<br />
Mountain woods. Pahang, Telom. Perak, Batang Padang Valley<br />
(Wray); Temengoh. Distrib. Java, Philippines.<br />
(3) V. tristriata Ridl. joltYn. Lwn. Soc. xxxii. 398; Mat. i.<br />
2II.<br />
Stem 3 in. tall. Leaves ovate acute, 1'5 in. long, '5 in. wide,<br />
olive-colour with 3 pink stripes. Spike sub-sessile shorter than<br />
leaves dense. Flowers white. Sepals lanceolate-oblong, laterals<br />
oblique. Petals adnate to upper sepal. Lip lanceolate-tongueshaped<br />
blunt, a pustular cushion in middle, spur long saccate,<br />
glands yellow globose, pedicels ad nate to spur for half their length.<br />
Hab. In wet woods, local. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Johor,<br />
Sedenak. Perak (Scortechini).<br />
92. CYSTORCHIS, Bl.<br />
Terrestrial plants. Leaves ovate petioled or rarely absent.<br />
Flowers small pubescent. Upper sepals adnate to petals, laterals<br />
larger. Lip clawed, side-lobes involute, midlobe distinct or not,<br />
base spurred. Column short; stigma broad. Anther ovate.<br />
Pollinia 2, deeply grooved on an ovate disc. Species 3 or 4,<br />
Malayan.<br />
Leaves,ovate·lanccolatc .<br />
Leafless saprophyte<br />
(I) C. variegata Bl.<br />
38c; Ridl. Mat. i. 212.<br />
(I) C. variegata<br />
(2) C. aphylla<br />
Orch. Arch. Ind. 89, t. 24, figs. 3 and<br />
Whole plant 6 to 18 in. tall. Leaves ovate-Ianceolate acute<br />
crisped, olive green with lighter patches, 3 in. long, I in. wide or<br />
smaller; petioles, I in .. long or less. Scape spicate pubescent;<br />
flowers crowded small. Bracts lanceolate acuminate red, '5 in.<br />
long. Upper sepal green with adnate petals white with a trans-
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