ORCHIDEJE RECORDED FROM BORNEO. 291 
acuta. Racemi3 pedes longi, floribus speciosis secundis. Pedi- 
celli 14 poll. longi. Bractew parve ovate, racemo appresse. 
Sepala lanceolata acuta, $ poll. longa, $ poll. lata, rosacea. 
Petala paullo breviora elliptica oblonga obtusa, paullo latiora, 
concolora. Labelli unguis late linearis, $ poll. longus, lamind 
abrupte deflexá latá obovatd, apice rotundato lato, 2 poll. longa, 
pubescenti atro-purpureo, apice flavescenti, venis pluribus elevatis 
ad basin. Columna i-polliearis gracilis arcuata, pede brevi 
sursum abrupte flexo canaliculato, apice incrassato calloso, brachiis 
linearibus obtusis, 4 poll. longis. Stigma grande elongatum, 
margine inferiore inerassato. ^ Columna albescens, purpureo- 
maculata. 
Sarawak (Mrs. Maxwell). 
A single plant of this very remarkable orchid was discovered 
by Mrs. Maxwell, of Sarawak, in the woods of that district, and 
being brought home was flowered in her garden. I am indebted 
to Mr. H. Everett for sketches of the habit and flowers and for 
specimens ; there is also a piece in Dr. Haviland’s herbarium from 
the same plant. 
It has the habit of a small Grammatophyllum speciosum, Blume, 
with linear-acute leaves. The racemes spring from the base of 
the plant and bear numerous flowers, which, however, open only 
one or two at a time. When fully open, the pinkish sepals and 
petals are deflexed. The lip is large and dark purple ; it is pro- 
vided with a long narrow movable claw, which is affixed to the 
underside of the extremity of the foot of the column. The 
column resembles that of Chrysoglossum, having two linear arms 
projecting from the sides halfway up. The foot of the column 
is channelled and ends in a semicircular transverse thickened 
portion. The anther-cap I have not seen, but from the drawings 
it appears to be ovate, beaked, and yellow. The pollen-masses 
are globose, seated on a brown quadrate disc, broadest at the 
upper end. The stigma is unusually large and long. From the 
back of the clinandrium rise three teeth, of which the middle 
one, evidently the filament of the anther, is the longer. What 
appears to be the rostellum is a small linear process projecting 
above the stigma. 
I think there can be no doubt but that the affinity of 
this plant is with Chrysoglossum ; the column and pollinia 
evidently belong to that section. The habit, as I have said, is 
that of Grammatophyllum or Dipodium paludosum, Reichb. f. 
