THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Bulbophyllum. ] CXXXVI. ORCHIDE..E. 61
lanceolate falcate blunt, '5 in. lang. Petals broad oblong-Ianceolate
blunt nearly as large, all dull yellow lined and spotted red.
Lip very small, pink fleshy, base broadly emarginate, sides compressed,
tip decurved, hardly '25 in. long. Column foot long, free,
sides winged, arms obscure. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 4000
to 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson).
(14) B. subumbellatum Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxi. 274;
Mat. i. 66.
Rhizome slender; pseudo bulbs crowded or IIp to 5 in. apart
cylindric, 2 in. long. Leaf lanceolate acute, 5 to 6 in. long, 1'25
in. wide. Peduncle 4 in. long, with 4 or 5 ovate cuspidate sheaths.
Flowers 2 or 3, 2 in. long in a very short raceme; pedicels '75 in.
long. Bracts '25 in. long. Upper sepal ovate acute, I in. long,
'36 in. wide, laterals twisted. Petals much smaller, broad ovate.
All greenish yellow spotted red. Lip stipitate tongue-shaped acute
curved, '5 in. long. Column foot long, slender, arms very short.
Hab. Johor, Rulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall); Tanjong Kupang (Ridley).
Distrib. Borneo.
(15) B. hispidum R£dl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 268; Mat.
i. 67.
Rhizome stout long; pseudobulbs 3 in. apart, conic I in. long.
Leaf lanceolate blunt, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petiole I in.
long. Peduncle 'S in. long. Flowers 8, in a dense raceme 'S in. long ;
with rachis thickened; I in. across, deep red fO!tid. Sepals ovate
sub-acute hairy on edge, laterals connate. Petals lanceolate falcate,
edge' hairy. Lip thick not stipitate, with a short, thick
claw, blade deflexed, broad blunt tongue-shaped, warty with
2 hooked processes near base and 2 keels red. Column rather
long, foot short, arms short erect, pale red-spotted. Anther conic
yellow. Hab. Rare. Kedah Peak at 4000 ft. altitude (Ridley).
(16) B. araniferum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 47.
Rhizome long creeping, almost covered with adnate pseudobulbs,
oblong horizontally appressed, tips only upcurved, 'S in.
long. Leaf elliptic-Ianceolate acute petioled, 1'5 in. long, '25 in.
wide. Scape slender, 2'5 in. long, with a lanceolate acuminate
sheathing bract. Pedicel and ovary '75 in. long. Sepals subequal
very narrow linear acuminate caudate, 1'25 in. long. Petals
linear blunt, shorter. Lip tongue-shaped acuminate blunt, orange
colour, base cordate, lip curved, a groove in centre. Column arms
subulate. Hab. Very rare, Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah
(Robinson).
(17) B. catenarium Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 235.
Rhizome filiform; pseudobulbs appressed tips upcurved. Leaf
'25 in. long, elliptic blunt. Scape filiform, I in. long. Pedicel
I in. long. Flower '25 in. wide, orange. Upper sepal lanceolate
blunt, laterals longer' and broader streaked red. Petals one-third
of their length, one red streak, lanceolate. Lip ovate acute, papil-