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62 CXXXVI. ORCHIDE..E. [ Bulbophyllum.<br />
lose dark red. Column arms erect acute. Capsule elliptic. Hab.<br />
Singapore, on mangroves, Kranji; Chan Chu Kang. Selangor,<br />
Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Pahang, Kluang Terbang (Barnes);<br />
Perak, Thaiping Hills (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo.<br />
(18) B. titania Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 325.<br />
Rhizome long; pseudobulbs closely appressed to it, oblong,<br />
tips cun'ed up, nearly '5 in. long. Leaf lanceolate, '5 in. long,<br />
'12 in. wide, base narrowed. Peduncle capillary 1'5 in. long.<br />
Bract funnel-shaped, '12 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, '18 in. long,<br />
laterals wider. Petals minute one-quarter length of sepallanceolate,<br />
all orange. Lip tongue-shaped, deep orange, bent in middle, threequarters<br />
length of sepal. Column thick, arms setaceous long.<br />
Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan, in moss (Robinson).<br />
(19) B. tinea R£dl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 66.<br />
Rhizome filiform; pseudobulbs prostrate, tips ascending '12 in.<br />
long and as distant. Leaf oblanceolate spathulate, blunt, I in.<br />
long, '12 in. wide. Peduncle filiform, 3 in. long. Flower'5 in.<br />
wide, orange-yellow streaked darker. Upper sepal lanceolate,<br />
laterals semi-ovate blunt broader. Petals very small, yellow,<br />
midrib green. Lip fleshy blunt oblong flat, reddish purple. Arms<br />
of column subulate. Hab. Rare. Pahang, Gunong Berumbun,<br />
Telom at 6000 ft. altitude (Ridley).<br />
(20) B. minutulum Rtdl.<br />
Rhizome short, slender, covered with the prostrate ellipticoblong<br />
pseudo bulbs, '05 in. long. Leaves elliptic acute, '1 in.<br />
long, coriaceous. Scape filiform, '3 in. long. Bract cupular<br />
truncate minute. Flower'I in. long, very pale-straw colour almost<br />
white. Sepals broad lanceolate-ovate acute equal. Petalobovate,<br />
much shorter. Lip ovate tongue-shaped blunt straw colour with a<br />
touch of pink beneath. Column short, arms slender horn-shaped<br />
longer than the anther. Hab. Mountains, rare, Pahang, Fraser<br />
Hill on a bank (Burkill and Holttum).<br />
The most minute species I have seen.<br />
(21) B. dryas Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 175 ..<br />
Rhizome very long and slender, no pseudobulbs. Leaves'5 in.<br />
apart, ovate fleshy reddish covered with sh.:>rt black hairs, '25 in.<br />
long, '18 in. wide. Peduncle filiform, I in. long. Bract cupshaped<br />
amplexicaul. Pedicel '12 in. long. Sepals elliptic-ovate<br />
blunt, '25 in. long, primrose yellow. Petals half as long, paler.<br />
Lip oblong-ovate, blunt flat dull red, edges paler, 2 low keels in<br />
centre. Column arms broad round, short. Hab. Rare, Pahang,<br />
Gunong Taban (Ridley).<br />
(22) B. striatellum Ridl. Ann. Bot. iv. 335; Mat. i. 67.<br />
Rhizome filiform; pseudobulbs conic curved, '5 in. long and as<br />
distant. Leaf lanceolate acute, 2 in. long, '5 in. wide. Scape<br />
filiform, little more than '5 in. long. Flower nodding yellow;