156 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
CALANTHE GIBBSLE, Folfe, sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris. Folia petiolata ; limbus elliptico-oblanceolatus, abrupte 
acuminatus, 5-nervis, 20-25 cm. longus, 6-9 em. latus, basi attenuatus ; 
petiolus 7—8 em. longus. Scapi 75-90 em. longi, vaginis spathaceis paucis 
obtecti ; racemi 3-12 em. longi, densi, multiflori ; rhachis puberula. Bracteæ 
ovate vel ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, recurve, 5-10 mm. longs. Pedicelli 
graciles, 25-3 em. longi. Flores mediocres. Sepala patentia, elliptico- 
oblonga, abrupte acuminata, 1:3 em. longa. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, 
acuta vel acuminata, 1:1 em. longa. Labellum columns adnatum ; limbus 
3-lobus, 1:3 em. longus ; lobi laterales late auriculati, 6-7 mm. longi; lobus 
intermedius divaricate bilobus, basi angustus, 8 mm. longus, lobis euneato- 
obovatis truncatis: discus basi tuberculatus; calcar gracillimum, circiter 
2 em. longum, apice incurvum. Columna clavata, 7 mm. longa. 
Hab. Tenom, hills above, 2000', undergrowth in high forest. 2870. 
Abundant. Flowers white, with yellow processes at the base of the lip. 
Allied to C. veratrifolia, R. Br., but a more slender plant, with smaller bracts 
and flowers, and a more slender curved spur. Whether it is the plant alluded 
to by Ridley as C. parviflora, Lindl. (Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. Bot. iv. 239) 
is uncertain, there being no specimen available for comparison at Kew, but 
it agrees in colour. It is not, however, Lindley’s plant of that name, 
which is in Lindley’s Herbarium, and has been referred to C. flava, Morren, 
by both Reichenbach and J. J. Smith. 
"CALANTHE KINABALUENSIS, Ztolfe, sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris. Folia petiolata; limbus ellipticus, acutus, plicatus, 
3-5-nervis, 20-25 cm. longus; 6-8 em. latus; petiolus circiter 10 cm. 
longus. Scapi 50-60 em. longi, subgraeiles, vaginis spathaceis paucis 
obteeti ; racemi 12-15 em. longi, subdensi, multiflori ; rhachis puberula. 
Bractew lanceolate, acuminate, 6-13 mm. longe. Pedicelli circiter 2 em. 
longi. Flores parvi. Sepalum posticum oblongo-lanceolatum, subacutum, 
concavum, 9 mm. longum; sepala lateralia elliptico-oblonga, subotusa, 
lem. longa. Petala lanceolato-oblonga, subacuta, 9 mm. longa. | Labellum 
columnae adnatum, breviter unguieulatum ; limbus 3-lobus, 7 mm. longus ; 
lobi laterales elliptico-oblongi, obtusi, divergentes, 4—5 mm. longi : lobus 
intermedius suborbicularis, ad medium bilobus, 5 mm. longus, lobis elliptico- 
oblongis obtusis ; discus basi tuberculatus ; calcar oblongum, obtusum, leviter 
incurvum, 6 mm. longum. Columna lata, subvillosa, 4 mm. longa. 
Hab. Kinabalu, Lobang, 5000', undergrowth in primary high forest, 
common. Feb. 4108. Also seen on the ridge above Bundu Tuhan. 
Flowers orange-yellow. 
Allied to Calanthe flava, Morren, but the divisions of the front lobe of the 
lip broader and not diverging, and the spur shorter and stouter. 
