160 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
Hab. Kinabalu, Gurulau spur, above Kiau ridge, 5000-5500’, in primary 
forest. Feb. 3997, 4003. Leaves veined with pink. Flowers cream, 
pinkish outside. 
A very distinct species, characterised by its broadly ovate, veined leaves, 
and by the winged margins of the column. The principal veins of the lip 
are seven to nine in number, and these are connected by numerous 
transverse veins, giving the plant an .lnectochilus-like appearance. 
PLATANTHERA (Š Mecosa) STAPFII, Krünzl. MSS. 
Herba terrestris, 40-45 em. alta. Folia radicalia, elliptico-ovata, acuta, 
6 em. longa, 2 em. lata, subcoriacea. Scapi 40-45 cm. alti, subgraciles, 
vaginis spathaceis acuminatis obteeti; racemi 9-11 em. longi, pauciflori. 
Bractee ovatze, subacute, 1—1:5 em. longs, subeoriacesm. Pedicelli 1:5—2 em. 
longi. Flores mediocres. Sepalum postieum ovatum, obtusum, 7 mm. 
longum ; sepala lateralia patentia, oblique ovata, subobtusa, 7 mm. longa. 
Petala oblique ovata, acuta, cum sepalo postico galeam formantia. 
Labellum integrum, deflexum, ovato-lanceolatum, | obtusum, carnosum, 
l em. longum; calcar clavatum, paullo incurvum, obtusum, 1:2 em. 
longum. Columna latissima, 3 mm. longa. 
Hab. Kinabalu, 5000', Maraiparai, Haviland, without number. 
Differs from the Javan P. Blumei, Lindl., in its much more slender stem 
and laxer inflorescence, and in some respects also in its floral structure. 
PrATANTHERA (Š Mecosa) KINABALUENSIS, Kränzl, MSS. 
Herba terrestris, circiter 48 em. alta. Folia radicalia non vidi. Scapus 
erectus, circiter 48 cm. altus, vaginis spathaceis acuminatis obtectus ; 
racemus 10 em. longus, subdensus, multiflorus. Bractew ovate vel ovato- 
lanceolate, acuminate, subcoriacee, 1:8-2:3 em. longo. Pedicelli 1:2—1:5 em. 
longs. Flores mediocres. Sepalum posticum late ovatum, obtusum, 7 mm. 
longum ; sepala lateralia patentia, oblique ovata, obtusa, 8-9 mm. longa. 
Petala oblique ovata, obtusa, cum sepalo postico galeam formantia. 
Labellum integrum, deflexum, lineari-oblongum, obtusum, subearnosum, 
l em. longum; calcar subclavatum, paullo incurvum, 1:3 em. longum. 
Columna latissima, 4 mm. longa. 
Hab. Kinabalu, Haviland. 
Allied to P. Stapfii, Krünzl., but the stem stouter, the inflorescence much 
denser, and the flowers larger. The original ticket has been lost, so that 
the altitude and number cannot be stated. 
*PLATANTHERA (Š Mecosa) GiBBSLE, Holfe, sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, circiter 50 em. alta. Folia radicalia, spathulata ; limbus 
elliptico-oblongus, subobtusus, 5 em. longus, 1'8 cm. latus, subcoriaceus 
