THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

308 CXLIIIa. BURMANNIACElE. [Thismia.
(4) Th. grandiflora Rt'dl. Ann. Bot. ix. 324, pI. xii, figs. 10-17;
Mat. ii. 74.
Plant 1'5 in. tall, I-flowered. Leaves and bracts lanceolate
with glandular hairs. Perianth-tube I in. long, urn-shaped pink,
striped darker. Sepals and petals triangular with terete processes
from the backs, pink, annulus brown. Style longer than in most
species, arms oblong-Ianceolate papillose. Hab. Very rare. Johor,
Bukit Tana Abang, Sembrong River (Kelsall).
(5) Th. aseroe Beee. Malesia i. 252, pI. 10; Ridl. Joum.
Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 22, p. 336; Mat. ii. 74; Groom. Ann. Bot. ix.
327, pIs. 13, 14.
Plant 2 to 3 in. tall; stem erect from creeping rhizome, branched
or single. Flowers solitary on the end of each branch. Perianthtube
obconic, '5 in. long, fuscous. Sepals and petals similar,
triangular, terminated by cylindric tails, '5 in. long, bright orange.
Capsule brown ribbed. Hab. In dense forest, the commonest
and most conspicuous species. Singapore, woodlands (Beccari);
Bukit Timah; Kranji. Pahang Kota Glanggi; Selangor, PetaIing
(Ridley).
(6) Th. chrysops Ridl. Ann. Bot. ix. 323, pI. xii, figs. 1-9;
Mat. ii. 75.
Plant 3 in. tall. Flowers I or 2 on short dark brown pedicels.
Perianth-tube oblong deflexed above the ovary, '25 in. long, deep
chocolate brown; annulus yellow. Sepals and petals filiform
from a wider base, deep brown, ciliate. Ovary pink. Capsule
turbinate rugose. Seeds fusiform rugose. Hab. Malacca, Mt.
Ophir on rotten logs at about 3000 ft. altitude (Ridley). Very
rare.
4. BAGNISIA, Becc.
Fleshy saprophytes like Thismia, but the sepals are spathulate
and connate at tip, forming a dome over the mouth of the tube.
No petals. Stamens 6 connate by the connectives. Style short;
stigma 6-lobed. Species (including Geomitra Becc.) 3 or 4, Borneo
and Malay Peninsula.
(I) B. crocea Beee. Males. i. 249; var. brunnea Ridl. Mat. i.
75· A very small saprophyte I in. tall; rhizome stout entirely
red brown. Flower solitary, larger than the stem. Perianthtube
enlarged upwards thick almost pear-shaped. Sepals linear
connate at tips. Bab. Very rare. A single specimen obtained
in dense forest below Gunong Hijau on the Thaiping Hills at about
4000 ft. altitude. The original species is from Borneo.