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vix decurrente. Ascidia tenuiter puberula, cirrho valde elongato robusto, 

 foliorum inferiorum 5-8 poll. longa, 3-4 poll. diam., inferne ventricosa, 

 fiavo-viridia purpureo maculata, ore paulo contracto obliquo ; peristomium 

 jpoll. latum, carinis posticis in spinuias deorsum spectantibus productis, 

 collo elongato, postice valide calcarato : ascidia foliorum superiorum 6-12 

 unc. longa, costis anticis integerrimis v. brevissime alatis et ciliatis; oper- 

 culum oblongum ovatum v. orbiculare, subtus glandulis majusculis consper- 

 sum. Racemus appresse albo-lanatus, 6-10 unc. longus, densiflorus, pedun- 

 culo valido, pedicellis solitariis 2-nis v. fasciculatis indivisis v. 2-fidis ^ poll. 

 longis. Flores fere $ unc. diam. Sepala late elliptica, obtusa, intus glabra, 

 extus tomentosa, columnas stamineae subaequilonga; anthera numerosae, 

 2-seriatae. Ovarium crasse pediceliatum, dense tomentosum, stigmate orbicu- 

 lari peltato obscure 3-4-lobo. Capsula cano-tomentosa, 1-1 £ poll. longa, 

 fusiformis, stigmate quadrato. (v. s. et v. c.) 

 (3, nivea, minor, tomento niveo copioso obtecta. In Singapore et Borneo. 



(v. s.) 

 y, gldberrima, caulibus foliisque omnino glaberrimis. In Borneo, Sumatra 



et Singapore. (v. s.) 



• Feristomium latum, margine interiore incurvo v. Inflexo integro V. denticulato non 

 spinoso nec pectinato. 



12. N. Phyllamphoka (Willd. Sp. pl. IV, pars 2, p. 874), caule cylindraceo 

 partibusque novellis tenuiter puberulis, foliis elliptico-oblongis v. lanceolatis 

 junioribus denticulatis ciliatis, nervis longitudinalibus numerosis, petiolo 

 elongato alato ^-^-amplexicauli, ascidiis subcylindraceis, peristomio medio- 

 cri crebre costato, collo non producto, operculo oblongo v. orbiculari intus 

 leevi , racemo pubescenle, pedicellis gracilibus solitariis fasciculatisve. 3 U 

 In Singapore (Wall ! n. 2244, in herb. Benth.) , Mont. Ophir (Lobb!), Suma- 

 tra (Jack! Korthals!), Java (Blume!), Borneo (Korthals! Lobb! Motley!), 

 Amboyna (Rumpb.), Cochinchina (Loureirol), China, ad Macao (Millett ! Va- 

 chell!), Nov. Guinea (fide Blume), Archip. Louisiade (Mac Gillivray!) — 

 Brongn. in Ann. Sc.Nat. v. 1, p. 458; Jack in Hook. Comp. Bot. JHag. v. 1, 

 p. 271; Korthals in Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 28, t. 15; Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. 

 bat. v. 2, p. 7; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. v. 1, p. 1, p. 1069. N. macrostachya et 

 N.fimbriata, Blume 1. c; Miq. 111. Fl. Ins. Archip. v. 3, t. 2 et v. 5, t. 6. 

 Phyllamphora mirabilis Lour. ! Fl. Coch. p. 606. Cantharifera Rumph. Herb. 

 Amb. v. 5, t. 121. — Caulis 3-pedalis et ultra, repens v. scandens, crassitie 

 digiti minoris, demum glabratus. Folia cum petiolo 4-18 poll. longa, ju- 

 niora puberula, membranacea, eroso-denticulata et ciliata, senijra tenuiter 

 coriacea glabrata, nervis . longitudinalibus utrinque 8-10 distinctis, trans- 

 versis subrectis, petiolo 1-J--5 poll. longo. Ascidia 4-6 poll. longa, cirrho 

 gracili, basin versus attenuata paulo inflata, costis anticis exalatis, ore lale 

 oblongo v. rotundato, fauce intus glauca ; peristomium convexum. v. pla- 

 niusculum, ^-J pol!. latum, margine interiore denticulato, postice in col- 

 lum non productum, dorso breviter calcaratum ; operculum intus dense glan- 

 dulosum. Racemus gracilis, laxiflorus, pulvereo-tomentellus et pilis albidis 

 villosulus, pedicellis gracilibus -|-j poll. longis. Sepala magnitudine varia, 

 -J-jpoll. longa, ohlonga, glabra v. dorso pubescentia. Columna staminea 

 gracilis, sepalis paulo brevior; antherae numerosae 2-seriatae. Ovarium albo- 

 tomentosum; stylus brevis, stigmate discoideo. Capsula stipitata, cana, bre- 

 vis > 2-3P 0u - longa, utrinque attenuata, medio turgida, stigmate magno. 

 (v. s. et v. c.) 



3, macrantha, pedicellis longioribus, floribus glabris fere 5 poll. latis. — 

 Sarawak in Borneo (Beccaril). — Var. platyphylla, Blume!, ex Java, a 

 specie typica non difTerre videtur. 



13. N. bicalcabata, caule cylindraceo glaberrimo ; foliis membranaceis elon- 

 gato-v, obovato-lanceolatis glabris, nervis longitudinalibus numerosis, pe- 

 tiolo elongato amplexicauli, ascidiis brevibus turgidis, peristomio creberrime 

 costato secus collum elongatum in cristam pectinatam apice longe valide 

 2-calcaratam producto, operculo reniformi. 5 P In Borneo, ad flumen 



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