THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

220 CXXXVI. ORCHIDEJE. [Goodyera.
(3) G. rubens Bl. Orch. Arch. Ind. 43, pls. 9c, 9D.; Ridl. Mat. i.
219. Stem stout, 8 in. tall or more. Leaves 8 or 9, rather distant
oblong-lanceolate acuminate oblique, 3 to 7 in. long, I'S to 2'S in.
wide. Scape I ft. tall, reddish pubescent. Flowers numerous
sessile red. Bracts lanceolate subulate longer than ovary, 'S in.
long. Sepals blunt acuminate puberulous. Petals adnate to
upper one. Lip saccate, boat-shaped, tip acute, sac villous inside.
Anther lanceolate; pollinia 2, clubbed tapering, on one caudicle
to disc. Hab. Local, Perak, upper part of Badang Padang v:llley
(Wray). Distrzb. Java.
(4) G. folios a Hook fil. F.B.I. vi. II3; King, Ann. Bot. Gard.
Calc. 281, pl. 374. Georchis foliosa Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. pl. 496.
Whole plant about 6 to 12 in. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate
oblique acute, I'S to 2'S in. long, I'2S in. wide; petioles'3 in. long.
Spike sessile, 2 to 3 in. long, pubescent. Bracts'3 in. long, longer
than the flowers. Flowers pink (white tinged) flesh colour (Wray).
Sepals ovate-lanceolate blunt" '24 in. long. Petals half oblong.
Lip base deep saccate hairy within. Anther lanceolate. Rostellar
arms long slender. H abo Rare. Perak, Gunong Brumber Pahang
at 7000 ft. altitude (Wray). Distnb. India, Burma.
(S) G. cordata Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. II4; Ie. Pl. 2187; Ridl. Mat.
i. 220. Georchis cordata Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. pl. 496.
Stem slender ascending. Leaves about 4, ovate acute, crisped,
I in. long, '7S in. wide; petioles'S in. long. Scape 3 to 4 in. tall.
Flowers 2 to 8, red, ·S in. long. Sepals lanceolate acute acuminate
greenish tipped red or all red. Petals adnate to upper sepals.
Lip short oblong sub-acute, tip recurved, two hairy patches at base.
Anthere lanceolate long-acuminate. Pollinia 4 clubbed, one caudicle.
Rostellum long, lobes linear-lanceolate. Hab. Perak (Scortechini).
Penang, Fern Hill (Ridley and Curtis). Distrib. India.
(6) G. lanceolata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 39, p. 86;
Mat. i. 220.
Stem 9 in. tall. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, I'S in. long,
'S in. wide. Scape 3'5 in. tall, pubescent, few-flowered. Bracts
36 in. long, woolly-pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, laterals oblique,
·S in. long, acuminate, reddish woolly-pubescent. Petals ad nate
to upper sepals, reddish. Lip base saccate adnate to column,
glabrous within with a tuft of digitate processes on each side, apex
acuminate. Anther very long acuminate. Pollinia '2S in. long,
clubbed, with 2 yellow caudicles connate half-way. Rostellum
long, shortly acutely bifid. Hab. Mountains, very rare. Selangor.
Semangkok Pass (Curtis). One specimen.
100. RET lERIA, Bl.
Terrestrial herbs, with a creeping ascending stem. Leaves
ovate or lanceolate, petioled. Spike slender dense. Flowers small.