THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Ancectochilus.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. 215
saccate with 2 small processes, claw entire narrow, blade of 2 rounded
crenulate lobes. Column with 2 lanceolate horizontal processes
from the base. Anther lanceolate. Rostellum arms as long blunt.
Hab. Local in dead leaves in forests at 2000 to 4000 ft. altitude.
Perak, Thaiping Hills, Maxwell's Hill (Scortechini, Wray, Curtis,
etc.).
This really belongs to the genus CystoPlIs Bl., but I do not find that
this genus can be kept distinct.
94. DOSSINIA, Morren.
Terrestrial herb. Leaves ovate pctioled. Scape tall; flowers
small. Upper sepal adnate to petals. Lip adnate to base of column,
saccate with 2 glands inside, side-lobes short; midlobe clawed,
tip dilate. Column short with a boat-shaped process in front
projecting into the lip-sac. Anther acuminate. Pollinia 2 in a
single caudicle. Species 1, Malayan.
(1) D. marmorata Morren, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iv. 171, t.
195; Rldt. Mat. i. 215.
Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, 2 to 3'5 in. long, 1'75 to 2'5 in.
wide, deep velvety green marbled and veined with lighter colour;
petioles short, sheaths broad reddish. Scape 1 ft. long or more,
pubescent. Flowers numerous. Sepals ovate pink, laterals larger
falcate. Lip longer, white bilobed. H abo Local. Penang, Telok
Bahang (Curtis). Distrlb. Borneo.
95. MACODES, Lind!.
Terrestrial herbs. Leaves ovate petiolate. Spike tall, pubescent;
flowers numerous small. Bracts lanceolate. Sepals and
petals connivent. Lip saccate 3-lobed, spurless with 2 calli at base.
Column short thick. Anther long. Pollinia long-stalked on very
small disc. Rostellum bifid, lobes very long, curved. Two very
large curved laminre from column below stigma. Species recorded
about 6, Malay isles to Solomon isles.
(1) M. petola Ltndl. Gen. alld Sp. arch. Pt. 497; Ri. arch.
Arch. Ind. II9, pl. 31, fig. 2; Ridl. Mat. i. 215.
Stem short. Leaves ovate rounded, 2 in. long, 1'25 in. wide,
sometimes acute, dark green reticulated with gold; petioles '25 in.
long. Flowering stem pubescent, 2 to 6 in. long; flowers about
12. Sepals lanceolate blunt reddish, pubescent. Petals linear,
shorter. Lip pandurate, twisted, side-lobes curved up; midlobe
narrow, spathulate blunt, with 2 fleshy hooks at base. Hab. Not
rare, in damp spots. Singapore, Chua Chu Kang. Johor, Gunong
Pantai. Malacca, Mount Ophir. Selangor, Semangkok Pass.
Perak, Gunong Keledang (Goldham). Kedah Peak. Distrib.
Java, Lingga.