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inargino intogrls potiolo 10-12 mm.longo |iiil)osc(Mite suffultis ; fiorihus albo- 

 lacteis In nicoiuos laterales dispositis iiifJoroscentia} rhachi rufo-toniontosa ; 

 sepalis +2 mm. longis margine ciliatis ; petalis 2 Jorsalibus brevibus 4 mm. 



longis lateralibus ±0 mm. lonais loiiiiioribus labello 9-10 mm. lonn;., 



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petalis luteralibus longioribus suporne pUirinmm lanatis ; ovario glabro ; 

 ^\udn ignoio. 



Ignambi; forest ; 2500 ft. 15-i4, Sbrub, Flowers cream-coloured, 

 market! and fluslied with purple. Cal^x +2 nun. long., lateniL Style 



3 mm, long., slender. The noticeable features of this plant are tlie ovate 

 glabrous leaves with entire margins and almost subcordate base, the racliis 

 of the Inflorescence is rufous-tomentose, the ovary is glabrous. It is closely 

 allied to A. Vieillardn Brongn, & Gris, but differs by the rufous-tomontosc 

 rachis and subcordate base of the leaves. 



Agation longipedicellatum Bak. fib, sp. nov. Fruteoc sarmcntosus humilis 

 ad A, Vleillardii Broiign. & Gris valde accedens; foVils cllipticis vel oblongo- 

 cllipticis 4'5-G'O X 2';5-3 cm. apicem versus attenuatis apice ipso obtusis 

 pallide viridibus basi rotundatis vel late cnneatiSj potiolo 8-10 mm. longo 

 suffultis; Jioribus in paniculas laterales dispositis paniculis foliis longioribus ; 

 inforescenthM rliaelii glabra vel subglabra ; pedicellis pro genere longiusculis 

 5-10 mm. longis bracLeolatIs ; sepalis 2*5 mm. longis margine ciliatis ; 

 petalis 2 dorsalibus +5 mm, longis lateralibus fere acquilongis lateralibus 

 oblono-o-lanceulatis -\ {j'5 mm. lonijis labello lateralibus distincle longiori 



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10 nun. longo ; ovario glabro stylo obcdavato j frudu ignoto. 



liiver Comboui; alluvial slu'ub ; 200 ft. 2152. Low liane with light 

 r^rccn leaves and o-rcenish-white flowers. The noticeable features of this 

 plant are tlie elliptical or oblong elliptical glabrous leaves remotely serrate 

 at the margins, the long slender pedicels, the glabrous or almost glabrous 

 rachis, and the glabrous ovary wdth obclavatc style. 



The following are closely allicdj and are probably forms of this species : 



Taom ; serpentine scrub; 1000 ft. 2308. Low shrub with straggling 

 branches* Lip petal wdiite, others streaked with dark purple. 

 The following is only in fruit : — 



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Ignambi; abundant in forest; 2000 ft.; gneiss. 1491. Spreading shrub 

 3-G ft. 



A. CoMPTONii Bak. fib, sp. nov. Frute.v elatus sarmentosus, cauUbus 

 lignosis ; foliis ovato-oblongis 8-10 X 4-5 cm. papyraceis glabris a[>ice 

 acuminatis ghibris margine obsolete den tat is nervis lateralibus tenuibus 

 m:irginem versus arcuatis et inter so conjungentibus, petiolo 12-14 mm. 

 longo sutfuUis ; y/^^n^^^-? in p:\niculas terminales et axillares dispositis, pani- 

 culis foliis vix longioribus nee ut in A. PancJieri Brongn. & Gris duplo 



